United States onlyAbout the Company
Our client is a profitable Enterprise SaaS company specializing in data privacy and security. Their patented AI-powered Data Privacy Governance platform helps Fortune 500 organizations protect privacy rights, ensure compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and other regulations, and streamline data handling with unified consent and preference management APIs.
Office Location: Falls Church, VA or Greenville, DE (hybrid 2-3 days per week)
Product: Hybrid AI-based data privacy platform for social, web, mobile, cloud, apps, and IoT devices
Our client's mission is to contribute to a better society by advocating for proper data protection legislation, responsibly safeguarding customer data, preserving individual privacy rights, and enhancing trust between businesses and consumers through greater transparency by blending Math, Algorithms, Data Science, and Human Intuition.
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Senior/Lead PHP Developer who wants to disrupt the fast-growing Data Privacy industry. Our client is an engineering-focused company: founders are engineers, and most of the team members are engineers. The team is flat in hierarchy, and you will likely have more autonomy over your code than you were accustomed to. You won't be just fixing bugs or maintaining the existing codebase - you will be building exciting new features, analyzing metrics, re-designing complex interfaces, and making important technical and product decisions.
What You'll Do
Write clean, quality, and secure code based on product requirements
Build interactive web applications, APIs, and algorithms
Optimize performance and browser company ability
Ensure technical decisions support our goals of quality, scalability, reliability, security, and high performance
Work with a team of engineers and help meet tight deadlines
Lead, mentor, and guide other engineers
What You Bring
A degree in Computer Engineering or a related field
7+ years of experience as a full stack or back-end developer
Skilled in building highly scalable and load-balanced web applications (e.g., well-designed APIs, high-volume data pipelines, efficient algorithms)
Solid experience with LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), or LEMP stack
Hands-on experience with Javascript, ReactJS, JQuery, Bootstrap, Redis, and building RESTful APIs, AJAX
Experience with SQL stored procedures, database architecture, microservices, and message queues (such as RabbitMQ)
Excellent command line skills on LINUX
Knowledge of container technology (Docker, etc.) and cloud services (IaaS, PaaS), AWS, Elastic Search
Experience using third-party testing tools and frameworks and working with version control systems such as GIT, Bitbucket, etc.
Ability to work from the office in Falls Church, VA or Wilmington, DE, 2-3 days per week
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis without visa sponsorship
You'll Be An Ideal Fit If You Have
Experience with a security-tech or privacy-tech company
Prior work in a SaaS software platform and enterprise software
Contribution to open-source projects
Experience with NoSQL/Hadoop/Hive/HBASE, Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.
Hands-on experience with Python, Java, or AI Algorithms
Hands-on experience with encryption algorithms, vulnerability assessment tools
Key Attributes for Success
Strong technical expertise to make important technical and product decisions
Good communication and team collaboration with the ability to mentor other engineers
Comfortable with a dynamic startup work environment
Why Join?
Employment type: Full-time, W2
Competitive compensation: $150,000 per year (negotiable based on experience) and stock options
Comprehensive medical benefits: 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) plan with a match program
Company-paid life insurance
Paid vacation
Very fast career growth (Director of Engineering in 1-2 years)
Tuition reimbursement
Collaborative company culture and supportive, inclusive environment for all employees
Work-life balance with a hybrid schedule 2-3 days per week
Company-paid events, celebrations, and office dinners
Proven product-market fit with Fortune 500 customers
Impactful work that shapes the future of data privacy and AI
Interviewing Process
Stage 1: 30-min phone interview with the Technical Founder (General fit)
Stage 2: On-site interview in the office (Skills assessment, Final)
Reference and Background Checks: conducted after successful interviews
Job Offer: provided to the selected candidate
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity, or expression, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
