PHP Software Engineer

Who We Are

GovOS is a leading provider of transaction and compliance software for state and local governments to streamline property, licensing, and tax interactions with businesses and citizens. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, GovOS serves more than 800 government agencies across the United States. With the company's secure suite of cloud-based solutions, governments can maximize revenue, increase compliance, reduce costs, and meet constituent demand for modern, self-service transaction and payment services.

Across the country, local governments are working hard to improve the lives of their citizens, as well as their own employees. We are 100% invested in providing governments with innovative solutions and industry-leading services that will help them deliver impactful change in their communities. Government agencies have been winning awards with us for almost 20 years now. We have the highest customer retention rates in our industry because no one works harder than we do to ensure our customers' success.

Our Mission Statement

To enable state and local governments to modernize their citizens and business transactions through innovative SaaS solutions and seamless payments.

We are looking to hire a talented PHP developer to work with our back-end services, some front end development, and ensure a seamless interchange of data between the server and our users. As a PHP developer, you will be responsible for developing and coding all server-side logic as well as helping move our code from a mixture of front-end/back-end combination, to a true separate PHP back-end service. You will also be required to maintain the code to interact with the system databases and respond to requests from front-end developers.

To ensure success as a PHP developer, you should have in-depth knowledge of object-oriented PHP programming, understanding of MVC designs, and working knowledge of front-end technologies including HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3. Ultimately, a top-level PHP Developer can design and build efficient PHP modules while seamlessly integrating front-end technologies. You will also need the ability to work with an extended remote team and attend daily meetings. Strong communication skills, a desire to learn difficult business rule, and self-motivation are a must.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software architecture for critical new products and new feature sets
• Develop and deploy new features
• Write "clean", well-designed code
• Troubleshoot and optimize the core product software and database
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Follow industry best practices as well as company programming policies and standard
• Work closely with engineering, QA, design, and product teams
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to the engineering team

Requirements - Proven software development experience in PHP (3+ years)

• Understanding of PHP frameworks, object oriented programming, and MVC
• Demonstrable knowledge of web technologies including HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJA
• Good knowledge of relational databases, version control tools and developing web services
• Strongly collaborative and effective in a cross-functional environment
• Willingness and ability to own key parts of the product, end-to-end
• Knowledge of automated testing tools and techniques
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to present complicated concepts in a clear and concise manner to both technical and nontechnical audiences

Preferred - B2B API Intergrations

? Compensation & Benefits?

• $120,000 - $140,000 annual base??
• Remote Opportunities (Some state restrictions ? see below)
• Leadership and career development opportunities?
• Competitive insurance (medical, dental, vision, and voluntary life & disability)?
• Mental health benefits?
• 401(k) plan with company match?
• Paid holidays?
• Flexible PTO - no accruals?
• Generous paid parental leave?
• Monthly work from home stipend?

? While we are a remote organization we do have restrictions in a few states: Unfortunately, we cannot hire in these select locations: Arizona, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin The pay range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position and may change in the future. Actual pay may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, including but not limited to work experience and performance.

GovOS, Inc. ("GovOS") provides this California Privacy Notice ("Notice") to describe its privacy practices with respect to its collection of Personal Information as required under the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"). GovOS's CCPA-specific policies can be found at https://govos.com/privacy-policy/ and should be carefully reviewed prior to providing any Personal Information. This Notice applies only to job applicants and candidates for employment who reside in the State of California ("Consumers") and from whom GovOS collects "Personal Information" (as defined in the CCPA). GovOS provides you with this Notice because under the CCPA, California residents who are job applicants qualify as "Consumers."