Senior PHP Backend Engineer - Remote, MongoDB & React

Jamdanceacademy; Bakersfield (CA); Remote; USD 111,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonuses

Comprehensive insurance

Remote-friendly schedule

Job summary

Nordstrom in Bakersfield, CA is seeking a senior PHP Developer to join a remote-capable team. You will design backend services, wire up REST API feature flags, and bridge PHP/React-driven components across the platform while maintaining production-grade reliability.

The role requires 6+ years of proven work, strong communication, and the ability to teach others. Expect a remote-friendly schedule and ownership over critical pipelines in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to teach what you know to someone greener.
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a quietly-relentless remote team.
• Working knowledge of MongoDB alongside transferable MySQL chops.
• Calm under the forever-learning chaos a senior role tends to generate.

Responsibilities

• Wire up REST API feature flags so Nordstrom can test on Bakersfield traffic risk-free
• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using Delegation and React
• Containerize applications and manage deployments with Delegation and Problem Solving
• Build internal tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity
• Pair Delegation and MongoDB in a pipeline Nordstrom can extend without your help later
• Bridge React and Delegation so the two halves of Nordstrom's platform finally talk
• Spot the documentation-first MySQL anti-pattern in review before it spreads through Nordstrom

Skills

PHP

React

MongoDB

MySQL

REST API

Containerization

Problem Solving

Job description

Nordstrom in Bakersfield, CA is seeking a senior PHP Developer to join a remote-capable team. You will design backend services, wire up REST API feature flags, and bridge PHP/React-driven components across the platform while maintaining production-grade reliability.

The role requires 6+ years of proven work, strong communication, and the ability to teach others. Expect a remote-friendly schedule and ownership over critical pipelines in a fast-paced environment.