Software Architect

Summary

Join ULTRA MOBILE as a Software Architect, Ecommerce and contribute to a driven engineering team. This remote role, based in the US, involves architecting complex technical initiatives, documenting software changes, and improving the ecommerce platform (WooCommerce, PHP, Node, Next). You will work with various tech stacks, identify improvements, and lead their execution. Mentoring junior engineers is a key aspect. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in software engineering, expertise in PHP and Javascript, and a passion for user experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree - ideally a focus in Computer Science (or equivalent)
• 5+ years experience in software engineering or similar roles
• Expert knowledge of PHP and the differences between versions
• Expert knowledge of Javascript and multiple Javascript frameworks
• Familiar with performance scaling (clusters, nodes, caching, network communications, routing, content delivery networks, etc)
• Expert knowledge of multiple analytics platforms
• Knowledge about supporting the LAMP stack on AWS (caching, databases, platforms, pipelines, etc.)
• Self-motivated and self-starter
• An eye towards innovation
• Ready to try new ideas and execute them
• Team player ready to debate technical approaches with the whole team
• Passionate about the end-user experience
• Clear and open communication skills
• Flexible working between multiple development environments
• Bring your experience to our conversations about software implementations
• A curious mind willing to try new things
• A desire to lead teams and mentor junior engineers

Responsibilities

• Participate in a driven and highly intelligent engineering team
• Architect and plan complex technical initiatives/integrations
• Document software and infrastructure changes required for complex software projects
• Have a deep understanding of our current architecture, and provide a long-term roadmap of improvements
• Advocate for Software Engineering best practices
• Work with the team to plan, build, test, and deploy new features
• Primarily work on our ecommerce platform (WooCommerce, PHP, Node, Next)
• Be asked to design and architect various other tech stacks necessary to support ecommerce
• Help make our ecommerce software better for both customers and engineers
• Identify improvements and follow through with an execution plan - leading to deployment of your ideas in weeks
• Think critically about our entire software/infrastructure and propose improvements
• Innovate and push web technologies to their limits
• Experiment with new technologies and educate the rest of the team
• Work with the team to implement and improve automated testing platforms
• Propose and lead the development of new platform features
• Mentor junior engineers (education and growth are VERY important)
• Execute some of our technically challenging and critical projects

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in WordPress and WooCommerce theme/plugin development is a big plus
• Headless WordPress / JAM stack is a plus
• WordPress / WooCommerce (Plugin/Theme development is a plus)

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Benefits
• Family leave
• Vacation
• Health, disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Flexible spending accounts
• EAP
• Education reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Unlimited vacation
• Bonuses
• Company paid holidays
• Lunch every day prepared by our very own chef
• Healthy snacks
• Onsite gym
• Free massages
• Car wash services