SENIOR PHP/LARAVEL DEVELOPER (REMOTE/USA) - GDM (GRAY MEDIA GROUP)

About Gray Media:

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 45 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

We understand that life needs balance. That is why we offer our employees and eligible family members a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Comprehensive Medical(Rx), Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Health Savings Account with Company contributions
• Flexible Spending Account
• Employer-paid life and disability benefits
• Paid parental leave benefits
• Adoption and Surrogacy Benefits
• 401(k) Plan, including matching and profit-sharing contributions
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary benefits, including Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness, Accident Insurance, and supplemental life insurance coverage
• Paid Time Off, including Relocation PTO
• Focus on Caring

Salary/Wage:

$85,000 - $100,000/yr.

Shift and Schedule:

Mon. - Fri. (or at Manager's Discretion)

Job Type:

Full-Time

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Job Summary/Description:

Job Summary/Description: Gray Media is looking for a Senior PHP / Laravel Developer with strong experience building and maintaining modern web applications, with a particular focus on sales and revenue-supporting applications. This role will work alongside the Gray Digital Development team to design, build, and evolve internal tools and integrations that support sales operations, data workflows, and business intelligence. This position is remote.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

•  Design, develop, and maintain scalable applications using PHP (8+) and the Laravel framework
•  Lead and contribute to the modernization of legacy PHP applications into Laravel-based solutions
•  Build and maintain internal APIs and integrations with third-party platforms
•  Design, optimize, and maintain MySQL databases on a per-application basis
•  Develop front-end forms and interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (TALL Stack)
•  Collaborate closely with product owners, project managers, and stakeholders to translate business and sales requirements into technical solutions
•  Provide technical leadership through code reviews, architectural input, and mentoring of other developers
•  Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex application issues
•  Collaborate with other developers on multi-developer and cross-team projects
•  Write unit and integration tests to help avoid regressions and validate functionality

Qualifications/Requirements:

•  4+ years of professional experience working with PHP
•  4+ years of experience working with the Laravel framework
•  Strong experience with relational databases such as MySQL
•  Proficient in parsing and serializing JSON data
•  Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs
•  Proficient in using git and GitHub
•  Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
•  Ability to work independently while also contributing effectively to a collaborative team environment

     Preferred Experience:

•  Experience building or supporting sales, advertising, or revenue-focused applications
•  Hands-on experience working with external platforms such as Salesforce, Snowflake, and The Trade Desk to support application workflows, data exchange, and reporting
•  Experience with Laravel, Livewire, Alpine.js, and Tailwind (TALL Stack)
•  Experience integrating AI-powered se