Lead Software Engineer: AI-Driven Platform & Product Scale

The Finders; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits stipend

Job summary

The Finders in Phoenix is seeking a hands-on engineering leader to design, build, and scale a core AI-powered business management platform. You’ll own both frontend and backend work across web and mobile, shaping the product, tech stack, and delivery cadence.

This startup-style role emphasizes fast iteration, high ownership, and practical solutions. You’ll lead by example, collaborate with designers and stakeholders, and help grow a capable engineering team.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering with full-stack ownership.
• Strong PHP/Laravel, MySQL, and Vue.js experience.
• AWS and serverless experience; Laravel Vapor a plus.
• Experience reviewing React Native work and guiding contractors.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical roadmap and deliver against product and revenue goals.
• Write production code across backend and frontend.
• Review React Native work from mobile contractors and unblock teams.
• Help hire and onboard the permanent team as they grow.
• Run two-week sprints and provide clear status updates to leadership.
• Lead code reviews, set engineering standards, and write tests/docs.
• Design secure, scalable architectures and integrate third-party services.
• Deploy and troubleshoot on AWS and serverless tools.

Skills

Full-stack ownership

PHP/Laravel

MySQL

Vue.js

React Native

AWS

Git/Jira

Agile/Scrum

Code reviews

Team leadership

Tools

Laravel Vapor

Expo

Job description

The Finders in Phoenix is seeking a hands-on engineering leader to design, build, and scale a core AI-powered business management platform. You’ll own both frontend and backend work across web and mobile, shaping the product, tech stack, and delivery cadence.

This startup-style role emphasizes fast iteration, high ownership, and practical solutions. You’ll lead by example, collaborate with designers and stakeholders, and help grow a capable engineering team.