Senior PHP + React Engineer – Contract

Job Description

We are dscout. At our core, we are People Nerds. We empower our customers to meet the people who matter to them in the moments that matter most. Customer-obsessed companies and agencies like Salesforce, Sonos, Groupon, and Best Buy use dscout to build better products and services because of people like you. We are building a smart and driven team, and we would love for you to join us.

You’ll be working on a new startup-like team, within the larger dscout. We’ve been around for a couple years, have found product-market fit, paying customers, and are aiming to expand. In this expansion, there will be tons of opportunities to solve new user problems, which we’ll do collaboratively. We’ll also have lots of opportunities for performance improvements, and scalability projects. We believe our team’s work is essential in supporting research efforts (e.g. usability, UXR, generative, etc) – through panel management and recruitment. You can think of our product as a CRM for user research – with a core database, emailing, surveying, scheduling, and incentivizing capabilities.

what you will do

• Develop our customer-facing web app, both front-end (React) and back-end (PHP)
• Be quick to “ship and iterate” based on customer feedback
• Collaborate with PM and designer to make customer-informed decisions
• Tackle performance and scalability issues
• Show leadership in backend systems, and be responsible for uptime, performance, reliability
• Own the technical quality of your product

what you need to have

• More PHP focus with basic React skills
• Product focused, and satisfaction in solving problems for others
• Experience with performance optimization (e.g. reducing response time, CPU load, ram, etc)
• 4-5 years of experience, strong backend experience
• 2+ experience with React or other mainstream JS frameworks
• Experience with PHP (Laravel preferred)
• Experience with MySQL
• Good understanding of architecture and API design

what is nice to have

• Entrepreneurial experience in a small business or startup
• AWS experience

We do our best to write realistic, accurate job descriptions, but we also recognize that great talent comes in many forms and from many backgrounds. Not sure if you meet all of the above bullets? Please apply anyway!

Job: Contract (full-time hours)

🇺🇸 This position is open to candidates who are legally authorized to work in the United States and who will be located in the US by their start date.

About dscout

dscout is a team full of passionate research, sales, technical, marketing, design, success, and operations professionals. We are driven by the power of research—how in-context insights from real people can build products and services that are more people-centric. We value learning, sharing, and building. We deeply value being a diverse and inclusive team and company, and we look for team members who align with that belief. We are proud of what dscout is today, and we are excited to build our future with you. 

It doesn’t just stop there. When you join the dscout team, you will get:

* A strong and competitive compensation package with a built-in bonus and equity program.

* An incredible and progressive benefits package (for both you and your dependents) to support work/life balance including flexible PTO, 11 company holidays, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, 401k match, and much more.

* An education stipend to support your growth & development and a remote work stipend.

* A company that is open and transparent with our team. You will know what is happening and why it matters.

dscout is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We do not discriminate based on identity- race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender identity and expression, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged or sealed convictions, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

If you need reasonable accommodations for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at accommodations@dscout.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. We’ll do all we can to ensure you’re set up for success during our interview process while upholding your privacy, including accommodation requests. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

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