Lead as a Senior Full Stack Developer/Tech Lead by mentoring, establishing coding standards, and contributing to high-quality software. Manage AWS infrastructure, databases, and CI/CD processes.
About the Role:
We're seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer / Tech Lead to serve as the technical anchor. You'll partner with engineering leadership to establish team standards, mentor teammates, and contribute hands-on code. This role requires someone who can balance leadership with execution, helping drive a team toward high-quality, production-ready software.
Our stack includes Laravel 12, Vue.js, MySQL, Redis, and TailwindCSS.
What You'll Do:
- Partner with engineering leadership to establish and enforce coding standards and architectural patterns
- Contribute to technical planning, sprint grooming, and architecture decisions
- Own the code review process and ensure team adherence to established standards
- Help assess technical feasibility for new features and initiatives
- Onboard and mentor new team members
- Identify opportunities to reduce tech debt and improve developer experience
- Serve as escalation point for complex technical problems
- Develop, test, and maintain full-stack functionality using PHP 8.4 and Laravel 12.x
- Build and consume RESTful APIs for internal and external applications
- Use wireframes and mockups to create responsive UIs using Vue.js 2.x+, and TailwindCSS
- Design and optimize database schemas in MySQL; work with DynamoDB for appropriate workloads
- Manage AWS infrastructure including RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, and related services
- Define and maintain Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation or AWS CDK
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using CodeBuild and CodePipeline
What We're Looking For:
- 8+ years of professional software development experience
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Laravel/PHP
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Vue.js
- 2+ years of experience leading or mentoring developers
- Highly proficient in modern PHP 8.x, unit testing, and RESTful API design
- Strong understanding of MySQL - schema design, optimization, and migrations
- Experience with NoSQL databases
- Experience with AWS services (RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, S3, ElastiCache, CloudFront)
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation or CDK)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (CodeBuild, CodePipeline) and deployment automation
- Strong awareness of security best practices, data consistency, and atomic transaction logic
- Ability to own a project end-to-end: R&D, architecture, documentation, and execution
- Excellent communication skills. Able to collaborate effectively with leadership and team members
- A product-focused mindset that connects business value to technical solutions
Preferred Qualifications:
- TypeScript proficiency
- Experience or familiarity with Swift and SwiftUI
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration
- Experience with logging, monitoring, and observability tools (CloudWatch, Datadog)
- Background working on high-scale SaaS platforms or mission-critical systems
Highlights of MicroVentures Benefits:
- 401K Match (100% match on the first 5% and 50% on the next 5%)
- Annual discretionary bonus
- MicroVentures covers the base plan for Medical, Dental and Disability insurance
- 3 Weeks paid time off + holidays
- 4 Weeks paid sabbatical after 5 years with MicroVentures with a travel stipend
- $100 monthly technology stipend (phone and internet)
Top Skills
AWS
CloudFormation
Codebuild
Codepipeline
Docker
Laravel
MySQL
PHP
Redis
Tailwindcss
Vue
MicroVentures Austin, Texas, USA Office
11601 Alterra Pkwy,, Austin, TX, United States, 78758
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