Principal Full-Stack Engineer (AI-First)

Tivly helps more than a million small-business owners each year get the insurance they need—fast. We believe a small, senior team super-charged by AI out-delivers a large org. Cursor, Claude, Copilot, and Blitzy are your everyday co-workers, so you’ll spend far more time shipping code than sitting in meetings.

WHY THIS ROLE IS DIFFERENT

• 70–80% hands-on coding; zero head-count KPI. We grow output with AI, not people
• Direct access to executives — shape product and architecture without inheriting a hiring budget
• AI at every layer: Blitzy for repo-wide refactors, Cursor/Claude/Copilot for the inner loop, CodeRabbit for automated PR reviews
• $3,000 annual AI stipend + paid seats for any tool you need
• 10% exploration time each sprint to try new agents, write internal posts, or contribute to OSS

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• 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

YOU’LL THRIVE HERE IF YOU

• Bring 8+ years of production web experience and have nuanced points of view on various AI coding tools
• Default to writing tests even when AI drafts the first pass
• 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
• Stay current on AI research, blogs, and podcasts, and can cite a recent insight that changed your perspective

OUR STACK

• Front-end: Laravel, React
• Back-end: PHP/Laravel 
• Data: MySQL
• DevOps: AWS, Docker
• Gen-AI: Blitzy, Cursor, Claude Code, CodeRabbit

COMPENSATION & PERKS

• Competitive salary
• Health, dental, vision, and 401(k) with match
• 15 paid PTO days per year and  company holidays
• Company-sponsored annual off-site (travel & lodging covered)
• Remote-first culture with flexible hours across US time zones

LOCATION

• Remote
• Candidates must currently reside in one of the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, or Virginia.