Tivly aims to solve the problem of small-business owners needing fast and efficient insurance solutions by leveraging a small, senior team super-charged by AI, rather than a large organization. The role focuses on increasing output through AI and direct executive access to shape product and architecture.
Requirements
- 8+ years of production web experience
- nuanced points of view on various AI coding tools
- Default to writing tests even when AI drafts the first pass.
- Stay current on AI research, blogs, and podcasts, and can cite a recent insight that changed your perspective.
- Laravel
- PHP/Laravel
- AWS
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Blitzy
- Cursor
- Claude Code
- CodeRabbit
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and ship features across Laravel, PHP/Laravel for front-end and back-end on AWS.
- Orchestrate large Blitzy runs for sweeping refactors; review and harden the resulting PRs.
- Establish AI-assisted development standards—prompt patterns, validation gates, automated testing.
- Drive technical strategy with Product, ensuring we solve the right problems, not just write more lines of code.
- Automate CI/CD and infrastructure with Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform so deployment stays self-service and fast.
Other
- Have been an engineering management leader before, but would prefer to focus on technical leadership and individual contribution.
- Communicate crisply—concise RFCs, Loom walk-throughs, thoughtful code reviews.
- Candidates must currently reside in one of the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, or Virginia.
- Master's (Preferred)
- English fluently (Required)
