Staff Engineer (Tech Lead)

As the Tech Lead for our Card Not Present team at NMI, you will guide the technical direction, architecture, and execution of our core applications and services. You will collaborate with Product, SRE, and other engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing software solutions. This role combines hands-on PHP expertise with strong leadership, architectural vision, and the ability to mentor and inspire engineers.

• Lead a high-performing PHP development team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and guide the adoption of best practices in software engineering.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.

• Define and evolve the architecture of PHP-based services and applications to ensure scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Establish and enforce coding standards, design principles, and architectural guidelines.
• Drive the adoption of modern frameworks, tools, and methodologies.

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of mission-critical PHP applications and platform components.
• Ensure high-quality, maintainable code through peer reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with DevOps/SRE teams to optimize application reliability and performance.

• Work with SRE to maintain and improve system uptime, scalability, and latency targets.
• Drive performance analysis, tuning, and optimization efforts.
  • Implement and uphold security best practices for PHP applications and supporting infrastructure.
  Continuous Improvement
  • Advocate for process improvements, automation, and modern engineering practices.
  • Stay informed on emerging trends in PHP, backend development, cloud services, and DevOps tooling.
  • Lead proof-of-concept initiatives for new technologies and frameworks.
  
  Required Skills & ExperienceCore Technical Skills
  • PHP Mastery: Proven experience architecting and developing large-scale PHP applications (preferably Laravel, Symfony, or similar frameworks).
  • Database Expertise: Strong skills with relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and caching technologies (Redis, Memcached).
  • CI/CD Pipelines: Proficiency with Jenkins, GitLab CI, or equivalent, including automated testing and deployment.
  • API Development: Expertise in designing, implementing, and securing RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs; knowledge of API gateways and authentication standards (OAuth, JWT).
  • Monitoring & Logging: Familiarity with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or similar.
  Leadership & Collaboration
  • Strong track record of leading development teams and delivering complex software projects.
  • Excellent communication skills for engaging both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Ability to mentor engineers and drive alignment on technical direction.
    
  Bonus Skills
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP; containerization with Docker; orchestration with Kubernetes.
  • Familiarity with microservices architecture.
    Experience with automation tools like Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet.
    Scripting abilities in Bash, Python, or PowerShell.

As well as being a part of something exciting everyday, you will also receive the following benefits:

• • Annual salary of $130,000 - $160,000 + bonus
  • A remote first culture!
  • Flex PTO 
  • Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • 13 Paid Holidays
  • Company volunteer days

What we do!

NMI enables our partners with choice, and challenges the one-size-fits-all approach to payments. You've probably used NMI in the last 24 hours without even realizing it. We’re the platform that powers success for innovative tech created by SMBs, entrepreneurs and fintech startups. We’re creative problem solvers who help visionaries smash through boundaries and think beyond what’s possible so they can think about what’s next. But we’re not just built for the tech savvy. We democratize the latest payments technology so that everyone can realize the benefits of easy payments across the full spectrum of commerce. We’re all about enabling more payments in more ways and more places.

We believe that having a diverse group of employees strengthens both our work and our workplace. We’re focused on making NMI more diverse and welcoming with initiatives like having a dedicated Diversity, Equity & Inclusion action group, diversity goals for hiring, anonymized resume screening, affinity groups such as our Women's network and LGBTQ+ Network, open forums for discussions on diversity and social justice, and measuring inclusion and belonging as part of our regular employee engagement surveys.

Equal Opportunity

NMI is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation or sexual identity, genetic information, citizen status (except those that do not have the legal right to be employed in the United States), disability, military service, service member, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Please be aware that all offers of employment are made subject to receipt of satisfactory background and financial checks.

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