Sr Back End Developer, Full Stack

About the Position

At Thryv, we are a team that lives by teamwork. However, it’s not the work that drives us, it’s the respect, trust, and care for each other that defines us as a team. We’re a diverse community of trendsetters who do our best work in a fun, relaxed environment. Technology never stops evolving and neither do we. We’re always looking for the best and brightest team players to join us.

We’re looking for a Sr. Back End Developer, Full Stack to join our Marketing Development team. This role is responsible for owning the technical foundation behind Keap.com and its lead generation stack. You will build public-facing web pages and applications, lead new feature development, and maintain critical internal systems that support our marketing, sales, and operations teams.

You will own systems end-to-end — from architecture to implementation — and serve as the primary technical contact for everything from vendor integrations to DNS configuration. This is a hands-on position best suited for someone who enjoys jumping between front end experiences and back end logic, with the ability to collaborate across departments and translate business needs into scalable code.

Responsibilities

·       Develops and maintains pages and applications for Keap.com (Laravel) and Thryv.com (WordPress), including our custom Buy Now cart (Laravel & Vue3), Keap’s headless Craft CMS setup, and a custom marketing API service (Laravel).

·       Builds and maintains Laravel and WordPress APIs and pages to support the creation of marketing landing pages, campaign infrastructure, form endpoints, and back end support for experiments.

·       Collaborates closely with designers to bring creative visions to life while also providing technical guidance and feasibility assessments.  Leads technical planning for new initiatives and performs code reviews for other developers.

·       Acts as the tech owner for marketing infrastructure, including deployments (Heroku), caching (Redis), DNS (Cloudfare), and CI/CD.

·       Writes clean, scalable, modern PHP and JavaScript (using both framework and vanilla).

·       Collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders across Marketing, Operations, Product, Legal, and IT to scope and deliver projects.

·       Owns Marketing-specific vendor integrations across Chargebee, Salesforce, Marketo, BigQuery, and GCP/AWS- limited to the scope of the Marketing Development team.

·       Maintains and evolves the local development environment (Docker) and build process (Vite).

Who We’re Looking For

·       Bachelor’s Degree (or international equivalent) or equivalent experience, required.

·       5+ years of related experience, required.

·       Experience in full stack development with a heavy focus on PHP, Laravel, and WordPress, required.

·       9+ years of related experience, preferred.

·       Experience with GraphQL, Alpine.js, Tailwind, and Salesforce’s SOQL, preferred.

·       Experience with Headless CMS, especially Craft CMS, preferred.

·       Experience with subscription billing systems (Chargebee or other), preferred.

·       Experience working on marketing or lead generation teams, preferred.

·       Experience debugging across the stack (DNS, caching, build tools, etc.), preferred.

·       Experience with GCP and/or AWS, especially in areas like PubSub, S3, or BigQuery, preferred.

·       Experience integrating third-party platforms (Chargebee, Salesforce (SOQL), or Marketo), preferred.

·       Strong knowledge of JavaScript, including experience with both Vue 3 and vanilla JS.

·       Proficiency in SCSS/CSS, Tailwind, and building responsive, accessible front end UIs.

·       Experience managing deployment pipelines and development environments using tools like Heroku, Docker, Vite, GitHub Actions, or similar.

·       Solid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and caching layers (Redis).

·       Demonstrated self-starter with the ability to own a tech stack and collaborate deeply with non-technical teams.

·       Comfortable balancing feature development with ongoing refactoring and tech debt reduction.

·       Ability to travel less than 5% of the time.

·       Must be 18 years of age or older.

·       Must successfully complete pre-employment screening process, as required.

·       Must successfully complete any required training or orientation courses, as needed.

What We Offer

Life requires balance. So we provide benefits around health and wellness, continued education, and work/life balance to help you live your best life when you’re working…and when you’re not.

·       Medical, dental, and vision plans, plus a wellness program with added incentives

·       401(k) savings plan with company match and employee stock purchase plan

·       Continuing education benefits with tuition assistance programs

·       Paid time off including holidays, vacation, sick, personal, and winter close

Who We Are

At Thryv, we’re a team fiercely devoted to the success of local businesses. We’ve been around for over 100 years, always with one goal in mind — helping small businesses compete, win and succeed. We provide the technology, software and local business automation tools small business owners need to better manage their time, communicate with clients, and get paid, so they can take control of their business and be more successful.

We support businesses across the U.S. and we have team members all around the country (even internationally). In fact, we’re a work-from-anywhere company, because that’s how we get work done.

Culture is vital at Thryv because it shapes our identity and, therefore, our measurements for growth. We have an identified set of values that hold all of us accountable paving the way for our company success and our legacy. All of this helps us deliver results for our clients and creates success for our employees. At Thryv, making a positive impact within our team and in our local community is the reason we get out of bed every morning.

Thryv Core Values:

· Client Devoted – Be humble with a servant mentality. Understand the uniqueness of each interaction while being flexible, knowledgeable, and genuine.

· Under Promise, Over Deliver – Deliver expectations and exceed them, have accountability, listen and understand the ask.

· Act Like You Own the Place – Taking ownership and accountability in your day-to-day decisions empowers you to act like you own the place.

· Invest in our People – Hire people that are aligned with Thryv’s core values. Provide learning opportunities to enable all of us to adapt, belong, and create a lifelong career.

· DONE3 – Define what you say (Done), Do what you say (Done), Follow up and ensure completion (Done).

· Making $$ is a Byproduct of Helping People – Always be devoted to people, act with integrity.

· Think Long Term, Act with Passion & Integrity – Focus on making every interaction exceptional. Bring enthusiasm and devotion to every act. This includes doing the right thing, even when no one is looking. Think five years out or think for the long play.

Find out more at corporate.thryv.com/careers/

Belonging at Thryv

We believe in a work environment where all individuals are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources, and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. We want our employees to feel a part of something big and we encourage the sharing of ideas and collaboration across the organization. 

We strive to ensure our work environment reflects diversity, fairness and meritocracy. We believe all employees should have the opportunity to perform effectively in their position. We value every employee and the authenticity they bring to their role and to the organization. As a result, our employee policies and internal practices focus on ability and merit as the standards for success.

Requisition Detail and Process

This information indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this job. It is not designed to contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

The final job level offered may vary based on the applicant’s competencies and qualifications such as experience and education, and other job-related reasons.

Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Thryv is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants, without regard to gender, color, race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any characteristic protected by law. Thryv is committed to provide equal employment opportunities throughout the employment relationship including recruitment, hiring, discharge, compensation, benefits, discipline, development, and advancement or other aspects of employment.

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