Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 43North's CoachMePlus is a provider of Human Performance solutions that helps organizations and professionals optimize physical readiness, mental resilience, and overall performance through health and performance data. The Senior Backend Engineer will build, scale, and maintain high-quality web applications, develop PHP applications and APIs, collaborate across teams, mentor developers, and influence technical direction and architecture.
Responsibilities
- Architect full-stack solutions across font end, database, mobile
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable PHP applications and APIs
- Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code following best practices
- Collaborate with Product and Design to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Lead code reviews and help establish engineering standards
- Optimize application performance, security, and scalability
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues and drive root-cause resolution
- Mentor junior and mid-level developers
- Contribute to architecture decisions and long-term technical roadmap
- Other duties as assigned
Skills
- Travel may be required for industry events or strategic meetings
- US Citizenship
- 8+ years of professional experience with PHP development
- Strong experience with modern PHP frameworks (Laravel, Symfony, or similar)
- Solid understanding of object-oriented design and design patterns
- Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs
- Strong knowledge of SQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
- Familiarity with frontend technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Experience with version control (Git) and interactive rebase
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical partners
- Preference for candidates within commuting distance of Buffalo, NY for occasional in-person collaboration
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Flexible work schedule
- Parental leave
- Professional development support
- Work-from-home flexibility
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