Junior PHP Web Developer

Junior PHP Web Developer

Location: Fully Remote

Working Hours: Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Role Overview

We’re looking for a Junior PHP Web Developer to join our team on a part-time contract basis, with the opportunity to transition into a full-time role over time. This is a hands-on position suited to someone who is comfortable owning tasks end to end with light guidance and enjoys working across modern web technologies.

You’ll support and extend an existing marketing and attribution platform, contribute to client-facing features, and collaborate closely with the team in a fully remote, async-friendly environment.

What You’ll Be Working On

• Maintain and extend a PHP/MySQL marketing and attribution platform.
• Build and ship client-specific HTML, CSS, and JavaScript customizations.
• Ensure integrations with Shopify, Facebook, Google, and TikTok remain stable and up to date.
• Build and improve React (Vite) onboarding flows and dashboards, wiring UI to existing APIs and analytics (Chart.js).
• Add and adjust Node.js (ESM) endpoints, including:
• Onboarding flows
• SSO cookies and JWT handling
• Slack alerts and notifications
• Facebook OAuth
• Write and maintain SQL queries and migrations as needed.
• Implement and update pixels, tags, and modes across multiple brand JavaScript bundles.
• Ensure CORS, session handling, and security patterns remain intact.
• Collaborate via GitHub, use embedded AI workflows in Cursor, and follow existing build, deploy, and documentation standards.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience building and supporting production web applications.
• Strong PHP 8 and MySQL skills (queries, transactions, prepared statements).
• Solid Node.js (modern ESM) experience, including:
• HTTP handling
• Cookies and JWT
• MySQL (mysql2)
• Writing and maintaining raw SQL
• Experience with React 18 + Vite, React Router, and building polished UIs.
• Strong understanding of HTML/CSS with attention to UI detail.
• Experience integrating third-party APIs such as:
• Google Ads
• Facebook Graph / OAuth
• Shopify
• Comfortable posting and handling Slack webhooks.
• Able to debug CORS, session, and authentication issues.
• Familiar with basic security practices (rate limits, payload size limits, input validation).
• Comfortable working part-time, fully remote, with the ability to scale hours over time.
• Clear, proactive communicator in async tools.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Chart.js and data visualization.
• Familiarity with Shopify app flows.
• Experience with JWT / SSO patterns.
• Basic DevOps experience supporting Node.js and PHP deployments.

Why This Role

• Flexible, part-time entry point with a clear path to full-time.
• Fully remote, EST-aligned work.
• Real ownership of features and integrations.
• Opportunity to grow technically while contributing to a production platform.