About us

Velvetech is an American global software development company headquartered in Miami, FL, and with an office in Chicago, IL. Velvetech has its developers strategically distributed in 10+ global technical job markets to deliver the best in class software engineering and exceptional client services.

We have 20+ years of experience in software and hardware development for clients all around the world, especially for US clients. As an official Microsoft Gold Partner, our company is listed in the top 5 software development companies in Illinois, USA.

US clients are leading trading and financial organizations, insurance companies, large healthcare associations, pharmaceutical and energy companies, equipment manufacturers, hi-tech startups, etc.

Areas of expertise are consulting, development, implementation, and support of software solutions. We implement modern backend solutions that support microservices architecture with the following technologies: NET Core, Node.js, Java, MSSQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ. For the web UI front-end development, we opt for React, or Angular, and for mobile development — Swift, Kotlin, Java. Most of the systems are designed for cloud infrastructures like AWS, Azure, GCP, and heavily rely on Docker, Kubernetes while modern CI/CD is made using GitLab CI or TeamCity. In September 2021, Velvetech LLC received the status of the official Training Provider of the International Institute of Business Analysis. This status gives us the right to conduct regular quality trainings for Business Analysts and anyone performing BA activities regardless their job title.

Principles are based on Agile Methodology, Scrum and Kanban. Various projects coded in GitLab or GitHub are built with multiple coordinated teams, collaborating via Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, and Slack. Velvetech constantly follows the Tech trends and actively cooperates with startups in such breakthrough areas as Machine Learning, the Internet of Things, Blockchain, FPGA, and AI.
Responsibilities

As a new team member, you will develop web applications for business systems, with the use of a rich programming stack to write code, apply knowledge to refactor and test applications, and maintain coding documentation

Write code, participate in developing front-end and back-end architecture

Implement user interactions on web pages and ensuring responsiveness of applications

Develop a project from conception to finished product while meeting both technical and client needs

Stay updated with all trends in developing web applications and programming languages

Requirements

Minimum of 3 years of experience with PHP and modern frameworks such as Symfony or Laravel
Experience with MySQL / MariaDBL, and version control systems like Git
Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and SOLID principles
Proficiency in modern JavaScript (ES6+), and Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs
Experience with testing methodologies, including unit testing and writing testable code
English proficiency at an intermediate level or higher
Effective problem-solving skills and attention to detail

AI related requirements

Proficiency in AI-driven development tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor IDE, Tabnine, or similar is required
Strong prompt engineering skills to optimize the outputs of AI tools effectively
Critical understanding of the boundaries of AI tools and the ability to apply sound judgment and critical thinking
Utilizing artificial intelligence to debug, refine code quality, and improve documentation for enhanced productivity and workflow reliability

The following experience will be considered as an advantage:
Experience with cloud services like AWS, containerization with Docker/Kubernetes, and Linux environments
Experience with dependency management with Composer
Knowledge of modern JavaScript frameworks such as Vue.js (preferred) or React
Familiarity with server technologies like Nginx and database technologies such as MariaDB + Galera Cluster
Experience with Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, Redis, Couchbase, or ZooKeeper
Familiarity with agile tools like Jira and Confluence, and contributing to a collaborative team environment

Benefits

Velvetech is in the TOP 5 development companies in Illinois, USA

You have FLEXIBLE working conditions and a COOPERATIVE environment

Competitive salary

Many CHALLENGING and exciting projects with new opportunities and learning

GROWTH opportunities, skills and competencies improvement, and professional certification

In-company TRAINING (English, Software / DevOps / Project management / Design / Business)

What we offer

Future projects as highly loaded SaaS web-based services for automating business processes in the field of medicine , insurance , finance , energy, including modules for processing large data arrays, billing subsystems, integration with external data sources, mobile applications, and IP telephony systems.
Our team

We are a friendly team of 170+ professionals where everyone is able to achieve high results and grows professionally not only due to their own knowledge and skills but also with the support of colleagues. Values that we highly appreciate are high performance, responsibility, respect, and loyalty . In order to have a highly motivated team, Velvetech invests in their people, additional education, certification, and others. You choose your career path and we are here to support you!

People work together in harmony, encouraging each other to continuously learn, progress, and pursue perfection. Our employees enjoy working as we turn challenges into advantages to share success with each other.

You have a chance to become a part of a friendly and professional team that creates robust software solutions to deliver maximum value to our international clients.