Senior Fullstack Developer – Backend First
Jobtailor
- Design, build and ship features end-to-end across web, mobile and backend as needed
- Own meaningful pieces of the product surface and the systems that back them
- Raise the bar on code quality, testing and engineering hygiene in the team
- Mentor more junior engineers through pairing, reviews and design discussions
- Partner with product and design to refine scope and surface trade-offs
- Contribute to on-call rotations and improve the reliability of the team’s systems
- Work closely with product, design and other engineers to deliver customer value
- Learn and apply AI-powered tooling
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong skills in at least one backend language: PHP or Go
- High level of competency in TypeScript
- Comfortable owning features from idea to production with minimal hand-holding
- Solid grounding in software design, testing and operational excellence
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with PMs and designers on ambiguous problems
- Pragmatic, customer-obsessed and a strong written communicator
- Comfortable with AI tooling
Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in software engineering with a focus on backend development using PHP or Go, and TypeScript. Proven ability to mentor junior engineers and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality features and improve system reliability.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Backend Development (PHP or Go)
- TypeScript Proficiency
- Software Design and Testing
- Mentorship and Collaboration
- AI Tooling Experience
ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills
- Software Engineering
- Backend Language (PHP)
- Backend Language (Go)
- TypeScript
- Software Design
- Testing
- Operational Excellence
- Feature Ownership
- Code Quality
- Engineering Hygiene
Soft Skills
- Mentorship
- Collaboration
- Customer-Obsessed
- Written Communication
- Problem-Solving
Tools & Technologies
- AI-Powered Tooling
Reference: WJ-766_22009119