• Architect & Scale Core Systems: Design the next generation of Nametag’s identity verification and account protection platform. • Own architectural strategy for distributed, highly available systems that handle real-time authentication at scale. • Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies in cryptography, AI threat detection, and identity standards. • Define company-wide patterns for reliability, observability, and secure software delivery. • Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Lead major cross-functional technical initiatives that span multiple product lines and services. • Set and enforce high engineering standards for performance, security, and maintainability. • Partner with the CTO to translate technical vision into actionable roadmaps. • Mentor senior and mid-level engineers to grow technical depth across the team. • Innovation & Thought Leadership: Contribute to patents and open standards that advance identity security and authentication technology. • Represent Nametag in the broader technical community through conferences, panels, or publications. • Help shape how the world thinks about secure identity in an era of deepfakes and AI threats.

• Develop and maintain full-stack applications using PHP and Laravel • Write clean, maintainable, and testable code • Participate in code reviews and incorporate feedback • Support application deployment and ongoing maintenance • Stay current with emerging technologies and best practices • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other developers, to ensure that software solutions meet business requirements • Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment and maintenance • Communicate with stakeholders, including management, customers, and other teams, to ensure that software solutions meet their needs

• Lead by example by writing high-quality, production-ready code across the entire stack (React/Node.js). • Pioneer AI-augmented development workflows for the entire team. • Collaborate daily with the Head of Product & Engineering to translate the product vision into a robust technical roadmap. • Define and evolve our full-stack architecture. • Evaluate new feature requests for technical risk and effort. • Advocate for and implement best practices in IaC and CI/CD. • Drive technical excellence through deep code reviews, pair programming.

• Build, enhance and maintain the NedGraphics and Optitex Cloud products • Design, build, and maintain serverless backends on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB/RDS, S3, SQS/SNS). • Implement secure, well-versioned REST APIs and event-driven workflows (EventBridge/Step Functions). • Develop automated testing frameworks (unit/integration). • Optimize performance (cold-start reduction, concurrency optimization, caching, CDN via CloudFront). • Enforce security best practices (IAM policies, Secrets Manager/Parameter Store, KMS). • Build reliable integrations with third-party APIs and internal services. • Produce technical documentation and developer-friendly API specifications.