Senior PHP Software Engineer at TheGuarantors

University of Delaware; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health savings account with employer contribution

Generous PTO and paid holidays

401(k)

Paid parental leave

Company sponsored disability

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

TheGuarantors is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their hybrid team in NYC. In this role, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and build scalable applications while maintaining high coding standards.

With 3+ years of experience in back-end and front-end development, particularly with PHP and React, you will significantly contribute to enhancing user experience and operational efficiency. Competitive base salary ranges from $140,000 - $160,000 annually is offered, along with various benefits.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in back-end web development with PHP.
• 3+ years of experience in front-end web development with React.
• Willingness to champion team needs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to build features.
• Lead technical design discussions.
• Write clean, maintainable code.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Back-end web development (PHP)

Front-end web development (React)

Web-scraping technologies

API concepts and designs

Advanced SQL understanding

System design, data structures, algorithms

Tools

AWS

Job description

TheGuarantors is a cutting edge fintech company setting the standard in rent coverage with unrivaled insurance products, with a deep understanding of owner, operator, and renter needs. We believe renters deserve better access to the home of their dreams and operators deserve greater protection and growth opportunities. That’s why we’re leveraging our expertise in real estate and using AI‑based technology to help operators qualify renters faster while mitigating the risk of rental income loss. With $2B+ in rent and deposits guaranteed, we have been named one of Inc. 5000’s fastest‑growing companies, one of Forbes’ Best Startup Employees, and one of Deloitte’s 2023 Technology Fast 500.

Join a high‑impact, full‑stack engineering team at TheGuarantors as a Senior Software Engineer. You’ll partner with engineering leaders, product managers, and stakeholders to design, build, and maintain scalable applications that support both internal operations and our customer experience.

We foster a team culture grounded in ownership, autonomy, and technical excellence. Our engineers are empowered to shape their team’s technical direction and development processes.

Location

This is a hybrid role based in NYC.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with a cross‑functional team to build features end-to-end—across backend, frontend, and APIs
• Lead technical design discussions and help evaluate tradeoffs
• Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews
• Work closely with product and design to transform business needs into practical engineering solutions
• Come up with solutions for improvements on web‑scraping methods
• Enable and build upon mission critical systems within our business

Requirements

• Exceptional interpersonal skills
• 3+ years of relevant production work experience in back‑end web development, preferably using PHP
• 3+ years of relevant production work experience in front‑end web development, preferably using React
• Experience with Web‑scraping technologies
• A willingness to champion team needs and get involved with strategic decisions.
• Deep understanding of API concepts and designs
• Advanced understanding of SQL
• Familiarity with modern web infrastructure components (e.g. caching, serverless, API gateways, etc) and how to manage them.
• Understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms, and experience creating and evaluating technical design documents

Nice to Have

• Experience working with AWS
• Opportunities to make an impact within a fast growing company
• Health savings account with employer contribution
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• 401(k)
• Paid parental leave
• Company sponsored short and long term disability
• Flexible spending accounts (healthcare, dependent care, commuter)

The base salary range is $140,000 - $160,000 annually

Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location and current market data and may vary from the range above.