About Us

Time To Pet, a DaySmart company, is focused on building business management software for pet sitters and dog walkers. Our SaaS product is designed to help pet sitters and dog walkers start, grow and better manage their businesses. We pride ourselves on our ability to rapidly deliver exciting new features to our clients, to provide unmatched support, and to help them build the best business possible. We do this by finding great people, using systems to manage and improve our processes, staying lean and nimble, listening to the needs of our clients, fully committing to customer success and our product. At Time To Pet, product is essential to our mission. Delivering a stable, well designed, and constantly improving product is critical to our success.

Position

We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our team. The position will lead the development of new features and maintain the existing codebase that helps tackle challenging and important problems impacting thousands of local pet care providers who rely on Time To Pet to run their business in real time. The ideal candidate will be able to operate well in ambiguity and come to a great solution. As a Full Stack Engineer, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain our platform, using JavaScript and PHP.

This is a hybrid position with 2-3 days in our Austin, TX office.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-quality new features with a focus on scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Maintain the existing code base by fixing bugs and making improvements as needed.
• Collaborate with development team to ensure the successful delivery of software features and updates.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code, with a focus on best practices and coding standards.
• Map real-world customer issues to product solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and other collaborative activities to ensure the quality and consistency of our codebase.
• Contribute to the development of our technical roadmap, with a focus on innovation, efficiency, and growth.
• Stay current with the latest trends and best practices in web development, and continuously improve your skills and knowledge.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years developing web apps with PHP, JavaScript (Vanilla JavaScript) or similar frameworks (vue.js, react, etc., preferably at technology companies).
• Exposure/experience with Laravel.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Comfortable navigating large codebases and relational databases at scale.
• Driven and self-disciplined with the ability to own projects from start to finish.

Preferred

• Experience with AlpineJS and/or jQuery.
• Experience developing cloud ready (AWS) products and/or migration products to the cloud.
• Experience working remotely.
• Knowledge of and experience building out a REST API.

Salary

• The salary for this role is $145,000 per year. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, internal equity, etc.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits including medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, and more!
• 401k plan with company match on your contributions.
• Open PTO and a generous paid holiday schedule.
• Supportive work environment with the flexibility to work where/how you want – in-office, remote, or hybrid.
• Opportunities to ensure you are always learning and growing.

How You Will Work

This is a hybrid position based in Austin, TX. We offer flexible work arrangements including fully remote, in-person, or hybrid opportunities. For those looking to work in person, we have physical offices in the following cities:

• Ann Arbor, MI
• Scottsdale, AZ
• Wayne, PA
• Austin, TX

Many DaySmart employees primarily work from home, and our teams are structured to operate efficiently in a distributed environment. While we don’t always share a physical office, we work together closely through remote collaboration practices.

We maintain a highly collaborative culture and expect all employees to actively participate in meetings, discussions, and team interactions. This includes joining scheduled video calls with cameras on, contributing to conversations, and being fully present.

We believe that strong communication and visual connection are essential to maintaining alignment, accountability, and trust across our teams. At DaySmart, working remotely comes with the responsibility to show up, engage, and collaborate with intention.

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