Job Description
Job Description
Tier4 Group is seeking a Software Engineer focused on document processing, automation, and high-volume PDF generation. This is a 6-month contract with strong potential to extend and convert to full-time.
Location: 100% Remote
Candidates must reside in the Eastern or Central time zones.
What You'll Do
- Build and maintain document automation systems using PHP and PDFLib
- Develop high-volume PDF generation and document delivery solutions
- Implement advanced PDF functionality, including font management, encoding, embedding, and rendering
- Integrate with AWS services, internal applications, and third-party APIs
- Develop automated data-processing and mailing workflow integrations
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
- Collaborate with business and technical teams to deliver scalable solutions
- Troubleshoot, enhance, and support production applications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 4-6 years of LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) development experience
- Strong experience with PDF generation, document automation, and PDFLib
- Experience supporting high-volume document processing environments
- AWS experience including S3, EC2, RDS, CloudWatch, and AWS SDK
- Experience with REST and/or SOAP APIs
- Strong knowledge of JSON, XML, fixed-width, delimited, and legacy data formats
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with document composition or CCM platforms (Quadient, Crawford Technologies, Adobe, iText, etc.)
- Print industry experience, including PDF, AFP, PostScript, or PCL
- Exposure to mail automation, postal optimization, or compliance-driven workflows
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale production systems
Key Skills
- PHP/LAMP Development
- PDFLib & PDF Document Processing
- AWS Services & Integrations
- High-Volume Document Automation
- API Development & System Integration
Interested? Apply today or contact Tier4 Group directly to learn more.