Remote Staff Engineer — Lead Architect (PHP/Laravel)

Motion Recruitment; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Flexible PTO

401(k)

Stock Options

Company-Paid Disability and Life Ins.

Paid Family and Medical Leave

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for a fully remote, full-time role in healthcare-adjacent software. The stack includes PHP, Laravel, Vue.js and MySQL, with equivalents like Ruby, Node.js, React, or Postgres welcomed.

You will lead architectural direction for major product areas, mentor engineers, and maintain a heavy code contribution role. Expect to ship in the first quarter and work at US business hours.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of senior full stack web development experience.
• Strong expertise in PHP, Laravel, Vue.js and MySQL (or equivalents).
• Proven track record as a technical lead on complex initiatives.
• Experience building enterprise-scale applications with focus on data architecture and performance.
• Mentor engineers and raise standards across a team.
• Excellent communication to explain technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and direction for major product areas while coding daily.
• Mentor engineers and raise the bar on quality across the team.
• Deliver shippable code within the first quarter and drive green-field projects.

Skills

Senior leadership

Hands-on coding

Mentoring

Communication

Architectural underpinning

Tools

PHP

Laravel

Vue.js

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for a fully remote, full-time role in healthcare-adjacent software. The stack includes PHP, Laravel, Vue.js and MySQL, with equivalents like Ruby, Node.js, React, or Postgres welcomed.

You will lead architectural direction for major product areas, mentor engineers, and maintain a heavy code contribution role. Expect to ship in the first quarter and work at US business hours.