Senior Full Stack Engineer

We’re looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer who can move fluidly across our primary application, PHP on the backend, TypeScript on the frontend, and take real ownership of what they build, from first commit through production and beyond. This isn’t a ticket taking role. You’ll scope your own work, make technical and product tradeoffs, and be accountable for outcomes, not just output.

• Build and ship features end-to-end across the primary app: backend logic in PHP (Symfony, Laminas), frontend using React and TypeScript, and everything connecting them
• Own your projects past “done.” Monitor what you ship, respond when it breaks, and iterate based on real usage data
• Instrument new and existing systems with proper observability (metrics, logs, tracing) so problems surface before customers report them
• Write and maintain automated tests (unit, integration, e2e) as a default part of shipping, not an afterthought
• Use AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or similar) as a standard part of your workflow to move faster without sacrificing the quality of what actually ships
• Contribute to infrastructure as code for the services you own, using Terraform and Helm charts
• Set up and tune alerting for the systems you’re responsible for, so you’re the first to know, not the last
• Work directly with product and other engineers to define problems, not just implement specs handed down to you
• Evaluate new tools, frameworks, and practices on their merits, and push adoption of what actually raises the bar, not what’s trendy

Must haves:

• Full stack proficiency. Solid, production-level experience across both backend and frontend, comfortable owning services end-to-end, not just patching them
• Cloud experience. Hands-on with at least one of GCP, AWS, or Azure (not just “used it once”)
• IaC experience. Terraform strongly preferred; meaningful exposure to CloudFormation, SST, Pulumi, or similar also counts
• Observability. You’ve instrumented systems, built dashboards, or debugged production issues using metrics, logs and traces, not just tailed logs and guessed
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership. A project or system you took from idea (or inherited mess) through to a stable, monitored, production state, with the scars to prove it
• Product engineer mindset. You think about the user and the business outcome, not just the ticket in front of you. You’re comfortable pushing back on a spec if there’s a better way
• Automation discipline. Strong testing habits, real experience using AI coding agents to accelerate delivery, and a track record of building alerting rather than waiting for someone else to
• Seniority in practice, not just title. 5+ years operating at a senior level, ideally including having led a complex project end to end. You’ve mentored other engineers or led a technical initiative before, and we need that from day one, not as something you grow into here
• Fluent in English. English is our main language across the company

Nice to have:

• Golang. Exposure to Go services is a plus, not a requirement
• Experience in event driven architecture and the systems + concepts that come with it, like Pub/Sub, retries, idempotency, dead letter handling
• Video / streaming pipelines for on demand and low latency live video Building fast and reliable custom video players for desktop and mobile
• Experience in a product with a direct revenue / conversion path (funnels, checkout, video, or similar high stakes UX)

We’re evidence first: decisions get made on data and outcomes, not process for its own sake. You’ll get real autonomy, and the real accountability that comes with it. If you want a role where someone else defines the ticket and you just execute, this isn’t it. If you want to own a slice of a product that actually matters to the business, it is.

• Great company culture. You’re going to be part of a team, not a cog in a machine.
• We’re here to enable you. It’s your work and your career. Our management team is here to help you become who you want to be, not to micromanage you.
• We value your ideas. At Vidalytics, our doors are always open. Need help? Come on in. Have a vision for the future of the company? We’d love to hear it.
• Rest and relaxation. Employees enjoy a generous PTO package.
• Professional development. Want to continue your education? Vidalytics pays for classes, conferences, and more.