PHP Developer

Egreenservices; Elizabeth (NJ); On-site; USD 98,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentor

Generous benefits

Elizabeth, NJ flexibility to grow on a

Job summary

StartupSphere, based in Elizabeth, NJ, is hiring a PHP Developer for a temporary role with a compensation range of $98,000–$124,000 per year. The position focuses on building fast tooling around Jest, improving performance, and supporting cross-functional teams in a high-velocity environment.

You’ll work from our Elizabeth, NJ office, tackle latency, cold-start, and race-condition challenges, and contribute to architecture of fault-tolerant systems while collaborating with engineering and

Qualifications

• 3+ years putting Cypress to work in a technology setting.
• Comfort with a StartupSphere pace that rarely sits still.
• Real curiosity about why StartupSphere customers do what they do.

Responsibilities

• Land People Management performance wins StartupSphere can measure in NJ retention numbers.
• Build the Jest tooling that makes every other Elizabeth engineer faster.
• Catch the AWS race conditions that only surface under Elizabeth peak traffic.
• Cut Django cold-start times so StartupSphere functions wake before NJ users notice.
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Jest and Problem Solving.
• Build the flexible JavaScript feature that wins back the NJ accounts StartupSphere lost.
• Hunt down the latency spikes nobody at StartupSphere can explain.

Skills

Cypress experience

People management

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Jest

AWS

Django

Linux

Job description

StartupSphere is wiring up its next product line, and the PHP Developer we hire in Elizabeth, NJ gets to choose half the tools. The appeal is layered — $98,000 - $124,000, a temporary rhythm, technology ownership, and a StartupSphere crew that backs bold calls.

Key Responsibilities

• Land People Management performance wins StartupSphere can measure in NJ retention numbers
• Build the Jest tooling that makes every other Elizabeth engineer faster
• Catch the AWS race conditions that only surface under Elizabeth peak traffic
• Cut Django cold-start times so StartupSphere functions wake before NJ users notice
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Jest and Problem Solving
• Build the flexible JavaScript feature that wins back the NJ accounts StartupSphere lost
• Hunt down the latency spikes nobody at StartupSphere can explain

What You'll Bring

• 3+ years putting Cypress to work in a technology setting
• Comfort with a StartupSphere pace that rarely sits still
• Real curiosity about why StartupSphere customers do what they do
• Strong working knowledge of People Management and Jest
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a mid-level capacity
• Hands-on familiarity with Problem Solving, sharpened by Linux side projects

From our Elizabeth, NJ office, StartupSphere ships unfussy products used by companies large and small. You'll never have to guess where you stand with your manager in this temporary role.

Your offer at StartupSphere: $98,000 - $124,000, a mentor, generous benefits, and the Elizabeth, NJ flexibility to grow on your own clock.

Hiring as we speak in Elizabeth, with daily reviews still underway.