Senior Full-Stack Developer

About the Role We are a funded fintech startup building a first-of-its-kind platform at the intersection of digital banking and social media intelligence. Think credit scoring — but for creators and entrepreneurs. Our platform combines financial tools, OAuth-connected social data, and a proprietary scoring engine into a seamless product used by creators, small business owners, and entrepreneurs. We are looking for a Senior Full-Stack Developer to own our entire technical stack — from server infrastructure to front-end experience — and help us scale from beta into a full product launch. This is not a freelance gig. This is a full-time salaried role with real equity potential at an early-stage company that is actively raising its seed round. You will be the technical backbone of the company. You will work directly with the founding team. What You Will Be Working On A PHP/Laravel API backend serving a multi-app ecosystem across production, staging, and demo environments A vanilla JS + HTML/CSS front-end for a consumer-facing creator dashboard, public profile pages, and a verification system A proprietary scoring engine that processes consented, first-party OAuth data from platforms including X/Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and YouTube A digital banking portal for investor and user financial management (Mercury, Dwolla, Stripe integrations) A server infrastructure running on a dedicated Hetzner bare-metal server (Ubuntu 24, Plesk, Apache, MySQL, Redis) that you will own end to end An admin dashboard for internal team operations — user management, lending, capital, communications Upcoming work: CI/CD pipeline implementation, Redis migration to internal infrastructure, TikTok and Meta OAuth API wiring, mobile-responsive passes, and banking partner integration The Stack Backend: PHP 8.x / Laravel, MySQL, Redis Front-End: Vanilla JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 (no framework — clean component-based architecture) Infrastructure: Ubuntu 24.04, Plesk Obsidian, Apache, Hetzner dedicated server Integrations: OAuth 2.0 (X, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube), Dwolla, Mercury, Twilio, Firebase, Stripe, Shopify Version Control: GitHub (org-based, branch workflow) Other: QR code generation, real-time verification systems, social data normalization What We Are Looking For Must-haves: 5+ years of full-stack development experience Strong PHP/Laravel — you can read, debug, and architect Laravel apps without hand-holding Solid vanilla JavaScript — you do not need React or Vue to build clean, fast, interactive UIs Comfortable owning server infrastructure — SSH, Linux, Plesk or cPanel, Apache config, MySQL administration Experience with OAuth 2.0 integrations — connecting to social media platform APIs is second nature Familiarity with fintech concepts — payments, banking APIs, KYC/AML flows, or financial data handling Git workflow discipline — clean commits, branch management, no cowboy pushes to main Strong written communication — you document your work, you write clear commit messages, you can explain architecture decisions to non-technical stakeholders Strong pluses: Experience at a fintech startup or financial technology company Familiarity with social media platform developer programs (X API, Meta Graph API, TikTok for Developers) Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Forge, Envoyer, or similar) Experience with Redis configuration and migration Any background in credit scoring, data normalization, or analytics engine architecture Prior W-2 employment experience (this is not a 1099 contractor role) What You Get Full-time salaried position — compensation discussed during interview based on experience Direct access to and collaboration with the founding team The opportunity to be the lead technical voice at a company that is actively fundraising and preparing for a full public launch A codebase that is real, live, and in use — not a greenfield project, not a prototype Remote-first culture — flexible hours, async-friendly, results-driven What This Is Not This is not a short-term project or hourly contract This is not a role where you will be handed a spec and left alone This is not a company where the tech is an afterthought — the product IS the technology