Kinship and Science & Diagnostics are divisions of Mars Petcare—and are dedicated to one purpose: creating A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS™. Through comprehensive veterinary care, nutrition, breakthrough programs in diagnostics, wearable health monitoring, DNA testing and pet welfare, our 100,000 Petcare Associates help pets in more than 130 countries.
Kinship is unlocking a new world for you and your pet. Because, if you’re like us, your pet is your world. Our family of brands is continuously working to challenge preconceived notions, evolve our environments, and (re)build a universe that supports and centers on people and their pets—all with the power of Mars Petcare behind us. Like most families, we have different interests and expertise. But we all come together with a common purpose and love of pets—because they’re our kin too.
- Adopt a Pet is a platform that connects hopeful pet parents, shelters, rescues, and re-homers—all with the goal of helping people and pets find each other, by improving the adoption process for everyone involved.
- The Kin is a subscription-based app designed to make pet parenting actually easier—with features like 24/7 access to experts and curated content, personalized to both pets and their parents
- The Wildest is one site that brings together culture, care, and content to help real people pet parent (and keep their cool)— with the help of product recs, vet advice, training tips, articles, interviews, and more.
- PetExec is the world's leading tool for pet care businesses, helping teams of all sizes more efficiently manage their daycare, boarding, grooming, and training operations. So they can spend more time on pets.
OUR TEAM
Adopt-a-Pet’s vision for the future is one where every pet that enters a shelter leaves through the front door and into a loving home. This proclamation drives everything we do, and the people who work here have the satisfaction of knowing that they are using all of their talents to save the lives of animals and give their new owners the gift of unconditional love. Every month at Adopt-a-Pet, we connect over 250,000 homeless pets with 5 million potential new families!
The team at Adopt-a-Pet is a group of intellectually curious individuals united by a set of shared goals and values: make a positive impact in the world, operate with integrity, value our partners and support one another, collaborate, continuously learn, and have fun!
We are looking for an experienced Backend Engineer with Laravel and PHP experience to join our engineering team. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining web applications using the Laravel framework.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop, test, and deploy web applications using the Laravel framework
- Write well-designed, testable code using best software development practices
- Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues related to web applications
- Collaborating with other developers to design more efficient solutions
- Ensuring all code is secure and optimized for performance
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
- 3+ years of experience in backend development with Laravel and PHP
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles
- Extensive experience with databases such as PostgreSQL
- Knowledge of HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript/jQuery/AJAX technologies (optional)
- Excellent troubleshooting skills and debugging techniques
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team environment
CULTURAL COMPETENCIES
In all of the roles that we hire for, we look for people who represent the values we aim to uphold in our everyday work, and in how we approach each other: Optimistic, Purposefully Inquisitive, and Open to All. In addition, each Mars Associate is guided by The Five Principles: Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, and Freedom.
COMPENSATION
The New York, New York base salary range for this position is $130,000-$160,000 annually, commensurate with experience. Total compensation will include bonus incentives and benefits. Kinship provides Full Time Employees (Associates) benefits which may include health insurance, retirement plan benefits, eligibility for Mars discounts, unlimited paid time off and access to other benefit programs. Eligibility for Kinship benefits is determined under the terms of the applicable Kinship Benefits plan at a person's date of hire.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:
- Opportunities to impact and grow the business on a day to day basis
- Dog-friendly workplaces
- Medical, dental, vision, 401k match, and pet benefits for Full-Time Employees and their families
- Unlimited paid time off for Full-Time Employees
- Hybrid work environment
- Parental leave for the birth or adoption of your new human child (and fur baby) for Full-Time Employees (adhering to our policy)
- Discounts on pet products, services, nutrition and veterinary wellness plans
- An extensive onboarding program with a chance to meet leaders across our divisions
Disclaimer:
Kinship is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
Note to Search Firms/Agencies:
Kinship does not compensate search firms for unsolicited assistance unless they have a written search agreement with Kinship and the requisition is position-specific. Any resumes, curriculum vitae, and other unsolicited assistance from search firms that do not have a written search agreement or position-specific requisition submitted to any Associate of Kinship will be deemed the sole property of Kinship and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Kinship.
