AI Development
Uses agentic AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) as multipliers but enforces strict engineering judgment—explicitly not vibe coding.
About the Role
Senior PHP/Laravel engineer to help architect, rebuild, and operate Lendzi’s lending platform end-to-end, owning production Laravel and WordPress applications, integrations with lenders, and leading an AWS migration while using AI‑assisted development responsibly.
Key Responsibilities
- Own production Laravel applications; maintain, improve, and refactor WordPress and Laravel codebases.
- Triage and resolve production issues, ship features, and harden security and reliability.
- Build and maintain integrations with external lenders and partners’ APIs; design observable, repeatable abstractions.
- Lead AWS migration and assist with DevOps and cloud infrastructure setup and management.
- Architect the platform rebuild (merchant, partner, lender, and admin portals) with AI at the center.
- Use agentic AI coding tools as a force multiplier while rigorously validating and reviewing all AI‑generated output.
- Establish engineering standards: code review, testing, security, deployments, documentation, and runbooks.
Required
- 7+ years professional backend engineering experience with strong recent Laravel and modern PHP production experience (Laravel 10 or 11, PHP 8.2+).
- Deep MySQL skills: schema design, indexing, query optimization, migrations, data integrity.
- Production AWS experience: ECS or EC2, RDS, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, IAM, S3, SQS.
- Strong API design and integration experience: REST, OAuth 2.0, webhooks, retries, idempotency, rate limiting.
- Security‑conscious development: PII handling, encryption at rest/in transit, OWASP Top 10, secrets management; comfortable in a SOC 2 environment.
- Real‑world use of AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or similar) with disciplined validation of outputs.
- Strong written communication, self‑direction, and ownership of production systems.
Preferred
- Fintech, lending, payments, or banking experience.
- Experience with Plaid, DocuSign, Zoho CRM, or comparable enterprise SaaS APIs.
- OpenAI or Anthropic API experience in production, including prompt engineering and structured output validation.
- Experience modernizing legacy PHP/Laravel applications (major‑version upgrades).
- CI/CD pipeline experience (GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, or equivalent).
- Filament, Livewire, Sanctum, or Jetstream production experience.
- Competitive base salary and performance‑based annual bonus.
- Health, dental, vision, life insurance, employee assistance program, and flexible spending account.
- 401(k) and 401(k) matching; retirement plan.
- Paid time off.
- Founding‑engineer seat, direct partnership with leadership, modern stack, and autonomy.
Location & Work Arrangement
Hybrid schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Boca Raton, FL office; Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays remote.
Reporting
Reports to the Director of Technology. Candidates may be asked to complete a Laravel technical assessment followed by interviews.
Notes on AI Use
The organization is AI‑first and uses agentic tools broadly, but requires strict engineering judgment: every line of production code must be read, validated, and defensible by a senior engineer.
Benefits
- Performance‑based annual bonus
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Hybrid schedule (Tues/Thurs in Boca Raton office)
Employment Information
- Salary: USD 75,000+/year
- Employment type: Full‑time