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Junior
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
115K-135K Annually
Junior
Develop and maintain features for a podcast subscription platform using PHP and Laravel. Scale the application, support user and administrator experiences, build website embeds and third-party integrations, and help apply AI tools to accelerate development and improve code quality and security. Collaborate within a small, Agile-oriented remote team while evaluating technologies and influencing the evolving product stack.
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Supporting Cast seeks a passionate, creative developer with PHP and agentic engineering experience to expand on Supporting Cast’s podcast subscription platform. As a key member of our team, you'll be helping independent creators, podcast publishers, and media companies improve their financial sustainability and better satisfy their fans. You'll be joining a small development team and will be in a position to influence our tech stack and our evolving product. Working here provides the dynamic excitement of a startup, and the stability and competitive compensation of an established employer.

We will consider candidates from anywhere in the United States, provided you can largely work East Coast hours—the role is fully remote.

About the Position

Opportunities:

  • Learn a lot about the podcast industry and the rapidly growing paid subscription market
  • Scale an application as we onboard clients with tens of thousands of members and evaluate new technologies
  • Develop and maintain user- and administrator-facing features in our existing stack
  • Help us leverage A.I. tools to accelerate new feature development and improve code quality and security
  • Build and maintain implementations for other websites, including embeds and third-party integrations
Our Current Tech Stack:
  • App: PHP/Laravel, Nginx, Varnish, Redis, PostgreSQL, Docker, React
  • Dev ops: AWS, Fastly CDN
  • Key business vendors and partners: Stripe, Spotify, Wordpress
  • Key software vendors: Google Cloud Computing, AWS (SES/SNS/SMS), Anthropic
  • Repo: GitHub
  • Project management: Agile-oriented. Notion, Google Docs, Slack.

Requirements

    • 1–3 years of professional experience with PHP and a PHP framework such as Laravel
    • 1–2 years of experience with LLM-based A.I.
    • Familiarity with programming fundamentals and industry best practices; a CS degree is a plus but not required
    • Willingness to adapt and learn on the job

WHY JOIN SUPPORTING CAST?

You’ll help make workplaces more connected, informed, and interesting via the magic of podcasting. Supporting Cast built one of podcasting’s first and most successful subscription management platforms for top public podcasters before expanding to improve employee experiences at some of the most interesting companies in the world.

You’ll be the first hire for this function. This is a great opportunity if you want ownership of your work, a taste of startup life, and the responsibility of setting the bar high for a new team. You’ll also enjoy competitive salary and benefits in a remote-first, mission-driven, and family-friendly team.


About Supporting Cast:

Supporting Cast is a podcast monetization platform that helps top publishers and creators offer premium subscription content directly to listeners. Our clients include leading podcast publishers like NPR, SiriusXM, and NBC, along with major independent shows. A proponent of the open ecosystem, we make it seamless for subscribers to access premium podcast content in their favorite app—no new app to download—and give publishers the tools to grow and manage their paying audience with flexible integrations, analytics, and payments.

We’re a small, fully remote company with a strong belief in the future of audio. We’re looking for someone who is thoughtful and detail-oriented to help us bring the magic of podcasting into more corporate settings.

Supporting Cast is an affiliate of the Graham Holdings Company (NYSE:GHC). GHC is a diversified holding company whose operations include educational services; home health and hospice care; television broadcasting, online, print, and local TV news; automotive dealerships; manufacturing; hospitality; and consumer internet companies.

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