Senior Backend Developer, Nutrafol
e-commerce
$150-180k
+ Quarterly Bonus Program
Hair wellness company
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Hair wellness company
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-180k
+ Quarterly Bonus Program
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help people grow into their best selves through whole-body health.
Role
Who you are
- Magento / Adobe Commerce: 5+ years of strong hands-on experience with Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce and PHP, including custom module development and a deep understanding of plugins, observers, dependency injection, service contracts, EAV, and the application lifecycle. Ability to extend platform functionality without modifying core code
- GraphQL: Experience creating and extending `schema.graphqls` definitions and implementing custom resolvers, with attention to authorization, error handling, data loading, and performance
- Third-party integrations: Experience building and maintaining REST and GraphQL integrations and webhook consumers. Familiarity with authentication, retries, idempotency, rate limits, queueing, logging, and recovery from integration failures
- AI-powered process automation: Practical experience using AI tools or large language model APIs to automate workflows—not only generate code. Ability to design prompts, work with structured outputs, integrate AI into existing applications, and validate results. Awareness of data privacy, cost, reliability, and when traditional rules-based automation is more appropriate
- Scripting and automation: Ability to build scripts and utilities using Python, Node.js, PHP, or similar tools to support operational workflows, data processing, and integrations
- Unit testing: Experience writing meaningful, maintainable unit tests, preferably with PHPUnit. Ability to isolate dependencies, use mocks appropriately, and cover business logic, edge cases, and failure scenarios. Ability to review and validate AI-generated tests rather than relying on them without verification
- Shopify: Working knowledge of Liquid, the Shopify Admin and Storefront APIs, app development, and webhooks
- Adobe Commerce Cloud and CI/CD: Experience with Adobe Commerce Cloud environments and the `magento-cloud` CLI, along with an understanding of environment configuration, deployment workflows, and basic CI/CD practices
- Git and collaboration: Strong understanding of branching, pull requests, code reviews, merge conflict resolution, and release coordination. Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly, work independently, and collaborate across teams
Desirable
- Experience building AI agents or multi-step AI workflows that interact with external tools and APIs, with appropriate permissions and approval steps
- Experience moving AI automation prototypes into production and measuring their accuracy, reliability, cost, and time savings
- Experience integrating automated tests and quality checks into CI/CD pipelines, including test reporting and preventing releases when required checks fail
- Experience diagnosing backend performance issues involving database queries, caching, GraphQL resolvers, or asynchronous processing
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer with deep Magento / Adobe Commerce expertise and practical experience using AI to automate engineering and business processes
- This role focuses on backend development, APIs, third-party integrations, and automation, with additional responsibilities supporting Shopify. You will collaborate with frontend developers, QA, product, and infrastructure teams to deliver new capabilities and improve platform performance and reliability
- Beyond using AI to assist with coding, you should be comfortable identifying manual processes and building AI-powered workflows that connect existing tools and systems. We are looking for someone who can apply AI to practical problems, evaluate the quality of its output, and turn useful ideas into reliable automations
- You will report to our VP, Software Engineering and this position is a remote role based in the United States
- Own backend development from design through release: Develop and maintain custom Magento / Adobe Commerce modules, troubleshoot complex issues, and deliver reliable, maintainable solutions that follow platform best practices
- Build APIs and integrations: Develop GraphQL capabilities for headless experiences and connect internal and external systems using REST and GraphQL APIs, webhooks, and asynchronous processing
- Automate processes using AI: Identify repetitive engineering and business tasks and implement practical solutions using AI tools, model APIs, scripts, and workflow automation. Connect these solutions to existing systems and include appropriate validation, error handling, logging, and human review
- Improve testing and development workflows: Write and maintain unit tests, use AI-assisted development tools thoughtfully, and help incorporate automated testing and quality checks into build and release pipelines
- Support Shopify development and operational automation: Build and maintain Shopify integrations, apps, webhook handlers, and Liquid customizations. Create scripts and utilities for data processing, migrations, troubleshooting, and recurring operational tasks
- Contribute to engineering practices and delivery: Participate in technical design discussions, code reviews, environment management, and deployments. Share knowledge, support other developers, and collaborate with frontend and QA teams throughout implementation and testing
- What Success Looks Like:
- You deliver dependable backend functionality, build integrations that handle failures predictably, and make the codebase easier to maintain. You strengthen automated testing and release confidence while introducing practical AI-powered automations that reduce manual work. You take ownership from identifying a problem through implementation, validation, and ongoing improvement
Application process
- Talent Acquisition Interview
- Team Interview
- Hiring Manager Interview
- Finalist Interview
- Reference/Background Checks
- Offer
Our take
Nutrafol develops and sells natural, drug-free oral supplements, serums, and treatment plans to support hair growth in men and women. The company, which has been around since 2014 and is endorsed by a number of medical professionals, is a leader in the natural hair growth supplement niche.
It’s easy to see why Nutrafol’s products would prove popular. Hair loss and thinning affects around 80% of men, and around half of women at some part of their lives. For many, the greatest impact is on self confidence, and inevitably mental wellbeing. The fact then, that so many mainstream hair loss treatments have side effects that also impair mental health, is far from ideal.
Existing investor Unilever acquired a majority stake in the company in 2022, which has helped vastly extend its reach across the globe. With the health & wellness supplements industry only becoming more accepted in the mainstream, and with Unilever’s backing, the company is now setting its sights on international growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
41% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2019
$35m
SERIES B
Total funding: $35m
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Leadership
Giorgos Tsetis C.E
(Co-Founder & Chairman)Giorgos is currently a Creator at Great Things™ and on the Board of Directors at XPRIZE. Previously he founded GTS Consulting where he served as a Certified Engineer/Structural Engineer for 6 years.
Roland Peralta
(Co-Founder)Roland is also the founder of Magnificent Ventures, WHEN Justice, The Root Cause Project, and Kama Flight Foundation.
Sophia Kogan, MD
(Co-Founder & CMO)Sophia gained a medical degree from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, and completed a research fellowship in paediatric dermatology before co-founding Nutrafol in 2015.
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