Backend Developer (Laravel)

Full-time, remote. Consumer mobile app (iOS, Android, web), 2M+ installs. Responsibilities • Design and maintain REST APIs for iOS, Android and web clients • Build internal admin tooling end to end (Blade, Livewire, Alpine.js) • Integrate generative AI APIs (Replicate, Gemini, Kling) into async job pipelines • Image and video processing: transcoding, upscaling, CDN delivery (FFmpeg, Cloudflare R2) • Query optimization and caching on high-volume tables Requirements • 3+ years of PHP 8 / Laravel in production • MySQL/MariaDB, Redis, queue workers, scheduled jobs • Token auth (Sanctum), rate limiting, third-party API integration • PHPUnit, Git PR workflow, CI/CD (GitHub Actions) • AI-assisted development as a daily workflow (Claude Code, Cursor) Working style • Short release cycles: feature branch, QA, production • Agentic AI workflows over manual boilerplate • Full feature ownership, from spec to deploy • Continuous workflow optimization: you spot bottlenecks and automate them • Proactive product input: propose ideas to improve retention and performance