Lead Software Engineer

Averity began out of the desire to create a different recruitment firm in New York City that not only provides the highest level of service to its clients and candidates, but also creates a positive team-oriented work environment where Together Everyone Achieves More. The success is based heavily on the production of the team, not just the individual, creating a culture based on core values of Communication, Ethics, Innovation, Positive-Energy and Delivery.

You’re a Lead Full-Stack or Back-End engineer with extensive PHP experience, specifically in Laravel 5. You are comfortable in and have experience in a senior or lead role. You have large site experience, and experience scaling. You have a passion for cloud computing, systems engineering, APIs, and data management. You have experience shipping web apps and APIs that people love and use.

* Design and maintain high performance data management and storage systems * Build high-performance, scalable APIs that power many clients as web dashboards and mobile apps * Contribute to an agile team that solves complex challenges and builds quality software * Create test cases, unit tests and automation scripts * Architect complex applications into independent microservices

**General Skills and Experience:** * A strong technical background with intuitive design sense and expert knowledge in PHP 7 and Laravel 5 * SQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, WebSockets, Git and other web/server technologies * An understanding of modern front-end web development technologies, specifically Javascript frameworks like React and Angular * Experience in designing clean, maintainable, and consumable RESTful APIs * Unit and acceptance testing experience * SQL knowledge (preferably in Postgres) * Comfortable in a client-facing role **Plusses:** * Experience working with several Javascript frameworks, specifically React * Prior experience working in a startup environment