In this hands-on leadership role you’ll help design, build, and scale a core platform for an AI-powered business management product.
You’ll work across both frontend and backend of applications and mobile experiences, playing a direct role in shaping both the product and the tech stack.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a startup environment: fast-paced, high ownership, and focused on turning ideas into production-quality software.
Why This Role
- High ownership and direct product impact
- Real users, real scale, and meaningful problems
- Modern stack with AI-assisted development workflows
- Opportunity to help shape both product and engineering direction
- Competitive Salary depending on experience, equity, monthly stipend for benefits
Location:
- Must be in the Greater-Phoenix area
- Work will be Hybrid ( no office yet... possible plans for collaborative space to be located in Scottsdale or Tempe next year )
- Compensation:160K-220K plus equity (depending on experience)
What You'll Do
- Own the technical roadmap and deliver against product and revenue goals
- Write production code across backend and frontend
- Review React Native work from mobile contractors and step in when needed
- Mentor our developer and direct contract developers
- Help hire and onboard the permanent team as we grow
- Run two-week sprints and give the CEO clear status updates
- Lead code reviews, set engineering standards, and write tests and documentation
- Balance new features against technical debt and explain the trade-offs
- Design secure, scalable architectures and integrate third-party services
- Deploy and troubleshoot on AWS, including Laravel Vapor and serverless
- Partner with designers to deliver polished, usable experiences
- Use AI tools (Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot) to ship faster while reviewing output for security, correctness, and maintainability
- Turn customer insights and feature requests into practical solutions with the CEO
- Build a positive, accountable engineering culture
Tech Stack
- Backend: PHP, Laravel, MySQL
- Frontend: Vue.js, Vuex, Vuetify, Nuxt.js, React.js
- Mobile: React Native, Expo, Xcode, Android Studio
- Cloud: AWS, Laravel Vapor, serverless
- Workflow: Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, Jira, Slack
- AI: Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot
Technical Requirements
- 6+ years of software engineering with substantial full-stack ownership (equivalent experience considered)
- Strong production experience with PHP/Laravel, MySQL, and Vue.js
- Background in API design, database performance, secure architecture, and testing
- AWS and serverless experience (AWS DevOps and Laravel Vapor a plus)
- Working knowledge of React Native and Expo, enough to review code and unblock contractors
- Responsible use of AI-assisted development tools
- Agile/Scrum and source control experience
Leadership Requirements
- Experience leading and mentoring engineers, including early-career developers
- Experience guiding a product through growth in a start-up or fast-paced environment
- Ability to build a technical roadmap and explain it to non-technical leaders
- Experience with contracted or distributed teams
- Comfort balancing speed, quality, and technical debt
- Prior experience at a company of similar stage
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder to be considered as no sponsorship is available for this role.