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3mo ago

Sr. Laravel Developer

Twin River Pontiac, MI

Pontiac, MI

3mo ago Closed

$50k - $90k/yr Full time Senior API APIs

This position is no longer accepting applications (closed May 7, 2026).

Job Description

Twin River is hiring a Senior Laravel Developer for an on-site role in Pontiac, Michigan. This position offers a collaborative culture with real ownership and impact, a competitive salary, and paid time off. You will own production web applications end to end, mentor junior developers, and collaborate with DevOps, product, and security teams.

Benefits

Paid time off

Location and work environment

Location: Pontiac, Michigan (onsite)
Collaborative engineering team with tangible ownership and impact

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Laravel applications in production environments
Architect scalable, maintainable systems using Laravel best practices
Write clean, testable, well-documented code
Lead architectural decisions around application structure, service layers, and data flow
Refactor legacy systems and optimize codebases for performance and scalability
Design and implement RESTful APIs and GraphQL APIs
Integrate with third party APIs including OAuth, webhooks, rate-limited endpoints, and signed requests
Build secure API authentication and authorization mechanisms (JWT, OAuth2, API keys)
Ensure API reliability, versioning, error handling, and documentation
Design and maintain relational databases schemas (MySQL / PostgreSQL)
Create efficient data models, migrations, indexes, and relationships
Optimize complex queries and improve database performance
Understand transactional integrity, locking, and concurrency concerns
Experience with large datasets and production-scale databases
Assist in or own deployment workflows (CI/CD pipelines)
Work with Docker, Docker Compose, and containerized environments
Experience with Linux servers and cloud infrastructure (AWS, DigitalOcean, Azure, etc.)
Configure and maintain environment-specific application settings
Understand application monitoring, logging, and alerting
Collaborate with infrastructure and security teams to ensure uptime and reliability
Implement secure coding practices and follow OWASP guidelines
Manage authentication, authorization, and role-based access control
Secure APIs, user data, and sensitive configuration values
Participate in security reviews and remediation efforts
Mentor junior and mid-level developers
Perform code reviews and enforce coding standards
Collaborate with product owners, designers, and stakeholders
Participate in technical planning, estimations, and roadmap discussions
Take ownership of deliverables and deadlines

Requirements

5+ years of professional Laravel development experience
Strong mastery of PHP 8+ and the Laravel ecosystem
Proven experience building production-grade APIs
Deep understanding of MVC architecture
Advanced experience with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL
Knowledge of: Eloquent ORM, Queues & background jobs, Events & listeners, Caching (Redis, Memcached), Authentication & authorization
Experience with Git and collaborative workflows
Ability to troubleshoot complex production issues
Strong communication and documentation skills

Technologies

Laravel
PHP
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Eloquent ORM
Redis
Memcached
JWT
OAuth2
API keys
Docker
Docker Compose
Linux
AWS
DigitalOcean
Azure
GraphQL
RESTful APIs
Git
Vue.js
React
RabbitMQ

Compensation

Salary: USD 50,000 - 90,000 per year

Competitive salary based on experience
Performance based growth opportunities
Opportunity to work on complex, real world systems

What we're looking for

A senior software engineer with substantial experience rather than a junior or mid-level candidate
Ability to own end to end systems rather than just handling tasks
Proven problem solving in production environments
Meticulous focus on maintainability and long term code quality
Thrives in fast paced, technically demanding environments

Experience

Laravel: 5 years (Required)

Ability to commute

Pontiac, MI 48341 (Required)

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