Must have: Elastic Search, Laravel

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 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 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.