We're seeking an experienced web developer who excels at writing clean code, understands the structure behind technical decisions, is well-versed at debugging complex systems, and can clearly communicate in both technical and non-technical language. As a member of Crowd Favorite, you'll leverage these skills to both build new features and maintain high-performing content management platforms for enterprise clients, with a focus on stability and performance while growing your technical capabilities.
Core Responsibilities:
- Implement new features and maintain existing enterprise platforms
- Provide technical support for business-critical applications
- Debug and resolve complex production issues
- Optimize system performance and implement caching strategies
- Build custom plugins and integrate third-party services
- Monitor and maintain high-traffic production environments
- Perform security updates and maintenance within defined SLAs
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
- Participate in code reviews and technical planning sessions
- Collaborate with senior developers on architecture and best practices
- Contribute to technical documentation
- Support client communications alongside senior team members
- 3+ years of professional PHP development experience, including Laravel applications and WordPress
- TypeScript and Node.js expertise, with experience in modern JavaScript frameworks
- Demonstrated experience maintaining and extending enterprise content management platforms
- Proven ability to debug complex production issues and implement automated testing solutions
- Solid understanding of API development, integration, and RESTful architecture patterns
- Advanced knowledge of performance optimization, caching strategies, and scalable solutions
- Proficiency with version control systems and modern deployment processes
- Experience working with cloud platforms and services like AWS and Cloudflare
- Ability to write clean, maintainable code with comprehensive documentation
Technical Capabilities:
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
- Ability to implement complex features independently
- Understanding of database optimization and query performance
- Experience with modern development tools and practices
- Knowledge of security best practices and updates
- Comfort with command line and server environments
- Experience with build tools and deployment processes
Support & Maintenance Skills:
- Experience handling production support tickets
- Ability to prioritize issues based on business impact
- Understanding of monitoring and logging systems
- Experience with performance profiling and optimization
- Knowledge of security best practices and update procedures
- Ability to document issues and solutions clearly
Professional Skills:
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Ability to explain technical concepts to team members
- Strong problem-solving abilities
- Experience working in remote teams
- Excellent time management and prioritization skills
- B2 CEFR level of spoken and written English language proficiency
We know great developers come from various backgrounds. If you're comfortable with most of what we've described but don't check every box, we encourage you to apply. We value potential and eagerness to learn as much as existing expertise.
Crowd Favorite has a package of benefits that demonstrates our commitment to our team. Our time off policy is permissive, and covers holidays specific to your location, illness and professional development. We believe that a truly quality work-life balance requires a flexible and thoughtful approach to time away from work.
We respect the life our team leads, and even though we are not subject to FMLA or other requirements, we provide a family leave policy that is quite generous.
For our full-time US based employees we provide a 3 tier insurance option with United Healthcare and we provide a contribution to the cost of your monthly premium, which increases after a year if you are covering a family member (spouse or child). We also cover the cost completely for dental, vision and a small life insurance policy through Guardian Insurance. Finally, we also cover the cost for a telemedicine option through Healthiest You, which has the benefit of no copays for visits.
For US based team members, we have a competitive 401(k) retirement plan with Human Interest, and we match your contribution up to 4%. We offer a profit sharing type bonus program (as a discretionary benefit.)
We support you with provision of company hardware if needed, additional work space items upon request, all tools and subscriptions at company cost, educational accounts for training, and even travel and other costs related to professional development.
Crowd Favorite is committed to building an inclusive experience for all our employees. Regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or if you’re parenting those future problem solvers, we firmly believe our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be who they are.
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What We Do
Crowd Favorite’s mission is to connect the digital experience to the human experience. Founded in 2007, Crowd Favorite was the original WordPress agency focused primarily on enterprise clients. Over a decade later, we’ve evolved into a multi-discipline, digital consulting firm specializing in enterprise-grade digital strategy and elite Open Source development. Crowd Favorite empowers organizations to achieve their full digital potential by focusing on the comprehensive landscape of their business and the unique challenges they face. Then, by connecting their financial and operational obstacles to world-class digital strategy, web development, and digital support services, the optimal technology solution is put in play.
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