Senior Platform Engineer (PHP, Python & AI)

Location: San Francisco, California
Category: Software Development
Employment Type: Contract To Direct Hire
Work Location: Remote
Job ID: 36180
Date Added: 05/27/2026

Candidates must be comfortable attending daily 7:30 AM PST stand-up meetings.

Senior Software Engineer

Engagement: Contract-to-Hire | Remote

We are seeking an experienced Full-Stack Software Engineer to join a talented fully remote engineering team. This role sits at the intersection of a mature cloud-based and WordPress-driven platform and a forward-looking AI engineering roadmap focused on innovative solutions within the higher education space.

REQUIRED — CORE ENGINEERING

• Strong backend API development experience (Python and PHP preferred)

• Frontend development experience with React or similar frameworks

• Cloud infrastructure familiarity

• Relational and/or NoSQL database design experience

• RESTful API design and integration

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows

• Active participation in code reviews and pull request reviews

• Comfortable leveraging AI coding assistants as part of daily development workflows

• Agile / Scrum team experience

PREFERRED

Familiarity with the following technologies:

• WordPress

• Frontend: TypeScript, JavaScript, React

• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, CDK, ECS, Lambda, CloudWatch, Bedrock

• Backend: FastAPI, PHP, Python, MongoDB

• AI & Agent Frameworks: LangChain, LangGraph, Langfuse, VoyageAI

AI Engineering Experience:

• RAG architecture and

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