WeeCare (weecare.co) is a fast-growing Los Angeles based startup making childcare affordable and accessible to all families in the United States. Backed by top investors and VCs, we're helping caregivers and educators start and run their own home daycares while also helping parents find the best childcare options available.
WeeCare is looking for a bright, energetic, experienced backend engineer who wants to make a significant impact on the childcare industry. As a senior backend engineer, you will work directly with the engineering and product team to:
Architect the APIs and database schema that power our platform
Participate in DevOps and infrastructure initiatives
Work within a tight-knit agile team to deliver on product goals
Push for engineering best practices
You'll excel at this role if you:
Have 5+ years of experience architecting scalable web applications
Have expertise in PHP & MySQL
Have expertise working with RESTful APIs & JSON
Have experience with Elasticsearch & Redis
Enjoy architecting complex backend systems
Enjoy knowledge sharing with team members
Enjoy working within a data-driven team
Have experience working with CI/CD pipelines and testing (e.g. Jenkins/Selenium)
Love building marketplaces
Are detail oriented and rarely have things slip through the cracks