Lead PHP-Laravel Developer

Job Description

**Job Role – Lead PHP-Laravel Developer**

**Location**
– Berlin, CT or New Haven, CT (100% Day One Onsite)

**Expr. Range**
– 7 – 10 years

**Client**
— Assa Abloy

Rate-$70/hr on c2c

**Must have**
— Elastic Search, Laravel’

All visa open except H1B

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled
**Lead PHP-Laravel Developer**
with strong hands-on expertise in
**Elastic Search**
to lead the development of a new product pricing platform. This platform will serve as a central hub for the Marketing Department and play a critical role in the modernization of our overall technology infrastructure. As the Lead Developer, you will be responsible for overseeing the full development lifecycle, ensuring the platform is scalable, high-performing, and maintainable. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—including Marketing, Product, and Engineering—to align technical solutions with strategic business goals. This is a high-impact role offering the opportunity to shape a key initiative within our evolving tech ecosystem.

As an Elastic & Laravel/Vapor Lead, you will be responsible for designing, developing, customizing, and maintaining in-house built solutions using Laravel/Vapor & Elastic Search integrated with Azure, AEM and ETL Tool. You will work closely with our design and development teams to deliver high-quality, scalable and robust solutions to serve many front-end applications.

This position will be full-time onsite in Berlin, CT or New Haven, CT.

**What will you be doing**

· Lead daily stand-up meetings, provide technical direction, and mentor team members to foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

– Design data ingestion and consumption Apis at Laravel/Vapor.
– Design and optimize Elastic indices based on business requirements
– Built and designed utilities in Elastic console.
– Integrate and optimize Elastic Search for high-performance search capabilities.
– Ensure performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
– Understand & secure Elastic Search clusters to protect data integrity and privacy.
– Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.
– Maintain code quality, organization, and automation.
– Stay up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies.
– Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and develop new features.

**What are we looking for**

· Proven experience as a Laravel Architect or Lead.

– Must have 7-10 experience as a Developer
– Must hold 2-3+ years at the Principal level in order to be considered as a leader for this group.
– Strong proficiency in PHP along with Laravel framework.
– Must have some exposure or hands-on experience in working with Vapor for serverless deployment.
– In-depth knowledge of Elastic Search and integrations with Laravel/Vapor.
– Deep understanding of Elastic Search architecture, including cluster management and configuration.
– Proven experience of designing Elastic Search based solutions with Open Source.
– Proficiency in Elastic Search query language and plugins development.
– Knowledge of integrating Elastic Search with other components of the Elastic Stack like Logstash, Kibana etc.
– Extensive experience with Laravel configuration and projects deployments.
– Experience with log debugging tools like rollbar.
– Experience with version control systems (Git).

**Preferred Skills**

· Industry-recognized certifications, such as the Elastic Certified Engineer, to validate skills and enhance professional standing.

– Multiple projects designing experience with Laravel/Vapor
– Familiarity with Docker or NixOS.
– Experience with CI/CD pipelines.