Lead Full Stack Developer; Hybrid

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Important Note About Working at

isn’t for everyone. We hold ourselves to a higher standard than most. You will be expected to embrace the  culture and embody our company’s core values:

• Trusting Team Play: We are a team, we do our best, and we trust each other.
• Intentional Integrity: We honor our word and, if we’re out of integrity, we make it right.
• Innovative Problem Solving: We fearlessly identify issues, then prioritize and solve them with the right solutions for our unique business.
• Healthy Humor: We laugh together and are warm and friendly.

Our company’s passion is to empower beautiful, meaningful, handmade creation through paper crafts. Before you apply, be sure you share ’s core values.

How this position fits at

We are hiring a Lead Full Stack Developer who will guide a small, talented dev team by writing code alongside them, coaching through 1:1s, and helping drive engineering outcomes through structure and accountability—ideal for someone who wants to lead and build.

As the Lead Full Stack Developer, you will work fully in‑house at our headquarters in Gilbert, Arizona during your training period of 60‑90 days. Following the training period, you will have the option to work remotely two days a week.

You will write high‑quality code and lead the development team through mentorship, architectural guidance, and people leadership. This hands‑on role is responsible for technical execution and team management, including tracking team performance and supporting team growth while maintaining technical excellence.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Lead and grow the development team
• Own and drive technical execution
• Foster accountability and collaboration

As a  Lead Full Stack Developer, you will:

• Design, develop, test, implement, and maintain e‑commerce and internal systems that impact customers and colleagues.
• Act as a technical and team lead, guiding project direction, feasibility, and architectural decisions.
• Conduct regular 1:1s and quarterly meetings with developers to support their growth, clarify priorities, and build alignment.
• Ensure high‑quality code and a collaborative team culture through effective team processes.
• Track and support team accountability through weekly scorecards and performance metrics.
• Identify opportunities for improving systems, processes, and tooling used across the team.
• Maintain and extend web infrastructure, including back‑end databases, libraries, APIs, and shared tools.
• Troubleshoot and solve challenging system issues for both customers and internal users.
• Write and maintain comprehensive code documentation and team reference guides.
• Be responsible for team performance, hiring, and career development.
• Respond quickly to emergency issues during and outside of business hours, demonstrating accountability and ownership.
• Will take on other tasks and responsibilities as assigned.

You are...

• An experienced leader who can lead both technically and interpersonal, managing performance through 1:1s, mentorship, and team metrics.
• Experienced with E‑Commerce and bring direct experience working with e‑commerce systems (e.g., carts, payment flows, promotions, catalog management) and understand the unique performance and UX challenges of these platforms.
• A technical expert with a deep knowledge of a PHP‑based stack and MySQL/MSSQL backend. You understand application protocols, performance optimization, security principles, and front‑end technologies.
• A collaborative communicator who clearly and effectively communicates with technical and non‑technical stakeholders across departments.
• Adaptable and able to respond with flexibility and a solution‑oriented mindset as priorities shift.
• Accountable and holds yourself and others to high standards of quality, reliability, and timeliness.
• Filled with perspective and can align technical work with the company's core mission and evolving business priorities.

Development Stack

• Back‑End: PHP
• Database:
  MySQL, MSSQL

• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Online and Mail Order Retail

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• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid maternity leave
• Paid paternity leave
• Disability insurance