Senior Web Developer position at Tipalti, responsible for architecture ownership, coding standards, performance optimization, feature delivery, and technical leadership. Collaborate with WebOps to enhance site performance and lead a team of contractors. Benefits include competitive salary, equity, matching 401K, extended benefits, and flexible work arrangement.
Requirements
- 8+ years professional web development experience
- 4+ years hands-on WordPress/PHP development at scale
- Demonstrated lead-level influence (mentoring, establishing standards)
- Deep proficiency in PHP, modern JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3/SCSS
- Strong grasp of code architecture principles (Model-View-Controller)
- Skilled in asynchronous programming patterns and API integrations (REST/JSON)
- Proven record of improving page performance and Core Web Vitals on marketing or content-heavy sites
- Testing mindset: comfortable with unit (PHPUnit), integration, and end-to-end (Playwright or similar) test strategies
- Hands-on experience diagnosing and resolving cross-browser/front-end compatibility issues
- Experience conducting rigorous code reviews and enforcing coding standards
- Ability to coordinate and technically lead contractors
- Ability to context switch between architectural work and hands-on feature implementation
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Equity
- Matching 401K
- Extended benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Life insurance
- AD&D
- LTD
- Maternity, Paternity and Fertility Treatment benefits
- 15 days of PTO
- Subsidized lunch on office days
- Fresh fruit, snacks & drinks in office
- Phone/internet allowance
- Regular company-wide social events
- Multiple ERG groups celebrating diversity and creating an inclusive culture
