Senior Laravel Engineer (PHP)

TL;DR

Senior Laravel Engineer (PHP): Building core business logic and scalable APIs for a social platform with an accent on Domain-Driven Design and event-driven architecture. Focus on leveraging agentic AI to accelerate development, optimizing complex MySQL schemas, and ensuring system reliability for a high-growth startup.

Location: Remote (Global)

Salary: £45,000–£60,000 per year

Company

HelpBnk is a high-growth startup under the Dream Inc umbrella, building infrastructure and social tools to empower people to pursue their dreams and solve world-scale problems.

What you will do

• Architect and maintain scalable Laravel applications using Domain-Driven Design principles.
• Develop and optimize robust APIs that power native applications.
• Implement event-driven architectures and manage complex OAuth2 flows.
• Optimize MySQL schemas for high performance and data integrity.
• Utilize agentic AI tools to automate testing, document architecture, and speed up feature delivery.
• Refactor existing features to support international growth and scalability.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience with Laravel and PHP 8.4+.
• Deep expertise in SQL, queue systems, caching strategies, and security best practices.
• Extensive experience with PHPUnit and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and Webhooks.
• Ability to work effectively with agentic AI tools like Claude Code and Cursor.

Culture & Benefits

• Full remote flexibility with a focus on output rather than hours.
• Opportunity to work on unsolved, high-impact problems.
• Access to premium software tools to perform optimally.
• Culture of radical openness and ownership.