Senior Software Engineer, PHP

NMI

Senior Software Engineer contributing across the full software development lifecycle in NMI's Fee Navigator team. Focusing on PHP, Laravel, Vue, and database optimizations.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $115,000 - $130,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaScriptLaravelMySQLPHPSCSSSDLCTypeScriptVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and enhance features within FeeNavigator using PHP/Laravel and Vue
Develop efficient database queries and optimize MySQL performance as needed
Own the quality of your work end-to-end through developer-led testing — writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests, and validating your own changes through to production
Improve the health of a large, established codebase by refactoring complex areas and decomposing high-complexity components into maintainable, well-structured code
Document critical business logic, application workflows, and key architectural decisions
Collaborate with Product Managers to refine requirements and contribute to technical solution design
Participate in code reviews to maintain high engineering standards and share best practices
Work with SRE to ensure software is observable, resilient, secure, and production-ready
Diagnose and resolve incidents, defects, and performance bottlenecks in collaboration with cross-functional teams
Contribute to continuous improvement of development processes, tooling, and engineering practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
5+ years of experience developing complex applications
Fluency in PHP and modern development practices
Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns
Experience with relational databases such as MySQL (schema design, query optimization)
Experience with modern frontend development (JavaScript/TypeScript, Vue, npm, basic CSS/SCSS)
Comfort working in large, established codebases — able to navigate unfamiliar systems, untangle complexity, and make sound changes with limited guidance
Familiarity with secure coding principles
Experience with Git and CI/CD workflows
Experience contributing across the full SDLC
Effective use of AI-assisted development tools, with the judgment to know where they add value and the discipline to review and validate their output
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary + bonus
A remote first culture!
Flex PTO
Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
13 Paid Holidays
Company volunteer days

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Hard Skills & Tools

PHPLaravelVueMySQLJavaScriptTypeScriptCSSSCSSobject-oriented programmingdesign patterns

Soft Skills

collaborationproblem-solvingindependencejudgmentdiscipline

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science