Laravel Developer (Travel Website) – SEO, Performance Optimization & Landing Page Speed

Laravel Developer (Travel Website) – SEO, Performance Optimization & Landing Page Speed Job Overview We are looking for an experienced Laravel Developer with strong technical SEO and website performance optimization skills to improve our travel website. Our website is built with Laravel, and we need someone who can optimize the codebase, improve loading speed, enhance Core Web Vitals, and ensure our landing pages perform well for both users and search engines. Responsibilities - Optimize the Laravel application for better performance. - Improve landing page loading speed on both desktop and mobile. - Optimize Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS). - Reduce server response time (TTFB). - Optimize CSS, JavaScript, and image loading. - Implement lazy loading where appropriate. - Improve caching and database query performance. - Optimize Laravel routes, middleware, and Eloquent queries. - Review and improve technical SEO. - Fix crawlability and indexing issues. - Optimize metadata, schema markup, sitemap, and robots.txt. - Ensure pages are fully responsive and SEO-friendly. - Identify and fix performance bottlenecks using Google PageSpeed Insights, GTmetrix, and Lighthouse. - Provide a report explaining all improvements made. Required Skills - Laravel (Expert) - PHP - MySQL - HTML5 / CSS3 - JavaScript - Technical SEO - Google PageSpeed Insights - Lighthouse - GTmetrix - Core Web Vitals - Server Performance Optimization - Cloudflare (Preferred) - Git Deliverables - Significantly faster landing pages. - Improved PageSpeed Insights scores. - Better Core Web Vitals. - Technical SEO issues resolved. - Clean and optimized Laravel code. - Performance report before and after optimization. Nice to Have - Experience working with travel or booking websites. - Experience optimizing high-traffic websites. - Knowledge of Google Ads landing page optimization. - Experience improving conversion rates through performance optimization. To Apply Please include: 1. Your Laravel experience. 2. Similar projects you have completed. 3. Before/after PageSpeed results from previous work. 4. Estimated timeline. 5. Your fixed-price quote or hourly rate. 6. Any recommendations you would make after reviewing a travel website. We are looking for a long-term developer if the first project is successful.