Build and maintain full-stack application features using Laravel, PHP, relational databases, RESTful APIs, and modern frontend technologies. Responsibilities include schema design, query optimization, testing, code review, refactoring, AI-enabled feature integration, and collaboration with product, design, engineering, and external Laravel partners. The role is fully remote within the U.S. and supports a data platform serving oncology and hematology teams.
Full Stack Developer, Vaniam Intelligence, Engineering
What You'll Do
As our Full Stack Developer, your goal is to help grow Vaniam Intelligence, a data platform that helps teams across oncology and hematology turn dense clinical and market information into something clear and genuinely useful. This role is ideal for someone who thrives across the full application stack, cares deeply about clean code and data integrity, and wants to build a strong technical foundation rather than dig out of a mess.
A Day in the Life
Deliverables
- Ship features end to end, from migrations and Eloquent models through to the interface a real person clicks on.
- Build and maintain full application slices rather than handoff-shaped pieces of work.
- Design clean relational schemas in MySQL or PostgreSQL, with an emphasis on performance, readability, and data integrity.
- Write queries that are fast, maintainable, and grounded in a strong understanding of indexing and schema design.
- Build thoughtful, well-documented RESTful APIs that support the front end and connect to the data sources users rely on.
AI Integration
- Use Laravel, modern PHP, and thoughtful framework conventions to keep the platform clean, readable, and scalable as AI-enabled capabilities are evaluated and integrated.
- Support responsible AI integration by helping connect data sources, workflows, and user-facing features in ways that are accurate, maintainable, and useful.
Internal Responsibility
- Write tested, readable code that favors simplicity and maintainability, leaning on KISS and YAGNI principles.
- Refactor when it earns its keep and leave the codebase a little better than you found it.
- Participate in thoughtful code review, give useful feedback, and take feedback without ego.
- Collaborate hand in hand with our external Laravel partner to maintain the quality of an already strong platform.
Client Responsibility
- Work closely with product and design partners to turn fuzzy ideas into features that actually ship.
- Help Vaniam Intelligence continue to grow as a trusted platform for oncology and hematology teams.
What You Must Have
- Education and Experience
- Roughly 5+ years of experience building and maintaining real web applications, with meaningful depth in Laravel and modern PHP
- Leverage approved AI tools to streamline routine tasks, research, content creation, analysis, and workflow management.
- Strong hands-on experience with Laravel, including Eloquent, migrations, queues, events, and testing tools
- Experience shipping full stack features from database and backend logic through to user-facing interfaces
- Comfort working with relational databases such as MySQL and/or PostgreSQL
- Skills and Competencies
- Strong understanding of schema design, indexing, and troubleshooting slow queries without relying first on a magic package
- Ability to build and maintain RESTful APIs that are clear, reliable, and well documented
- Comfortable front-end skills across HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern setups such as Blade, Livewire, Vue, or React
- A habit of writing tests without being asked, because they support speed, confidence, and quality
- Curious, candid, collaborative approach, including asking useful questions and communicating clearly with technical and non-technical partners
What You Might Have, but Isn't Required
- Experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS or similar environments, as well as CI/CD workflows
- Comfort with Docker and a modern local-to-production development workflow
- Experience building data-heavy products, including reporting, dashboards, or pipelines
- Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or another domain where data accuracy is essential
- Open-source contributions, writing, speaking, or other public engagement with the Laravel or broader development community
The Team You'll Work Closest With
You will collaborate closely with product and design partners, engineering colleagues, and our external Laravel partner to continue building and improving Vaniam Intelligence. You will work remotely within the U.S. in an environment that protects deep-work time, keeps meetings focused, and values early shipping, real feedback, and thoughtful iteration. This role is well suited for someone who does their best thinking in long, uninterrupted stretches with a meaningful technical problem in front of them.
Why You’ll Love Us:
- 100% remote environment with opportunities for local meet-ups
- Positive, diverse, and supportive culture
- Passionate about serving clients focused on Cancer and Blood diseases
- Investment in you with opportunities for professional growth and personal development through Vaniam Group University
- Health benefits – medical, dental, vision
- Generous parental leave benefit
- Focused on your financial future with a 401(k) Plan and company match
- Work-Life Balance and Flexibility
- Flexible Time Off policy for rest and relaxation
- Volunteer Time Off for community involvement
- Emphasis on Personal Wellness
- Virtual workout classes
- Discounts on tickets, events, hotels, child care, groceries, etc.
- Employee Assistance Programs
Salary offers are based upon several factors including experience, education, skills, training, demonstrated qualifications, location, and organizational need. The range for this role is $130,000 - $150,000. Salary is one component of the total earnings and rewards package offered.
About Us:
Vaniam Group is a people-first, purpose-driven, independent network of healthcare and scientific communications agencies committed to helping biopharmaceutical companies realize the full potential of their compounds in the oncology and hematology marketplace. Founded in 2007 as a virtual-by-design organization, Vaniam Group harnesses the talents and expertise of team members around the world. For more information, visit www.VaniamGroup.com.
Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws to the following resources:
- Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) poster - https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/posters/fmla
- EEOC Know Your Rights poster - https://www.eeoc.gov/poster
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) poster - https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/posters/employee-polygraph-protection-act
Vaniam Group Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
Chicago, IL, United States, 60602
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