LARAVEL DEVELOPER

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY:

Coalition Technologies is devoted to delivering clients the highest quality work while providing our team a fun, thriving, and innovative environment. Along with the opportunity for tremendous career growth and rapid advancement, CT offers:

• The most competitive profit-sharing bonus plan in the industry, paying up to 50% of company profits to full-time employees each month!
• A highly competitive Paid Time Off plan, promoting quality work-life balance.
• Subsidized gym memberships to help team members feel their best.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance packages for all US-based team members.
• International Health Insurance Reimbursement Program for all international team members, a benefit unique to Coalition.
• Device upgrade and learning reimbursement programs.
• Motivating career development plans with clearly defined goals and rewards.
• Additional job-specific incentives and bonuses.
• Plus, 100% of our team works remotely with the support of time tracking software. Our company culture specializes in supporting remote team members, and we’ve been doing so for more than a decade. CT welcomes your application, wherever in the world it's coming from!

YOU SHOULD HAVE:

• An expertise in PHP, MySQL, HTML5, and CSS3.
• A portfolio with live links to sites that you have developed previously (preferred).
• Laravel experience (preferred).
• Expertise in other platforms such as WordPress (preferred).
• The ability to convert PSDs to Laravel and PHP sites.
• The ability to work in a LEMP development environment.
• Strong understanding of SOLID principles
• Solid fundamentals: MVC architecture, OOP, Eloquent ORM, Blade, routing/middleware, Composer.
• Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs (JSON responses, versioning, authentication).
• Database design experience (MySQL/PostgreSQL), migrations, query optimization, relationships
• Awareness of web security best practices (SQL injection, XSS/CSRF mitigation, secure authentication)
• Strong testing mindset (unit/feature tests with PHPUnit or Pest).
• The ability to handle multiple projects and tasks at the same time.
• Great attention to detail and a highly organized work style.
• A reliable workstation with a fast computer, microphone, and speakers for calls.
• Reliable internet and power (maximum of 1 hour of outage per month).
• The ability to work hours similar to the rest of the Coalition Team (9:00am-6:00pm PT).
• The ability to articulate yourself professionally.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• The ability to adapt in a diverse and multicultural environment.
• A positive and upbeat attitude.
• The passion to build a startup.
• A reliable workstation with a fast computer, microphone, and speakers, reliable internet and power if working remotely.
• Bonus skills: Experience with modern front-end collaboration: working with JS frameworks (Vue.js/React) or TALL stack (Tailwind + Alpine + Livewire) a plus. Deployment experience: Docker, CI/CD pipelines, cloud hosting (AWS/GCP/DigitalOcean) a plus.

YOUR DUTIES AND TASKS:

• Working daily in PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, JQuery, WordPress, Laravel, and Magento 1/2.
• Designing and building web applications using Laravel and other platforms.
• Converting PSDs into pixel perfect responsive Laravel and custom PHP sites.
• Resolving cross-browser compatibility issues.
• Writing clean structured and well-documented code.
• Integrating data with Sage, Quickbooks, WordPress, Salesforce, APIs, and ERP/stock management systems.
• Working with LEMP development environment and version control GIT/SVN.

We are looking for talented and diligent candidates who excel in our skills tests, and will consider these candidates even if past experience or educational background criteria aren't met.

California, New York, Washington, and Colorado: starting base pay for this position ranges between $15 - $35 per hour. Compensation may vary based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills test performance, geographic location, and seniority of the position offered. Outside of California, New York, Washington, and Colorado compensation may fall outside the above ranges.