Senior Software Engineer

Headshots.com | Remote ( LATAM/EU preferred ) | Full-Time Contract About Headshots.com At Headshots.com, we're reimagining how professional headshots are created and delivered - from our core platform to a recently launched standalone AI product. Trusted by clients like Boeing, Capital One, and American Express, we transform smartphone selfies into polished, studio-quality portraits within three business days. Our work helps individuals and teams present themselves with consistency and confidence across digital platforms. The Role We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who can take ownership of features end-to-end, contribute to architectural decisions, and execute with minimal hand-holding. You'll work directly with the Head of Engineering on a small team where your contributions will have immediate, visible impact. You’ll work across our entire stack (PHP/React) but skew backend. You should be as comfortable designing a scalable queue system as you are debugging a React component, but your passion is in building robust server-side systems. We run a headless architecture - React frontends powered by a WordPress API backend handling user management, payments, and integrations. The backend is real PHP engineering, not plugin configuration. We’re actively modernizing toward a clean architecture, so you’ll be building new systems the right way while improving what’s already there. What You’ll Do Build new features and integrations - from initial architecture through deployment, you’ll own the full lifecycle Maintain and improve our existing codebase - squashing bugs, improving performance, and tackling technical debt alongside feature work Conduct code reviews - help maintain quality standards and share knowledge across the team Work on data and infrastructure - design and optimize MySQL databases, Redis caching, and background job systems Collaborate across the company - work with operations and customer success to understand real user problems; occasionally join customer calls to hear feedback firsthand What We’re Looking For Must-Haves 4+ years of professional software engineering experience Strong backend fundamentals - you think in systems, data flows, and edge cases before writing code Modern PHP expertise - with experience scaling high-traffic applications beyond standard CMS caching Self-directed - you figure things out, ask smart questions when stuck, and ship without needing to be managed closely 5+ hours of overlap with US Eastern Time Nice-to-Haves Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS preferred) Payment system experience (Stripe) Background job/queue systems CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices Third-party API integrations (CRMs, external services) Docker and containerization Database performance tuning and optimization The Person You're someone who: Asks "why are we building this?" before "how should I build this?" Takes ownership and follows through without being chased Communicates proactively - flags blockers early, shares context generously Cares about the product, not just the code Logistics Contract: Full-time, long-term (40 hrs/week) Compensation: $25 - $30 USD/hour, depending on experience Location: Remote. LATAM/EU preferred ; open to other regions if you can maintain 5-6 hours of overlap with US Eastern Time Schedule: Flexible within overlap hours How to Apply Interested? Send us: Your resume or LinkedIn A brief note on a system you've architected or significantly improved - what was the problem, what did you build, what were the tradeoffs? #J-18808-Ljbffr Headshots.com