Senior AI-Native Full-Stack Engineer (Laravel / Vue / Inertia)

Company: Orpical Technology Solutions

Location: Remote - Quarterly Travel for Meetings (as needed)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Reports To: Director of Technology / CTO

Compensation: Competitive salary + equity participation in JV projects

We’re hiring a senior, hands-on, AI-native full-stack engineer who ships production software and owns outcomes.

You will:

● Build and support real production systems in Laravel + Vue.js + Inertia

● Deploy and operate apps with Laravel Forge, GitHub, and CI/CD pipelines

● Use AI tools (including, Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot) as a force multiplier—with strong engineering judgment

● Collaborate closely with a Senior Account Manager (SAM) who owns discovery, PRDs/SOWs, and client alignment, while you own technical execution and delivery outcomes

This role is for engineers who love building, want to ship better products faster, and are motivated by ownership of real outcomes. You’ll collaborate closely with experienced operators, stay hands-on in the code, and be trusted—and compensated—to deliver high-quality software that matters.

About Orpical Technology Solutions

Orpical Technology Solutions is a senior, execution-focused software consultancy that blends software engineering, AI, automation, and delivery discipline to build and improve systems that drive measurable outcomes for real businesses.

Our work spans multiple engagement models, including traditional fixed-fee projects, ongoing client development and support, scoped feature work via SOWs, and select longer-term joint-venture (JV) partnerships. Regardless of model, our focus is the same: shipping award-winning software that creates real business impact.

In practice, that means working across:

● New builds and spec-driven MVPs

● Existing and legacy applications that require stabilization, refactoring, and expansion

● Ongoing client development via scoped feature requests and SOWs

● Internal tools that strengthen our fulfillment and delivery model

*We keep process lean and expectations high. We value ownership, speed with judgment, and engineers who want to stay close to the work while delivering outcomes that matter.*

Work & Responsibilities: The work you’ll own

You’ll operate across a mix of:

● Spec-driven MVPs: translating well-defined artifacts into production-ready releases

● Legacy applications: diagnosing issues, improving reliability, extending functionality, reducing technical debt responsibly

● New feature requests / enhancements scoped through SOWs: shipping clean iterations without scope drift

● Internal fulfillment systems: improving how we deliver, support, and scale software across projects

You should be comfortable moving between building new features from scratch and the practical demands of maintaining and improving long-lived production systems.

*What you’ll do (core responsibilities)*

Execution & delivery

● Translate PRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria into high-quality software

● Own features end-to-end: implementation → PR → deploy → support

● Make practical architecture decisions and communicate tradeoffs clearly

● Debug real production issues (you’re not just routing tickets)

● Write clear technical notes that help others move faster and reduce repeat incidents

AI-native & agentic development (a core expectation)

AI is foundational to how work gets done here. We use AI to reduce cycle time, improve consistency, and increase confidence in what we ship—while keeping human judgment fully accountable for outcomes.

In practice, this means:

● Using AI-assisted IDEs and tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot) and agentic workflows (including Codex)

● Orchestrating AI agents across implementation, refactoring, testing, and documentation within your delivery pod

● Converting PRDs and technical constraints into clear execution plans, prompts, and validation criteria

● Validating AI output for correctness, performance, security, and alignment with acceptance criteria

● Running disciplined loops: spec → execution → validation → tests → iteration → deploy

● Setting guardrails to prevent regressions, unsafe changes, data leakage, and architectural drift

● Stepping in decisively when automation stops helping or risks production stability

This role is expected to help push Orpical forward toward more repeatable, agent-driven execution models, contributing directly to how our internal fulfillment and delivery workflows continue to mature.

Production, DevOps & Reliability

● Deploy and operate applications using Laravel Forge (servers, env config, deploy scripts)

● Work within GitHub PR workflows and branching practices

● Set up, maintain, or improve CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or equivalent)

● Handle queues, background jobs, and operational realities (e.g., Horizon/queue management)

● Investigate integration failures and third-party misconfigurations and communicate clear remediation paths

Security & Technical Quality

● Apply secure development fundamentals (auth, authorization, validation, file handling, least privilege)

● Manage secrets responsibly (no keys in repos; clean environment practices)

● Treat AI outputs as untrusted until proven; avoid unsafe tool execution and data leakage

● Make judgment calls on quick fix vs proper fix, documenting tradeoffs and consequences

Improving how we build (ongoing contribution) We want a strong engineering mind helping us sharpen our fulfillment model.

*You will:*

● Share patterns, guardrails, and lessons learned from real execution

● Contribute ideas that improve speed, quality, and reliability across projects

● Help shape and mature how AI-assisted and agent-driven workflows are applied in production, contributing to a repeatable delivery approach that scales across projects

*Tech environment*

Core stack: Laravel, Vue.js, Inertia.js, Tailwind CSS, MySQL, GitHub, Linux/Nginx, WordPress (in some client environments)

Deployment & ops: Laravel Forge, queues/Horizon, Redis (common), Cloudflare (common)

Supporting tools often used: Stripe, Twilio, SendGrid, GA4/GTM, Mixpanel, Algolia/Meilisearch

AI development tools: Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Lovable, Replit

Security & monitoring (varies by system): SSL management, server hardening practices, monitoring/uptime tooling

You don’t need to be an expert in every tool, but you should understand how these systems work together and be able to assess the impact of engineering decisions across the broader system.

*Who we’re looking for:*

● 5+ years building and shipping production web applications

● Strong hands-on experience with Laravel

● Strong hands-on experience with Vue.js (Inertia experience is a major plus)

● Comfortable owning features end-to-end, including post-deploy support

● Strong Git fundamentals and experience working in GitHub with PR-based workflows

● Experience setting up or maintaining CI/CD pipelines

● Comfort deploying and operating applications (Forge or similar)

● Security-minded engineering habits (OWASP basics, secrets, least privilege)

● Real, practical experience using AI tools in development work (not “I tried it once”)

How you operate (critical characteristics)

*NOTE, we will receive dozens of resumes with the above qualifications. The below is what we seek in addition to the minimum requirements.*

● Insatiable learner: you dig into docs, ask smart follow-ups, and retain context

● Ego-free collaborator: you discuss tradeoffs, admit gaps, and prioritize outcomes over being “right”

● Get-it-done mindset: you move with incomplete info, communicate risks, and ship quality work

● Ownership mentality: when something breaks, you investigate, resolve, and follow through

● Reliable under pressure: when a client’s system is down, you respond with urgency (without making emergencies the norm)

*Why join Orpical*

● High ownership, low bureaucracy; your decisions matter

● Work across diverse systems and real-world problems most engineers don’t see in one role

● Operate in an AI-native culture that applies AI to production delivery (not just experiments)

● Build alongside senior operators who value speed, judgment, and craft

● Opportunity to help refine how we deliver software as tools and capabilities evolve

How to apply: *Pay attention - unique opportunities deserve extra attention.*

Send:

• A short intro + links or descriptions of 1–3 projects you shipped
• Your experience with Laravel + Vue/Inertia (be specific)
• Your AI workflow: tools you use (including whether you’ve used Codex or agentic workflows) and how you integrate them day-to-day
• One example where AI output was wrong/unsafe and what you changed before shipping
• Your experience with Forge + GitHub + CI/CD

Strong signal (optional): a 3–5 minute Loom walking through a PR you’re proud of and how AI fit into your workflow.

*We reply to 100% of resumes that take the time to spend the extra few minutes to "standout from the crowd."*

Pay: $95,000.00 - $135,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Family leave
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Unlimited paid time off

Work Location: Remote