Laravel Engineer, 4-Month Contract

Who We Are

Planet Argon provides dependable support and maintenance of existing web applications for multiple clients in a variety of industries. We take care of new feature requests, bug fixes, and performance improvements.

What We Need

We are currently looking for an experienced Laravel Engineer that can provide 20-30 hours per week of development support for two high-profile clients:

• Client 1: a powerhouse global brand in the sports retail industry;
• Client 2: an industry leader in self-storage property investments.

Our immediate need is for a 4-month contract engagement. We would be happy to agree to a longer-term contract after this initial engagement should our resourcing needs continue and both parties want to continue working together.

The Project Timeline

We hope to select this contractor by May 2nd, 2025. The following is a rough timeline of the rest of the project engagement:

• May: Project onboarding and initial tasks (~20 hours/week)
• June: Near full-time project contribution (~20-25 hrs/week)
• July - August: Full-time project contribution (~30-35 hrs/week)
• September: Contract reevaluation

Our Company Values

We're looking for contractors that embody our core values:

• PROACTIVE - We actively seek opportunities to improve our client’s products, our processes, and our abilities.
• CURIOUS - A natural curiosity for the undiscovered results in remarkable work for our clients – and stronger connections for our team. We ask questions, learn, and aren't afraid to fail.
• DEPENDABLE - We are invested in our work. We manage expectations. We support our clients and teammates. We hold ourselves, our teammates, and our clients accountable.
• VERSATILE - We readily adapt to change and encourage innovation because our team and work are transparent and flexible.
• DELIGHTFUL - We choose to set a mindful, positive tone that allows everyone to flourish.

Learn more about Planet Argon here

As our Contract Laravel Engineer, you will work through our client's backlog of bugs, feature requests, and technical debt.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Update or add functionality to their open-source Laravel CMS
• Update or add functionality to backend APIs to handle complex user interactions
• Estimate and execute software version upgrades for PHP and Laravel
• Implement front-end performance improvements intended to increase the speed and user experience of the site
• Implement SEO best practices to improve the site's search ranking
• Improve the accessibility of the site
• Resolve bugs as they come in from the client
• Work with the project manager and site reliability engineer to resolve outages, security issues, and other incidents in a timely manner

Our ideal candidate will have 5+ years experience and a senior-level understanding of most of the following (items in bold are required for the position):

• Laravel and PHP
• React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Next.js
• CSS and styling frameworks, such as Tailwind
• Terraform, API gateways, Cloudfront, Lambda, and other AWS/serverless infrastructure tools
• GitHub Actions
• Docker

Availability and Location

The ideal contractor is comfortable working remotely within 1-2 hours of EST timezone. South and Latin American contractors are highly encouraged to apply.

This is a remote, short-term contract position. The ideal candidate will be available for periodic meetings during EST business hours.

Our ideal contractor has an hourly rate of $55.00 - $65.00 USD.

We address monthly or bi-weekly invoices within 10 business days.

If you're passionate about maintaining and improving the code base of a high-profile client and working with a team of skilled developers, we'd love to hear from you!