Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

The Role

You will lead the technical development of our POS platform, using the existing PHP MVP as the blueprint for a modern Laravel, TypeScript, and Inertia.js (React or Vue) application.

This is a hands-on full-stack role covering the full front-end ordering experience, API development, and all back-end processing for the POS platform. You will work across everything from customer ordering flows and checkout through to orders, products, menus, payments, inventory, reporting, venue operations, integrations, and AI-assisted workflows.

You will work closely with the Managing Director, Head of Software, Project Manager, and Design/Product/Marketing teams to take the current MVP through to a scalable commercial product.

This is initially a senior hands-on individual contributor role, with a pathway into hands-on technical leadership as the product grows.Key Responsibilities

• Review the existing PHP MVP and re-platform it into a modern Laravel application
• Own the full front-end ordering experience, including customer ordering flows, checkout, account/order screens, and responsive UI
• Own the back-end processing for the POS platform, including orders, products, menus, payments, inventory, venues, reporting, and operational workflows
• Build and maintain the Laravel back end and Inertia.js front end using TypeScript with React or Vue
• Design and build internal and external APIs to support ordering, payments, venue operations, reporting, integrations, and future product expansion
• Develop real-time online and phone order processing
• Build systems for product and menu management, inventory tracking, payment handling, and venue operations
• Improve and modernise the existing database structure
• Implement practical AI features that improve ordering, operations, inventory, or customer experience
• Use AI development tools such as Cursor, Copilot, and LLMs to improve development speed and quality
• Work with the Managing Director, Head of Software, Project Manager, and Product/Design/Marketing teams to align technical delivery with product goals
• Set coding standards, documentation practices, API standards, and CI/CD processes
• Mentor developers as the team grows while remaining close to the code

Required Skills

• 10+ years of professional full-stack web development experience
• Strong commercial Laravel experience
• Modern PHP 8.x experience
• Strong TypeScript experience
• Experience with Inertia.js and either React or Vue
• Strong API development experience, including RESTful API design, integrations, authentication, validation, and maintainable API architecture
• Strong MySQL skills, including schema design and query optimisation
• Ability to work with legacy PHP code and move business logic into a modern framework
• Git experience
• Linux/server environment experience
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Strong understanding of software architecture and maintainable code

Nice to Have (Not Required)

• Experience with POS, hospitality, restaurant, or retail systems
• Experience with e-commerce, payments, ordering systems, or inventory workflows
• Experience working in or around hospitality venues
• Experience using LLM APIs such as OpenAI or Anthropic
• Experience building AI features into real products
• Experience integrating with payment gateways, accounting platforms, delivery platforms, or third-party hospitality systems

What We’re Looking For

• A hands-on engineer who can take ownership of a product
• Someone who can work from an existing MVP and turn it into a scalable platform
• Strong product thinking, not just technical execution
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and make good technical decisions
• Strong API, database, and full-stack architecture judgement
• Interest in using AI both as a development tool and as part of the product

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