Full Stack Developer (Next.js + Laravel)

About the role

FoodHutz is building a unified platform for food delivery and restaurant reservations across the UK and Nigeria. We are looking for a Full Stack Developer to create high‑performance, SEO‑optimized web experiences with Next.js and secure, scalable APIs with Laravel.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and optimise Next.js pages using SSG, ISR and SSR, ensuring top Core Web Vitals scores.
• Create reusable React components with TypeScript and TailwindCSS.
• Integrate securely with Laravel APIs via REST or GraphQL.
• Design, implement and maintain Laravel APIs for ordering, reservations, payments and user management.
• Handle multi‑tenancy, rate‑limiting, role‑based access and payment gateway integrations (Stripe, Paystack, Flutterwave, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay).
• Write efficient Eloquent queries, implement caching with Redis and manage asynchronous queues.
• Maintain API documentation (Swagger/Postman) and versioning.
• Collaborate with marketing to optimise SEO metadata, sitemaps and run A/B tests.

Required profile

• Strong experience building production‑grade web applications.
• Solid understanding of SEO best practices and performance optimisation.
• Ability to work independently and deliver high‑quality code.

Required skills

• Next.js (SSR, SSG, ISR)
• TypeScript
• TailwindCSS
• React
• Laravel (8+ / 10+)
• PHP 8+
• REST APIs
• GraphQL
• MySQL or PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Stripe, Paystack, Flutterwave, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay
• PHPUnit, PestPHP, Jest, Cypress
• GitHub Actions, Docker