The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) is a nonprofit organization that provides high-quality assessment products, services, and research for the benefit and protection of the public and the legal profession. We assist state courts and licensing authorities with fulfilling their responsibility to determine minimal competence for entry to the legal profession.
NCBE is committed to fostering a welcoming environment that values respect and collaboration. The organization provides competitive salary and benefits, flexible schedules, remote work options, and professional development opportunities. NCBE’s headquarters is based in Madison, Wisconsin, a dynamic community with exceptional amenities.
We are looking for a true Laravel aficionado—someone deeply embedded in the Laravel community, passionate about modern PHP backend development, and a leader in mentoring and managing backend teams. This role is ideal for an experienced Laravel developer who not only writes exceptional Laravel code but also leads teams, mentors developers, and oversees hiring, onboarding, and people management for backend developers and contractors.
This position is a blend of technical leadership (70%) and hands-on coding (30%), ensuring the design, scalability, and performance of Laravel-powered APIs and backend services, while also managing team growth and backend strategy.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Laravel PHP (this is a Laravel-first role).
• 3+ years of experience in hiring, onboarding, and mentoring backend developers.
• Active participation in the Laravel community—whether through GitHub contributions, Laravel meetups, blog posts, or other engagement.
• Proven experience in RESTful API design and third-party service integrations.
• Strong MySQL database design and query optimization skills.
• Experience with Redis, queues, and background job processing using SQS.
• Deep expertise in Laravel Eloquent ORM, Service Providers, Middleware, and Event Broadcasting.
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization best practices (OAuth, JWT, API tokens).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) and automated testing.
• Familiarity with AWS services, including Aurora MySQL, S3, SQS, Elasticsearch, Redis, and ECS.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and team leadership skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with GraphQL, WebSockets, or real-time event-driven architectures.
• Knowledge of Docker and AWS ECS for containerized deployments.
• Previous team leadership experience in backend development.
• Familiarity with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or other CI/CD automation tools.
• AWS Certifications.
  If you’re a seasoned Laravel backend developer with leadership experience, deeply engaged in the Laravel community, and excited to contribute hands-on while mentoring a team, we’d love to hear from you!
  The Developer may work remotely. NCBE will consider applicants from the following states: FL, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MN, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OK, PA, TX, WA, and WI.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

✅ Hands-on Laravel development (30%) – actively coding, optimizing, and implementing best practices.
✅ Backend leadership & management responsibilities (70%) – sizing and estimating features and epics, mentoring, onboarding, and ensuring high-quality engineering.
✅ Shaping Laravel best practices – bringing cutting-edge Laravel knowledge into the team.
✅ Hiring and managing developers – ensuring smooth onboarding and team alignment.
✅ Collaboration – working closely with Product, UX/UI, Front-end, DevOps, and DBA teams to build efficient and maintainable solutions.