Staff Backend Engineer shaping Skillshare’s online learning platform backend architecture. Building TypeScript services, GraphQL contracts, and reliable event - driven systems for millions of learners.
About the role
- Full-time Laravel Specialist developing web applications and contributing to digital design at Plank. Join an award-winning digital design studio focused on ethical website design.
Responsibilities
- Developing Laravel sites and applications primarily using PHP and JavaScript
- Implementing testing & creating a testing strategy
- Assisting junior developers and other team members
- Leading development strategy on projects
- Producing high-quality code
- Creating estimates, hitting time targets
- Code reviews - elevating & enforcing standards/best practices
- Researching and evaluating plugins
Requirements
- Solid understanding of MVC frameworks and building web applications within them
- Foundational understanding of system architecture and the ability to understand the relationship between domain entities
- Deep understanding of PHP, its frameworks, and its libraries, including Laravel
- Ability to describe technical concepts in simple language
- Firm grasp of testing frameworks, such as Pest, PHPUnit, etc
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
- Familiarity with Filament PHP
- Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks, including React, Vue
- Proficient with web markup, including HTML5 and CSS3
- Comfortable with Unix-based environments
- Proficient with web servers, such as Nginx or Apache and databases, such as Mysql or PostgreSQL
- Familiarity with full text search engines like Elasticsearch / Opensearch, or Typesense
Benefits
- Focus on work/life balance - we offer flexible start times and no expectation of work outside of business hours
- Comprehensive group health and dental plan
- Lots of paid vacation time, including 2 uninterrupted weeks at the end of the year
- Learning and development opportunities
- Additional compensation: yearly profit-share bonus
- A new Apple laptop as well as systems and support to do your best work
- Free weekly private yoga class (in person or via video call)
- Work from home financial support
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