3+ years of production-level experience with Laravel (PHP). Solid backend fundamentals — knowledge of APIs, databases, caching, and distributed systems concepts. Commitment to code quality — write clean, maintainable code and value testing, reviews, and continuous improvement. Collaboration skills — comfortable working in squads or cross-functional teams. Growth mindset — eager to learn from senior engineers, take on increasing responsibility, and build product thinking. AI fluency — know how to leverage AI tools to accelerate tasks responsibly. Familiarity with modern tooling — Git, CI/CD, cloud environments (AWS preferred).