Mid-Level PHP Developer — End-to-End Tech, Growth & Benefits

Shopping Excellence Corp; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 69,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Conference budgets

Job summary

Shopping Excellence Corp in Sterling Heights seeks a mid-level PHP Developer to join on a contract basis. You will work with modern gRPC tooling, own end-to-end services, and contribute to a high-availability platform while aligning with sprint goals.

You'll bring hands-on PHP experience, comfort with REST APIs and TypeScript consumers, and a proactive, curious mindset to push improvements across CI/CD, Kafka incidents, and production stability.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with modern gRPC workflows and tooling.
• Ability to convert data into actionable decisions.
• Self-directed and proactive in a Slack-driven environment.
• Curiosity to learn new skills and adapt quickly.
• Balanced mix of project management depth and Linux exploration.

Responsibilities

• Own a technology service end to end from design to on-call rotation.
• Harden PM authentication to ensure MI audit readiness.
• Maintain CI/CD for high-traffic periods in Sterling Heights.
• Defend uptime during off-hours on-call pages.
• Deliver features from concept to production in Sterling Heights, MI.
• Lead Kafka incident postmortems to prevent outages.
• Expose REST APIs to TypeScript consumers so data lands in the right teams.

Skills

gRPC workflows

Data-driven decisions

Self-directed work style

Learning mindset

Project Management

Linux familiarity

Tools

REST APIs

TypeScript

Spring Boot

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Shopping Excellence Corp in Sterling Heights seeks a mid-level PHP Developer to join on a contract basis. You will work with modern gRPC tooling, own end-to-end services, and contribute to a high-availability platform while aligning with sprint goals.

You'll bring hands-on PHP experience, comfort with REST APIs and TypeScript consumers, and a proactive, curious mindset to push improvements across CI/CD, Kafka incidents, and production stability.