Highland is looking for a Junior Laravel Developer to continue modernizing and maintaining a large PHP application with a small team.

Title: Application Developer

Location: Must be US-based, remote okay.

Hours: Were based in Chicago and typically work 9am5pm CST. There is some flexibility here.

The Ideal Candidate

• Empathetic to user, client, and team needs
• Motivated by tough problems, both in and out of the code
• Has some experience with or is open to practicing TDD and pairing/ensemble programming
• Has or wants to develop high standards for code quality
• Wants to more deeply learn their tools and tech stack
• Proud they dont let things slip through the cracks
• Appreciates good DX (developer experience, like UX for devs)

Development Experience

• Has been part of a team that has successfully built at least one medium-to-large scale application
• Have some knowledge of Laravel and client-side MVVM frameworks like Vue and React

• You may have experience with:
  • Modernizing legacy applications
  • Web application system architecture & design
  • Configuring servers and automating deployments
  • A11y & W3C standards
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Other server-side languages

Team & Process

• Our project teams often include some combination of software engineers, product managers, designers, and researchers.
• Were a curious bunch, continually assessing and improving digital product development practices with product and user-centric thinking.
• We seek diverse perspectives for feedback and critique throughout projects and initiatives.

Client Relationships

• All of our project team members advise and consult with clients and team members on product and technical direction. We aim to always keep end-user and business outcomes in mind to make the right trade-offs.
• We strive to have frank, honest conversations with our clients and team members.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• A degree in Computer Science is preferred.
• 1+ years of experience developing custom software, preferably in a consulting context.

Compensation

Full-time salary and benefits based on years of experience and current market value.

About Highland

Highland is a digital product and innovation consultancy based in Chicago. We research, design, and build digital products and experiences for mission-driven organizations and customer-centric companies in healthcare, education, financial services, and beyond.

We often refer to what we design as Experiences that Matter: digital products and experiences that make the world a better place to live in. Our mission is rooted in Human Flourishing inspired by research conducted at Harvard Universitys Institute for Quantitative Social Science. We design our work to help human beings flourish. The world is full of innovative products that make life worse for real humans. We work with organizations that see humans as more than just consumers, and seek to make lives better in ways big and small. And we organize ourselves so we can flourish too, committing to a sustainable workload and pursuing work with meaning and purpose.

Highlands Core Values

• People First: What we make and how we work should make it a little bit better to be alive: for us, our clients, and their customers.
• Be Curious: The big picture is everyone's responsibility. There is always more to learn. We are generous in teaching what we know.
• Be Transparent: We're accountable to our clients and to each other, and respond to problems with solutions, not blame. Vulnerability, while risky, leads to trust and understanding.
• Give a Damn: Our clients goals are our goals. We do work we can be proud of. Quality is non-negotiable.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Highland is committed to creating a just, equitable workplace, and is actively seeking candidates who can bring the value of diverse lived experiences to this position. We look for candidates who have a high level of demonstrated comfort with cultural competency; women, people of color, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGBTQ are encouraged to apply.