Senior Software Engineer
Headshots.com
- New York, New York, United States
- New York, New York, United States
À propos
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?
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Compétences linguistiques
- English
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