PHP / Laravel Support Developer

We are looking for a PHP / Laravel Support Developer to join our application support team. You will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and evolving a diverse portfolio of PHP-based web applications - many built on the Laravel framework - running on various PHP versions (from legacy 7.x - 8.4+).

The focus is on keeping business-critical applications stable, performing PHP version upgrades, resolving production issues, implementing changes from customer requirements, integrating with third-party services/APIs, and implementing targeted improvements / bug fixes with minimal disruption.

Responsibilities

• Provide second- and third-line support for a portfolio of PHP / Laravel applications in production

• Diagnose and resolve bugs, performance issues, and errors across multiple codebases and PHP versions

• Collaborate with customers to define, design, and ship new features

• Write clean, scalable, and well-documented code

• Collaborate with DevOps/infrastructure teams on server/PHP configuration, deployment processes, and containerisation (Docker) where applicable

• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications

• Troubleshoot and fix bugs or performance issues

• Stay updated with the latest technologies and best practices in software development

3+ years of experience with PHP in production environments

• 3+ years of experience with the Laravel framework (ideally versions 5.4 - 12.x+)

• Understanding of backward compatibility, deprecated functions, and PHP migration challenges

• Practical experience integrating, developing and maintaining APIs and services (RESTful APIs including third-party, authentication flows, rate limiting, error handling)

• Good knowledge of Composer, dependency management, and semantic versioning conflicts

• Solid understanding of Linux server (CLI, logs, processes, permissions)

• Experience with relational databases (primarily MySQL / MariaDB; PostgreSQL/MSSQL a plus)

• Good problem-solving and communication skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS / Azure or other cloud platforms

• Experience with Docker and containerized deployments

• Exposure to Docker, CI/CD pipelines, or deployment automation

• Excellent communication skills - able to explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders

• Comfortable working independently on support tickets while collaborating with the wider team

• Proactive mindset - spotting potential problems before they become incidents

• Remote work opportunities - choose to work from home (within Spain) or from our spacious office in Las Palmas G.C.
• A spacious, custom built office with outside terraces, kitchen and multiple chillout areas - check out the photos on https://workincholas.com/en/offices/la-minilla/
• An extra day holiday on your birthday plus Xmas Eve, New Year´s Eve and the 5th of January to support a healthy work-life balance
• Private Health Insurance to support your well-being
• Training budget to foster your professional growth and career development
• Flexitime - We have a flexible working timetable that can work around your personal schedule.
• Free English / Spanish lessons
• Regular events
• Join a team that values collaboration, creativity, and bold ideas