Description

As a Senior Full Stack Software Developer, you will be a key player in developing and maintaining high-performance client software, primarily utilizing PHP (Laravel) for backend development and TypeScript (React/React Native) for building engaging web and mobile user interfaces. Your focus will be on delivering seamless user experiences across both platforms, while ensuring optimal speed, scalability, and SEO performance.

Your Challenge

You are expected to build robust, scalable, and maintainable web and mobile applications. This role requires you to effectively bridge the gap between creative design and technical engineering, ensuring fluid and intuitive user interactions.

What you'll do

• Product Collaboration: Work closely with Product Management and Design teams to actively contribute to shaping the product's technical direction and feature roadmap.
• Rapid Feature Delivery: Implement and release new features on a daily basis through the establishment and adherence to continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• SEO Optimization: Implement and maintain Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices to significantly enhance the site's visibility, organic traffic, and overall performance in search engine results.
• Mentorship and Knowledge Sharing: Mentor junior developers on the team, fostering a supportive and collaborative culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and technical innovation.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

Mandatory Skills:

• Communication: Advanced/fluent English skills with excellent written and verbal communication abilities for effective collaboration and documentation.
• Full-stack Expertise:
• Backend: Solid experience with PHP (Laravel) OR Java, demonstrating proficiency in backend development principles and best practices.
• Frontend: Strong experience with React and React Native, showcasing expertise in modern web and mobile development using these frameworks.
• Client-Side Development Mastery: Proven experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (beyond React), creating responsive layouts, ensuring accessibility (WCAG guidelines), implementing engaging animations, and effectively utilizing established design systems.
• CSS Architecture Proficiency: Deep familiarity with CSS pre-processors (e.g., Sass, Less) and/or post-processors (e.g., PostCSS), CSS-in-JS solutions (e.g., Styled Components, Emotion), and a strong understanding of best practices for writing maintainable and scalable stylesheets.
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Expertise: Comprehensive understanding of website structure, metadata management, and critical page speed optimization techniques to improve search rankings.
• Computer Science Fundamentals: Strong foundational knowledge of computer science principles, including Big O notation for algorithm analysis, various data structures, object-oriented design (OOD), and the principles of composition over inheritance.
• Web Security Best Practices: In-depth knowledge of common web security vulnerabilities such as XSS attacks, understanding of various authentication and authorization flows (e.g., OAuth 2.0, JWT), and effective data protection strategies.
• Database Expertise: Solid SQL proficiency, including the ability to perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations efficiently, optimize database queries for performance, and a good understanding of both relational (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and non-relational (e.g., MongoDB, NoSQL) database systems.
• HTTP Protocol Understanding: Thorough understanding of how client-server communication works over HTTP, including the principles of RESTful APIs and various authentication mechanisms (e.g., Basic Auth, Bearer tokens).
• MVC Frameworks Experience: Proven experience working with Model-View-Controller (MVC) or similar architectural patterns and a strong understanding of backend development best practices.
• Availability: Availability to work during core hours of 9 AM to 5 PM Central Standard Time (CST), with flexibility to manage personal productivity within this timeframe.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working in highly competitive digital markets, demonstrating an understanding of the unique challenges and strategies involved.
• Background in designing and implementing scalable cloud-based architectures (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience in the field.

Note: If you feel strongly that you have what it takes for this role but don’t check 100% of the boxes—that’s okay—we encourage you to apply anyway and highlight what you can bring to the table.