Over the past 5+ years we've built multiple autoscalling web apps and API Backend systems leveraging Laravel and Lumen. Why Laravel?
1. MVC Support and Object-Oriented Approach
2. Built-In Authentication and Authorization
3. Packaging System
4.Multiple File System
5. Artisan Console
6. Eloquent ORM
7. Templating engine
8.Task Scheduling
9. Events and Broadcasting
10. Testing
On top of that, the API works well with the AWS.