Senior Web Application Developer - Telecommunications

We are seeking an experienced Senior Web Application Developer with strong telecommunications domain expertise and modern web application development experience. The selected candidate will support and enhance a mission-critical telecommunications operations platform that has evolved over approximately ten years and remains central to daily business operations.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of telecommunications systems, operational workflows, production support, and enterprise application development. This role will involve both maintaining and modernizing an established application while developing new features using PHP, Laravel, Vue.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.

The successful candidate must be comfortable working within a mature codebase, evaluating technical impacts before making changes, participating in code reviews, testing peer development, troubleshooting production issues, and delivering reliable software without disrupting critical business operations., * Design, develop, test, maintain, and enhance features for a mission-critical telecommunications operations platform.

• Work effectively within a large, mature application and approximately ten-year-old codebase.
• Develop backend services and application functionality using PHP and Laravel.
• Build responsive and maintainable user interfaces using Vue.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Tailwind CSS.
• Diagnose and resolve complex application, data, workflow, and production issues.
• Apply telecommunications domain knowledge to translate operational requirements into reliable software solutions.
• Use GitLab for source control, branching, merge requests, issue management, releases, and development documentation.
• Evaluate existing functionality and dependencies before implementing changes to preserve backward compatibility and operational stability.
• Participate in peer code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback.
• Perform functional, regression, and acceptance testing to validate peer development and business requirements.
• Collaborate with developers, QA teams, product owners, operations teams, and telecommunications subject-matter experts.
• Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly for coding, debugging, testing, documentation, and technical analysis.
• Develop and maintain automated tests, technical documentation, implementation notes, and production support procedures.
• Contribute to application modernization, technical debt reduction, performance improvements, and architectural planning.
• Support production releases and assist in troubleshooting critical operational issues.
• Follow secure software development and production observability best practices.

• Professional experience developing and supporting production web applications.
• Strong telecommunications domain knowledge, including telecommunications systems, terminology, operational processes, network services, or network operations workflows.
• Strong hands-on experience with PHP and Laravel.
• Strong frontend development experience with Vue.js.
• Proficiency with TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience with Tailwind CSS or a comparable utility-first CSS framework.
• Hands-on experience with GitLab, including repositories, branches, merge requests, code reviews, and issue management.
• Experience maintaining and enhancing large, mature, mission-critical applications.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience reviewing code and testing or validating work completed by other developers.
• Experience with automated testing and software quality practices.
• Experience using AI-assisted software development tools in a professional engineering environment.
• Ability to balance modernization initiatives with application reliability, maintainability, backward compatibility, and business continuity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with technical and business teams.
• Ability to work primarily during Eastern or Central Time Zone business hours.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes or other container orchestration technologies.
• Experience modernizing legacy applications or incrementally migrating mature systems.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
• Experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Experience with relational databases, asynchronous processing, caching, and application monitoring.
• Experience with unit, integration, regression, and end-to-end test automation.
• Experience supporting high-availability operational applications with strict uptime requirements.
• Knowledge of secure software development practices and production observability.
• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or issue-driven development environments., The ideal candidate is a senior-level software engineer who combines strong PHP/Laravel and Vue.js development skills with practical telecommunications domain experience. Candidates should be comfortable working on mission-critical systems, supporting production environments, reviewing peer code, troubleshooting complex issues, and incrementally modernizing established applications.