Software Engineer

Supporting Cast seeks a passionate, creative developer with PHP and agentic engineering experience to expand onSupporting Cast ’s podcast subscription platform. As a key member of our team, you'll be helping independent creators, podcast publishers, and media companies improve their financial sustainability and better satisfy their fans. You'll be joining a small development team and will be in a position to influence our tech stack and our evolving product. Working here provides the dynamic excitement of a startup, and the stability and competitive compensation of an established employer.

We will consider candidates from anywhere in the United States, provided you can largely work East Coast hours-the role is fully remote.

About the Position

Opportunities:

• Learn a lot about the podcast industry and the rapidly growing paid subscription market
• Scale an application as we onboard clients with tens of thousands of members and evaluate new technologies
• Develop and maintain user- and administrator-facing features in our existing stack
• Help us leverage A.I. tools to accelerate new feature development and improve code quality and security
• Build and maintain implementations for other websites, including embeds and third-party integrations

Our Current Tech Stack:

• App: PHP/Laravel, Nginx, Varnish, Redis, PostgreSQL, Docker, React
• Dev ops: AWS, Fastly CDN
• Key business vendors and partners: Stripe, Spotify, Wordpress
• Key software vendors: Google Cloud Computing, AWS (SES/SNS/SMS), Anthropic
• Repo: GitHub
• Project management: Agile-oriented. Notion, Google Docs, Slack.

Requirements

• 1-3 years of professional experience with PHP and a PHP framework such as Laravel
• 1-2 years of experience with LLM-based A.I.
• Familiarity with programming fundamentals and industry best practices; a CS degree is a plus but not required
• Willingness to adapt and learn on the job