Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack)

About VSCO

VSCO (pronounced vis–co) is a platform that equips photographers with the tools, community, and exposure they need to expand creatively and professionally. VSCO maintains a rich and authentic creative environment that serves photographers at all levels – preserving a home for creative opportunity, inspiration, and connection. Our mission is to nurture creativity so you can make it. We empower photographers to connect with other creatives and businesses with our suite of creative tools that spans from mobile to desktop and across our global community.

We are looking for people who are driven and demonstrate initiative in taking our company mission to the next level. Employees here have the opportunity to make a big impact, and believe that when we build together, we achieve stronger outcomes than we could alone.

We’re proud to foster diverse perspectives within VSCO as we continue to build an inclusive and innovative culture.

Here are some of the traits we expect from all VSCOnauts:

Modest Overachiever: You exemplify a growth-mindset and seek feedback as fuel for growth. You are driven to excel in service of the whole, reaching beyond your immediate path.

Winner’s Mindset: Beyond an intrinsic motivation to succeed, you have the grit and determination critical to preserve in spite of obstacles. You persist with purpose, balancing ambition with empathy and optimism.

Ownership with Impact: You show up and stay in it, driving progress over perfection. You don’t wait to be told, you take initiative in ways that lift others and build lasting impact.

Force Multiplier: You have deep skills and know how to scale knowledge to make our team better. You are a team catalyst and create momentum through collaboration.

Rigorous Focus on Outcomes: You keep the bar high and embrace the future. You prioritize what matters most for our mission, leading with clarity, discipline, and care.

Our values and high performance traits are critical pillars to our team culture and shape the way we hire. Read more about what you can expect when working at VSCO on our Careers Page.

About The Role

We’re looking for a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, to write and release software which will continue to shape the foundations of the VSCO Server and Web domains. You will contribute to and influence existing product OKRs through end-to-end ownership and deep understanding of the broader vision for VSCO.

We are looking for humble overachievers and self-starters who are naturally curious, highly organized, and thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. We foster a culture of collaboration, inclusion, ambition, and progress.

The Day to Day

• Write, review, and maintain code primarily in PHP 8, HTML, CSS, React, and TypeScript.
• Use our custom strictly-typed PHP framework to create new MVC pages, asynchronous background jobs, and API endpoints.
• Augment the initial PHP output with responsive React components.
• Create responsive and accessible web front-ends with a mobile-first mindset.
• Create PHPUnit or Codeception tests for new features or fixes.
• Design and build highly-scaled backend services and systems
• Collaborate with other engineers on the team to solve difficult and exciting distributed system design and implementation problems
• Build clean, testable, maintainable, and idiomatic code, and drive the team forward in relation to code quality
• Identify and fix issues to improve scalability, performance, and simplicity of our systems
• Lead initiatives and collaborate with Product Management, Data Science, Design, Engineering, and Research teams

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in a full time Engineering role.
• Deep command of technology: PHP 8, CSS, HTML.
• Experience building responsive front-ends for the web.
• Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks, especially React and TypeScript
• Good understanding of modern design patterns
• Familiarity and/or experience with asynchronous messaging mechanisms (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ and others)
• Familiarity with distributed patterns
• Experience with and great command of at least one of the following API interfaces (GraphQL, REST and/or gRPC)
• Experience with at least one type of SQL-based database technology
• Familiarity with one NoSQL-based database technology
• Strong software engineering best practices (e.g. coding, unit testing, code reviews, design documentation)
• Experience in development of complex, high-impact projects
• Experience working on full stack teams, collaborating closely with Web and other server engineers
• Exposure to at least one mainstream cloud provider (AWS preferably, GCP, and/or Azure)
• Exposure to and experience with some good CI/CD practices and tools (i.e use of GithubActions, CircleCI, Kubernetes, Docker etc…)

Nice to Have

• Ability to think of business concerns beyond engineering, and experience working with multi-functional teams.
• Recent experience with PHP 8.2 or newer and familiarity with the new paradigms.
• Experience with MySQL 8, Redis, or Memcached datastores.
• Experience with PHP static analysis and Docker.
• Familiarity with any of Go, Rust or any modern systems programming languages
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and underlying distributed patterns
• Ability to drive product requirements and architecture discussions
• Interest in building something new and working cross-functionally and collaboratively to do so
• A passion for building and supporting positive, inclusive, and safe online spaces.
• Eagerness to learn and grow within VSCO

Job Perks

• Remote work with offices in SF and NYC
• Regular in-person events events to connect and collaborate
• Competitive Salary & Equity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families
• Flexible Time Off
• Company-paid parental, medical and caregiver leave
• Other perks including mental health resources and tech reimbursements

Compensation

The base salary for this position will vary based on several factors, such as relevant experience, location and your approved internal leveling assessed during the interview process. The base salary range for this role is $172,000 - $185,000. Salary is one component of our total compensation package and for this role. This position also qualifies for equity (i.e. stock options) and is eligible for non-discretionary compensation based on an incentive comp plan and performance-based discretionary bonuses.

The benefits available for this position include flexible time off, a 401K retirement plan, insurance (medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, short and long term disability), and 11 paid holidays. We also provide paid sick time as required by state and local law. Additional benefits and perks contained in our standard employee benefits package are also offered for this position.

Please note:

The application window for this role will be open until at least 8/31/2025. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

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