Full stack developer PHP

About the Role:

We are seeking a talented and motivated L2 Software Development Engineer to join our dynamic team. As an L2 engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality software solutions while working closely with cross-functional teams. Your role will include troubleshooting complex issues, implementing best practices, and contributing to the architecture and scalability of our systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software solutions in accordance with business and technical requirements.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, following industry standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver new features and improvements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex software issues across multiple systems and layers of the stack.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, and security.
• Conduct code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to continuous improvements in development processes.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), from requirement gathering to deployment and monitoring.
• Stay updated with emerging trends and technologies in software development and actively contribute to process improvements.
• Document technical specifications, architecture, and development processes.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 1-2 years of experience in software development, with expertise in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, C++, JavaScript, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented design, algorithms, and data structures.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid understanding of databases (SQL and/or NoSQL) and API design (RESTful/GraphQL).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex software issues.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.

Preferred:

• Experience with front-end technologies (React, Angular, or Vue.js) or mobile development is a plus.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools for automation and infrastructure management.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks and best practices in software testing (unit, integration, end-to-end testing).
• Experience working with microservices architecture and distributed systems.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development.
• Work-life balance and flexible work arrangements.
• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and challenging projects.
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment.

The ideal candidate should be able to build the front-end and back-end up from conceptualization and business requirements to a fully functional, responsive & intuitive user interface.

Technology Stack -

• Backend Coding PHP

• Framework - Laravel

• MySQL

• HTML5/ CSS/ Javascript/jQuery/Ajax etc

Responsibilities:

• Developing web applications and services using Agile development methods.

• Contribute to organization for improvements in process and infrastructure.

• Code, test and operate Laravel based services.

• Effectively use tools and ingenuity to identify and fix defects before they become a problem.

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.

• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.

• Implementation of security and data protection.

As an early hire on the core team, you’ll work on shaping projects, big and small, over short three week sprints. We’re a small team, but we get a lot of features shipped. You would be responsible for driving full-stack projects from prototype to finished stage with a lot of autonomy and creativity. This is an exciting time to join the team. We've found solid early traction, have strong basic foundations and are pushing aggressively into some incredible new feature builds. We have a small team, so you can make an incredible impact on our product very quickly. 

Responsibilities:

• Own the design of the overall architecture of the web application
• Implement a robust set of services and effective APIs to power the web application
• Build reusable and manageable code and libraries for future use
• Optimize the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Translate UI/UX wireframes to visual elements
• Develop and handle well-functioning databases and applications
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency 
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
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Experience:

• Proven expertise in shipping features in Ruby on Rails. Strong background in Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Strong experience in driving thought leadership and technical architecture
• Experience with mentoring juniors in the team

You are a fit if :

• You are a skilled coder. We need candidates with a strong history of shipping features in Rails with clean maintainable code. 
• You are a good communicator and a really good writer. Since we are async and remote most of our work is written. You'll need to be able to proactively communicate in concise, clear, simple writing.
• You are an expert project manager. You need to be able to break down a large, complex business deliverable into executable pieces that can be managed as individual user stories. You need to be able to keep a project on track and cut scope when needed.
• You don't need babysitting and are a Manager of One. We love people who have started companies or have freelanced in the past. You take ownership and take things across the finish line. Especially in our remote async approach, you'll need to be intrinsically motivated and keep your projects on track.
• You have strong business and product acumen. This job isn't just writing code, we solve real business problems for real people. That means you need to be able to look beyond the user story, have empathy for our end users, and solve real problems for them.

About Us:

We're solving a problem that 62% of Americans have

62% of Americans last year thought about starting a business. The #1 reason they didn’t was because they didn’t know where to start. Currents options are:

1. Going independent which is risky: no support or direction
2. Paying a franchise which is expensive:  franchises charge $100K+ fees to get started, take 10% of topline revenue, don't provide marketing support or technology

The market we're going after is bigger than e-Commerce

We’re disrupting the $2.3T franchise industry by removing the franchise fee and offering a tech-enabled franchise like product.

We’re starting with home painting where our biggest competitor is https://certapro.com/">CertaPro a $550M revenue franchise (1% market share) before quickly taking on https://www.neighborlybrands.com/our-brands/">Neighborly Brands as we expand categories (pest control, lawn care, etc.).

As we expand categories, our customer does not change

Our customer is an aspiring business owner, like https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicklaforest">Nick or https://www.linkedin.com/in/hardin-h-hawes-9ba6a72/">Hardin who doesn't care what type of business they start, as long as it is profitable. Our customers are not actually the one painting houses or completing roofing jobs, rather they are the one that hires people to do the job. Our customer has years of experience in sales and general management, which makes them suitable for any type of business — which is why as we expand to 100 categories, our customer does not change.

Our solution is an end to end platform to help you start, grow and run a business

Main Street is a combination of well-known technology platforms that provides an Uber-like simple experience in starting a business

• https://stripe.com/atlas">Stripe Atlas: Helping you incorporate and set up legal logistics for your business
• https://www.duolingo.com/">Duolingo: Learn a new skill (in our case it is about a specific type of business)
• https://www.shopify.com/online/ecommerce-solutions">Shopify: The operating tools to run your business
• https://www.womply.com/">Womply: A marketing stack to drive your customer

We're backed by top investors and built a world-class team

We're a seed-stage startup and have raised $10M+ from top investors including Greylock and Khosla. Our team previously worked at places like DoorDash, OpenDoor, Amazon, and OYO.