PHP Developer

Egreenservices; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentor guidance available

Flexible hours

Job summary

Universal Studios in Arlington, VA is hiring a PHP Developer to own backend work with a $100,000–$144,000 invitation and a mid-level title. Your compensation opens at this range; mentorship is available and hours are flexible.

You will design, build, and maintain services using Go and Kubernetes, refactor legacy modules, and drive testing, security, and observability. Collaboration spans Rails, JavaScript, and Kotlin stacks to ensure robust delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend or related fields.
• Ability to drive testing, security, and observability practices.
• Portfolio or work samples demonstrating technology expertise.

Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability.
• Refactor the technology module Universal Studios is reluctant to touch.
• Negotiate Go tradeoffs with product when timelines clash.
• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using Go and Kubernetes.
• Read Kotlin stack traces and trace bugs to root causes.
• Prototype proof-of-concept solutions for emerging tech requirements.
• Translate outages into fixes to stabilize Arlington launches.
• Lead the Kubernetes migration to retire legacy stack.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

Ruby on Rails

JavaScript

Kotlin

Testing

Security

Observability

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Tools

RabbitMQ

Job description

If clean APIs give you a small private thrill, the PHP Developer role at Universal Studios in Arlington, VA was practically written for you. Read it as a $100,000 - $144,000 invitation to own technology work in Arlington, backed by a mid-level title and 5 years of trust.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Refactor the technology module Universal Studios has been afraid to touch
• Negotiate Go tradeoffs with product when Universal Studios timelines and reality collide
• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using Go and Kubernetes
• Read the Kotlin stack traces others skim past, and trace bugs to their root
• Prototype proof-of-concept solutions for emerging technology requirements
• Translate the wildly-collaborative JavaScript outage into fixes that make the next Arlington launch dull
• Lead the Kubernetes migration that finally retires Universal Studios's delightfully-weird legacy stack

What You'll Bring

• The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet
• The integrity to flag your own mistakes first
• Cross-functional ease, from Ruby on Rails engineers to People Management marketers
• A portfolio or work samples that demonstrate your technology expertise

Somewhere between a startup and an institution, Universal Studios has spent years perfecting RabbitMQ for clients all over Arlington, VA. Decisions at Universal Studios come with a name attached, because ownership without accountability is just noise.

Your compensation opens at $100,000 - $144,000, your mentor is waiting, your benefits are ready, and your hours are yours to flex.

Updated today and reviewed daily, the technology role stays open.