We are hiring a PHP Staff Engineer to focus on backend application work and technical leadership while contributing to DevOps, data, and frontend work as necessary. We’re a small team, so the blend will depend on the individual and the project.
Ideal candidates will have an incredibly strong Web SaaS background, a decade or two of Web-based professional history, and a deep comfort with PHP. You are consistently assessing whether technical choices are adding or removing system complexity. You enjoy enabling your teammates to do their best work with clear & appropriate feedback, tailored guidance, and thoughtful workload sharing. You are deeply critical of which technical choices and work will have the most meaningful impact on our goals.
This role offers $160K/yr and participation in our ESOP (Employee Stock Option Program) with a 4-year vesting schedule. If you start by 1 April, you’ll be eligible for the company-wide annual 1 July pay raise. If you’re interested in the role but have questions or feedback, please email the hiring manager. No one’s resume will get buried for being critical, it’s kinda the point of the job.
We will accept applications through Friday, 21 February and begin the email screening process as soon as possible. Initial interviews will ideally be scheduled for 24-27 February, and second interviews the week of 10 March. There are two 90-minute interviews (hiring manager + panel) and we request 3 professional references (but let's talk anyway if you have circumstances that make that impossible). We are filling this role ASAP, preferably no later than 1 April. Please note availability concerns in your application! We can be flexible and are happy to accommodate whenever we can.
About uConnect
uConnect is on a mission to help more people realize their potential by improving access to career services for all people - early in their lives and throughout their careers. Focused on the traditional higher education market, uConnect's All-In-One Virtual Career Center is used by a wide range of institutions including UCLA, MIT, and Baton Rouge Community College to radically improve utilization of career services, career readiness and student outcomes. We're a mission-driven team working in a fun and collaborative culture which puts people first. uConnect is backed by leading technology investors including Growth Street Partners, Strada Education and LearnLaunch.
Staff Engineer
Location
Cambridge, MA or Remote
Salary
$160,000 annual salary (with annual raise 1 July).
Description
We are hiring a PHP Staff Engineer to focus on backend application work and technical leadership while contributing to DevOps, data, and frontend work as necessary. We’re a small team, so the blend will depend on the individual and the project.
Core Responsibilities
* Collaboratively plan, document, and execute complex web application programming tasks.
* Adhere to team coding standards and architectural principles.
* Demonstrate advanced knowledge of one or more relevant programming languages in day-to-day use.
* Demonstrate best practices in submitted code.
* Make informed decisions about what qualifies as in- and out-of-scope for current tasks and communicate those decisions succinctly and thoroughly.
* Raise concerns, questions, and ambiguities for team discussion; lead consensus-building.
* Identify risks in current code, environment, and/or process; recommend alternatives.
* Add automated low-level tests to code as appropriate.
* Troubleshoot existing code for defects, performance issues, or other unwanted behavior.
* Take ownership of overall application code base and be accountable for its long-term health, performance, and alignment with team goals.
* Take on independent investigations or maintenance projects to enable the rest of the team.
* Take a leadership role in overall technical decisions and direction.
* Work cross-functionally with Product, Customer Success, and other stakeholders to identify the best outcomes possible given our goals and constraints.
Secondary Responsibilities
* Assist with support and bug triage.
* Assist with CI/CD pipeline as necessary.
* Assist with E2E tests as necessary.
* Improve application observability with logging and automated alerting.
* Explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
* Guide and mentor other engineers of all levels with their professional growth and learning.
* Assist with hiring engineers as requested.
* Investigate new technologies for applicability to current and future engineering challenges.
* Monitor the broader technology ecosystem for significant changes and brief team.
* Respond to priority support incidents during off-hours in rare business-critical situations.
Core Skills & Experiences (You check most of these boxes)
* Building and maintaining Web SaaS products for at least 5 years (12+ is ideal).
* Advanced programming experience in a Web server context, PHP strongly preferred.
* Programming experience in JavaScript and HTML/CSS.
* Advanced SQL query authoring and relational database design constraints.
* Working remotely with a cross-functional team & collaborating with other engineers.
* Task refinement & scoping, self-organization, and prioritization.
* Team-based communication and active listening.
* Giving and receiving constructive and well-communicated code review feedback.
* Experience with one or more web application frameworks.
Why Take This Role?
* High impact, high efficiency, sustainable efforts, & minimal politics.
* Truly flexible work schedule with consistent effort to minimize meetings and prioritize individual needs.
* Commitment to a healthy engineering culture with a focus on great documentation, team-based work refinement, and clear acceptance criteria.
* You're aligned with our mission of improving access to career services & employment outcomes for higher education students.
Hiring Process
* Screening over email (call optional)
* 90-minute alignment interview (Zoom video)
* 90-minute functional area interview (Zoom video)
* Background check (we do not automatically disqualify applicants for non-violent criminal convictions)
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