TheGuarantors is a cutting edge fintech company setting the standard in rent coverage with unrivaled insurance products, with a deep understanding of owner, operator, and renter needs. We believe renters deserve better access to the home of their dreams and operators deserve greater protection and growth opportunities. That’s why we’re leveraging our expertise in real estate and using AI-based technology to help operators qualify renters faster while mitigating the risk of rental income loss. With $2B+ in rent and deposits guaranteed, we have been named one of Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing companies, one of Forbes’ Best Startup Employees, and one of Deloitte’s 2023 Technology Fast 500.
Join a high-impact, full-stack engineering team at TheGuarantors as a Senior PHP Software Engineer. You’ll partner with engineering leaders, product managers, and stakeholders to design, build, and maintain scalable applications that support both internal operations and our customer experience.
We foster a team culture grounded in ownership, autonomy, and technical excellence. Our engineers are empowered to shape their team’s technical direction and development processes.
Location
This is a hybrid role based in NYC
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team to build features end-to-end—across backend, frontend, and APIs
- Lead technical design discussions and help evaluate tradeoffs
- Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews
- Work closely with product and design to transform business needs into practical engineering solutions
- Come up with solutions for improvements on web-scraping methods
- Enable and build upon mission critical systems within our business
- Exceptional interpersonal skills
- 3+ years of relevant production work experience in back-end web development, preferably using PHP
- 3+ years of relevant production work experience in front-end web development, preferably using React
- Experience with Web-scraping technologies
- A willingness to champion team needs and get involved with strategic decisions.
- Deep understanding of API concepts and designs
- Advanced understanding of SQL
- Familiarity with modern web infrastructure components (e.g. caching, serverless, API gateways, etc) and how to manage them.
- Understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms, and experience creating and evaluating technical design documents
- Experience working with AWS
Benefits
- Opportunities to make an impact within a fast growing company
- Medical, dental, & vision insurance, beginning day one
- Health savings account with employer contribution
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Flexible working hours
- 401(k)
- Paid parental leave
- Company sponsored short and long term disability
- Flexible spending accounts (healthcare, dependent care, commuter)
- Competitive salary
Base Salary
The base salary range is $140,000 - $160,000 annually
Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location and current market data and may vary from the range above.
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TheGuarantors is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to an inclusive environment for all.
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What We Do
At TheGuarantors, we offer unmatched insurance solutions for both renters and property operators—covering every lease, every time. Our mission is simple: to give renters better access to their ideal homes while empowering operators with stronger protection and new growth opportunities. By leveraging our real estate expertise, we help operators qualify renters faster and reduce the risk of rental income loss. Our commitment to exceptional service has earned us a 99% retention rate among owners and operators. With $4 billion in rent and deposits guaranteed, TheGuarantors is trusted in over 3 million units nationwide. We’re proud to be recognized as one of Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing companies, a Forbes Best Startup Employer, and a member of Deloitte’s 2024 Technology Fast 500. Want to be part of the team revolutionizing the rental experience? Explore our open positions and apply at careers.theguarantors.com.
Why Work With Us
At TheGuarantors, we're passionate about building a brand experience that genuinely advocates for owners, operators, and renters. We work hard to ensure renters can get the home of their dreams while operators get the risk protection they need and deserve.
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