Senior Full Stack Developer
Giftogram is hiring a Senior Full Stack Developer
About Us
Giftogram is an industry-leading platform in the gift, reward, and incentive space. We are a high-energy team of dynamic problem-solvers who love tackling challenges and enjoy the work that we do. Our agile culture drives us to find creative solutions through collaboration and hard work.
Founded in 2012, we have rapidly grown into one of the top B2B rewards and incentives platforms. Our clients include mid-market corporations, nonprofits, and Fortune 500 brands. We have quickly expanded our customer base using our product-led growth (PLG) model. As we accelerate our growth trajectory, we seek an experienced Senior Full Stack Developer to join our Engineering team.
About the Role
Are you passionate about writing clean, efficient code? Do you have experience working with REACT and Laravel? We are looking for an experienced Senior Full Stack Developer to join our engineering team. You will play a pivotal role in building and scaling our platform, ensuring seamless integration across all components, from the backend infrastructure to the user interface. You’ll have the opportunity to work on both server-side and client-side development, from end to end. In this role, you’ll also work directly with our product designers to create a highly polished user experience.
This position reports to the Director of Engineering, and it is hybrid with the expectation of 2 days onsite per week at our Parsippany, NJ office.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead the development and optimization of our platform using PHP, SQL, REST API, with a preference for React
- Design and implement robust backend services, ensuring high performance and scalability
- Lead a full life cycle project from implementation design to a release candidate
- Build and enhance user interfaces with React, incorporating CSS and styled components to deliver responsive and visually appealing experiences
- Develop and maintain REST APIs to enable seamless communication between different parts of the platform and third-party services
- Optimize and manage our SQL databases, ensuring data integrity, performance, and security
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code, following industry best practices and coding standards
- Work closely with product managers, designers, and other developers to deliver high-quality features and improvements on time
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
What You’ll Bring:
- 8+ years of experience in full stack development, with a strong focus on PHP, SQL, and REST APIs
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a similar field, or equivalent years of experience
- Proficiency in JavaScript, with extensive experience in modern frameworks like React; Knowledge of CSS, with styled components being a plus
- Strong experience with SQL and database design, with a focus on performance optimization and security
- Experience with PHP MVC framework, Laravel (preferred)
- Experience with OOP programming - comfortable building code that can be modular and reused
- Proven experience in building and integrating REST APIs
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to tackle complex technical challenges
- Excellent communication skills, with experience working in cross-functional teams
- Experience mentoring and guiding junior developers, with a focus on fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies
What We Offer:
- Base Salary range: $130,000 - $160,000 + a discretionary 10% performance bonus
- 401k & Company Match
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
- Hybrid work schedule (2 days onsite per week)
- 15 PTO Days + Paid holidays
Please note that Giftogram does not work with external staffing/recruitment vendors. Any unsolicited resumes shared with the Giftogram team will be considered property of Giftogram and no recruitment fees of any kind will be paid or owed unless an existing recruitment agreement exists alongside with specific engagement for the role in question.