Senior Backend Developer

Our client is looking for a Backend Developer to join their team in Denver, CO. This person will be joining a fast-paced team in a startup company. This person is expected to be local to Colorado so they can go into the office, Downtown, a few days a week. We are looking for someone that has, at least, five years of experience working as a backend web developer. To be successful in this role, this person must be extremely experienced in object oriented programming in a production environment We are looking for someone that has a deep understanding of HTML, CSS, MySQL, Python and PHP functions to create custom solutions, plugins, themes, and toolkits in WordPress. Overtime, this team will be continuously introducing other object oriented programming languages into their tech stack. We expect this person to have been doing OOP in their most recent role so they can hit the ground running. This person also must have the ability to design user interfaces that deliver an excellent user experience and to design custom back-end solutions. We are expecting this person to ensure quality site reliability via development of automated unit and integration tests. We are looking for someone with experience in a startup environment, a creative problem solver and someone that has experience scaling a product quickly. To be successful in this role, we need someone that enjoys mentoring junior developers and is excited about building a team around them. This person needs to be self-starter, resourceful, gritty, energetic, and kind. This person needs to be comfortable with ambiguity and can adapt to rapidly changing situations. It is an exciting time to join this company as there is a lot of growth and opportunity in the near future. This role is paying $140-160k. If this sounds like the job for you, please apply today! Experience developing with Python