Senior Backend Developer/PHP, 100% Remote

Role: Senior Back End Developer/PHP Location: 100% Remote, South Florida based company Compensation: $120K-$140K Job Type: Full Time/Perm Job #:  7126

Senior Back-End Engineer General Position Description

The Senior Back-end Engineer will be working with the existing engineering team to upgrade and maintain our multifaceted SaaS platform. This is a critical role within our engineering team as we look to transition out of our current legacy system into a more scalable solution. We are seeking someone with a strong software engineering background and a successful history of engineering SaaS solutions to scale. Candidates must have experience building and maintaining enterprise-level software applications.

Who We Want:

• Independent thinkers and self starters.

• Someone who enjoys solving complex problems and is able to think on their feet.
• Awesome communicators.
• A dedicated team member who will work to ensure projects are completed on time and meet expectations.
• A highly collaborative individual. There is no “i” in Team.
• Be willing and able to roll up your sleeves and lead by example.

Responsibilities:

• Rapidly gain a deep understanding of the current company ecosystem, including system integrations, business rules and flows.
• Engineer solutions based on product specifications while ensuring adherence to development best practices.
• Maintain top delivery standards by building robust, secure, and quality software that meets the needs of the business.
• Participate in and perform code reviews.
• Participate in technical feature reviews.

Qualifiactions:

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or closely related field.
• Ability to accurately estimate workload for a given task.
• 7+ years of previous software engineering experience in a team environment.
• Hands on experience designing, developing, and architecting complex backend systems.
• 5+ years of experience in the LAMP stack with specific experience in areas outlined below desired:

                  ?    Symfony Framework

                  ?    Laravel

                  ?    PHPUnit

                  ?    MySQL

                  ?    Doctrine

• Strong problem solving skills with the ability to implement solutions quickly and efficiently.
• Experience in delivering testable, high-quality software with many dependencies.
• 5+ years of experience in Agile software development, including SCRUM, Kanban, Scrumban, etc.

Bonus Skills:

• Strong experience with TDD is a plus.
• Familiarity with reservation systems and / or travel industry booking systems is a plus.
• Experience with complex digital transformations is a plus.
• Strong experience in front-end stacks such as Angularjs, React and Node.js is a plus.
• Experience with AWS is a plus.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Base salary is commensurate with work experience.
• 10 paid vacation days
• 5 paid sick days
• 1 day off for your birthday (actual birthday)
• 6  paid holidays
• 401K
• We offer medical, dental, vision, life insurance, etc. as well as a Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

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