Who We Are:

Based in Charlotte, NC, Cardinal Financial is one of the nation’s leading mortgage lenders for nearly 30 years. Cardinal Financial’s experts are equipped with a wealth of wisdom and experience that has proved them a trusted leader in the mortgage industry. The company has earned the coveted status of approved lender for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae.

Additionally, the company has been named an approved lending institution by the FHA, VA, and USDA. Cardinal Financial’s commitment to simplicity, transparency, and value makes the complicated process of obtaining a home loan easy for its customers.

Who We Need:

The Full Stack Developer will work within the Brand & Customer Experience Department and will play an active role in bringing and maintaining a portfolio of digital projects to life. This position will work with stakeholders and be involved in all projects in Cardinal portfolio including our public-facing websites and employee engagement platform.

What You Will Do:

• Collaborate with product stakeholders, UI/UX designers, and other developers to deliver well-architected and well-documented products.
• Build front-end interfaces using technologies and libraries including JavaScript (Vue, Alpine, and React), HTML5, and CSS (Tailwind, Vanilla CSS).
• Build backend infrastructure to support new features using technologies and languages including Laravel, LiveWire, WordPress, PHP, WebSockets, MySQL, Redis, and 3rd party APIs.
• Deploy code to Cardinal Financial’s staging and production servers using technologies including GitHub, DeployBot, Docker, and GitLab.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

What You Need:

• B.S. in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of web development experience required.
• Experience building web applications using Laravel.
• Experience building WordPress themes and plugins from scratch and the ability to implement them on your own.
• Experience with advanced WordPress concepts including hooks, filters, plugins, ReST APIs, Custom Post Types, etc.
• Experience with modern JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Tailwind to create rich user interfaces.
• Experience with React and authoring React components.
• Ability to write well-designed, well-documented, reliable code that you or others will find easy to understand and modify six months from now.
• Experience with the development and DevOps lifecycle, QA, build tools such as WebPack, Laravel Mix or Vite, and version control tools such as Git.
• Strong conceptual ability to design and build back-end content management structures and implement them on the front end.
• Experience with other JavaScript frameworks such as Vue, Alpine, or Angular.
• Experience with Google APIs.
• Experience with search providers such as Algoia, Meilisearch, or ElasticSearch
• A working knowledge of SQL with the ability to query databases including WordPress
• Experience with 3rd party REST APIs and how to implement them.

What We Offer:

• Strength, Stability, and Vision
• Great compensation package
• Opportunity for career growth
• A commitment to be a relevant market leader - we are aiming for the top!
• Octane, our engineered proprietary technology that is transforming the mortgage industry
• An empowered culture where your ideas are important and your voice matters
• Full Benefits, beginning the first day of the month following your start date, including – Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability Insurance, and much more
• Generous paid time off package that also includes all major holidays
• 401K w/ 50% match - Beginning the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment

Cardinal Financial is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and aim to empower individuals and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within our workforce. The expected base salary for this position ranges from ninety thousand dollars to one hundred twenty two thousand dollars determined based on the applicant's experience, skillset, education, training, certificates, and licenses.