Headshots.com | Remote (LATAM/EU preferred ) | Full-Time Contract
About Headshots.com
At Headshots.com, we're reimagining how professional headshots are created and delivered - from our core platform to a recently launched standalone AI product. Trusted by clients like Boeing, Capital One, and American Express, we transform smartphone selfies into polished, studio-quality portraits within three business days. Our work helps individuals and teams present themselves with consistency and confidence across digital platforms.
The Role
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who can take ownership of features end-to-end, contribute to architectural decisions, and execute with minimal hand-holding. You'll work directly with the Head of Engineering on a small team where your contributions will have immediate, visible impact.
You’ll work across our entire stack (PHP/React) but skew backend. You should be as comfortable designing a scalable queue system as you are debugging a React component, but your passion is in building robust server-side systems.
We run a headless architecture - React frontends powered by a WordPress API backend handling user management, payments, and integrations. The backend is real PHP engineering, not plugin configuration. We’re actively modernizing toward a clean architecture, so you’ll be building new systems the right way while improving what’s already there.
What You’ll Do
- Build new features and integrations - from initial architecture through deployment, you’ll own the full lifecycle
- Maintain and improve our existing codebase - squashing bugs, improving performance, and tackling technical debt alongside feature work
- Conduct code reviews - help maintain quality standards and share knowledge across the team
- Work on data and infrastructure - design and optimize MySQL databases, Redis caching, and background job systems
- Collaborate across the company - work with operations and customer success to understand real user problems; occasionally join customer calls to hear feedback firsthand
What We’re Looking For
Must-Haves
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong backend fundamentals - you think in systems, data flows, and edge cases before writing code
- Modern PHP expertise - with experience scaling high-traffic applications beyond standard CMS caching
- Self-directed - you figure things out, ask smart questions when stuck, and ship without needing to be managed closely
- 5+ hours of overlap with US Eastern Time
Nice-to-Haves
- Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS preferred)
- Payment system experience (Stripe)
- Background job/queue systems
- CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Third-party API integrations (CRMs, external services)
- Docker and containerization
- Database performance tuning and optimization
The Person
You're someone who:
- Asks "why are we building this?" before "how should I build this?"
- Takes ownership and follows through without being chased
- Communicates proactively - flags blockers early, shares context generously
- Cares about the product, not just the code
Logistics
- Contract: Full-time, long-term (40 hrs/week)
- Compensation: $25 - $30 USD/hour, depending on experience
- Location: Remote. LATAM/EU preferred ; open to other regions if you can maintain 5-6 hours of overlap with US Eastern Time
- Schedule: Flexible within overlap hours
How to Apply
Interested? Send us:
- Your resume or LinkedIn
- A brief note on a system you've architected or significantly improved - what was the problem, what did you build, what were the tradeoffs?