CoachMePlus - Senior Backend Engineer

43North•Buffalo, NY

16h•$120,000 - $160,000•Remote

About The Position

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and play a key role in building, scaling, and maintaining high quality web applications. You’ll work closely with product, design, and engineering teammates to deliver reliable, well architected solutions and help set technical standards across the team. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on development, mentoring others, and influencing technical direction without being fully removed from the code.

Requirements

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

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