Sr. Backend Engineer (PHP, Data) at US Video MarTech SaaS

Become a Key Member of the Engineering Team at a Video Marketing SaaS that is Powering 1000s Entrepreneurs’ Businesses

Do you enjoy being a part of an entrepreneurial team, all working together running at full speed to ignite a disruption in the tech industry? If you want to be a key member of the product + engineering team, making sure that we're building the our product to the highest standards, fulfilling the desires of thousands of entrepreneurs, and bringing to life functionalities they haven't even thought of yet, all while gaining vast, practical hands-on experience, then this Sr. Backend Engineer position is THE job for you. 

We’re Vidalytics.com. A video marketing platform that helps entrepreneurs scale their businesses in the face of bigger, better-funded competitors. We do this with the advanced tools in our video marketing & hosting platform. We’re 9 years old 🎂 and growing at a sustainable pace each year. And you’re going to be a part of the team that will add a few zeros to that growth rate. 

What You’ll Be Doing (Job Tasks) 😃

• Collaborating with PMs, QAs, and senior engineers to ship high-impact features
• Building and improving video marketing tools used by our customers
• Designing, extending, and maintaining APIs
• Investigating and resolving bugs alongside our support team
• Working with data: analytics, queries, and insights to drive decisions

Requirements 😃

• Expert-level PHP 8 skills
• Experience with microservices architecture and cloud infrastructure
• Strong attention to detail and a First-Time-Right approach to implementation
• Solid English communication skills
• Collaborative, team-oriented mindset
• Deep SQL-based database knowledge, especially under high load
• Heavy AI user – you actively leverage AI Agents to write, refactor, debug, and research code faster. If you’re not already using AI daily, this role isn’t for you.

Nice-to-have 😃

• Strong product mindset - you think in user impact and business value
• Experience with BigQuery and analytical data workflows
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform and its ecosystem
• Knowledge of Pub/Sub or similar event-driven architectures
• Experience with Laminas / Zend Framework
• Bonus: exposure to Golang or Node.js

Who You Are (Personality Type) 🦁

• Biased toward shipping fast. You deliver in small, valuable chunks.
• Breaking down complex projects? Easy. You enjoy writing out tech concepts and decomposing large builds into clear, actionable pieces.
• Self-organized and proactive. You don’t wait for instructions, you move.
• Clear communicator. You explain technical ideas well – written and verbal.
• You measure twice, cut once. Getting it First-Time-Right is your default.
• Direct and constructive. You give and receive honest feedback with care and clarity.

What You’ll Love About Us (Benefits and Perks) 😉

• High performance company culture. You won’t be a cog in a machine. Rather you’ll be a key member of a high performance team that is getting shit done. This is a place to grow and realize your potential, no matter what level you’re at in your career. 
• No office politics. We’re small and flat. There is no bullshit of trying to dance around sensitive topics. Divert resources from other division’s projects. We’re direct, we’re honest, we’re here to accomplish big audacious goals. 
• We value your ideas. At Vidalytics, my door is always open. Need help? Let’s talk! Have a vision for the future of the company? I want to hear it! Think I suck at my job? Help me grow! 
• Rest and relaxation. Employees get 20 days of PTO. 
• Professional development. Want to continue your education? Vidalytics pays for classes, conferences, and more.
• You’re more than an employee, you’re a person. Every co-worker you’ll meet is committed to treating you with respect and kindness. You won’t hear stuff like, “It’s just business.”
• This is a resume-making position, where you’ll learn a lot and have a lot of responsibility. You don’t have to wait for someone to die or retire to move up, like in a mega-corp. 
• Entrepreneurial to our core – Not only are we a startup, but we need intrapreneurs that will help us scale, and we’re looking to start other sister corps in time to form a portfolio of companies, which you could be a co-founder of.

Vidalytics’ Values 

(Yes, We’re Actually Serious About These) 😇

How we do things… 

Winning – we’re competitors. We want to win. We do what it takes to win. This means that we will fail, we will lose, but we want to do these things fast… so we can win. Because winning is on the other side of mistakes. 

Scrappy  – We’re a startup, it’s chaotic. This isn’t the government. You need to be able to learn fast, move fast and handle you need to be able to survive in a scrappy entrepreneur environment. If you want an easy job, go work at the government. 

Data  – As much as we’re able to, we use data to answer questions, give bonuses and promotions. Not based on politics and titles. But data or not, when a decision is made, it is time to get on board. 

How we are more so as individuals and with each other… 

Direct – A shitty company is a political company. A political company is one that doesn't communicate directly. Here you can call out anyone. Argue for your ideas. Even against the CEO. Otherwise, we will fail all the while pretending to be nice and not saying what we mean. Just be sure to attack issues and not people. ;) 

Transparency – Secrets bred politics and resentments. Just being straight up improves team communication and the health of our culture. 

Solid – We can trust you and you can trust us. You do what you say. And own what you’ve done. Mistakes happen. But the worst thing that can happen is when someone doesn’t own and learn from them. 

Growth – You’re either growing or dying. This is a place for hyper learning. We’re scaling. You need to scale w/ us. This means being… 

• Emotionally intelligent 
• Conscious of yourself and others and reality 
• Closing skill gaps