Be ready to go over:

• Jira & Agile Workflows – Your experience with ticket hygiene, writing clear acceptance criteria, and updating task statuses in real time.
• Time Estimation – How you calculate development hours, build in buffers for QA, and communicate deviations from your initial estimates.
• Co-working & Collaboration – Your comfort level with highly collaborative remote environments, including daily co-working video sessions and meeting-heavy schedules.

Example scenarios:

• "You estimated a feature would take 8 hours, but at hour 6, you discover an undocumented legacy dependency that will add another 6 hours of work. Describe your immediate next steps."
• "How do you structure your workday to maintain high-quality coding output during days with high meeting overhead?"

As a Software Engineer at Fullbay, your daily work will be dynamic, blending hands-on coding with collaborative planning and systems modernization. You will be responsible for delivering clean, well-tested code that directly improves the platform's stability and performance.

On a day-to-day basis, you will:

• Write robust, maintainable code in PHP and Laravel, transitioning legacy endpoints to modern MVC structures.
• Participate in daily 4-hour co-working video calls with your product squad, fostering real-time collaboration, peer programming, and rapid blocker resolution.
• Estimate your engineering tasks with high precision and track your progress strictly within Jira to the minute.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, QA engineers, and operations teams to define feature requirements and ensure seamless deployments.
• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers while ensuring our architectural standards are met.
• Support platform reliability by contributing to observability initiatives, writing unit and integration tests, and participating in occasional on-call rotations.

We look for candidates who possess a strong technical foundation, a highly collaborative mindset, and a desire to work in a structured, high-accountability environment.

• Must-have technical skills – Deep proficiency in PHP and modern MVC frameworks (specifically Laravel), solid understanding of relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL), and experience writing automated tests.
• Must-have operational skills – Proven experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment with strict Jira tracking and precise task estimation.
• Nice-to-have skills – Experience with legacy system migrations, front-end frameworks (such as Vue.js or React), cloud infrastructure (AWS), and observability tools (Datadog or New Relic).
• Soft skills – Strong communication skills, adaptability to changing technologies, comfort with high-collaboration environments (co-working video calls), and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Q: What is the remote work policy and daily schedule like? A: Fullbay supports remote work, but we maintain a highly collaborative virtual environment. Teams participate in daily 4-hour co-working video calls to pair program and solve problems in real time. Additionally, Wednesdays are heavily dedicated to team meetings and syncs.

Q: How strictly is time tracked at Fullbay? A: We place a high value on operational predictability. Engineers estimate their tasks in hours and are required to track their time diligently in Jira. This helps us plan sprints accurately and measure our development velocity.

Q: What is the primary tech stack, and what changes are underway? A: Our core platform is built on PHP. We are actively migrating from a legacy, non-framework codebase to Laravel. We are also expanding our infrastructure capabilities, creating opportunities to work with modern cloud and observability tools.

Q: What does a successful candidate look like? A: Successful candidates are adaptable engineers who are not afraid of legacy code. They are highly organized, communicate proactively when hurdles arise, and enjoy working closely with their teammates in a structured environment.

• Be transparent about legacy code: Do not pretend legacy code is easy to work with. We value engineers who are honest about the challenges of refactoring and who can discuss pragmatic, step-by-step solutions to modernization.
• Demonstrate estimation logic: During the interview, walk the interviewer through exactly how you break down a feature into hours. Show that you think about edge cases, testing, and deployment overhead when formulating your estimates.
• Embrace collaboration: Show enthusiasm for pair programming and co-working. Our daily 4-hour co-working sessions are a core part of our culture, so we look for candidates who see this as an opportunity for growth and team cohesion.

• Showcase your self-learning ability: Since we evaluate candidates on forward-looking technologies that we may not even use in production yet, be ready to share examples of how you have rapidly mastered new frameworks, tools, or languages in your past roles.

A Software Engineer role at Fullbay is an exciting opportunity to drive the modernization of a platform that keeps the commercial repair industry moving. You will tackle complex technical migrations, transition legacy systems to Laravel, and work alongside a friendly, supportive team that is dedicated to engineering excellence.

To stand out in your interviews, focus your preparation on core PHP concepts, MVC architecture, safe refactoring strategies, and precise task estimation. Show us that you are not only a strong coder but also a disciplined professional who thrives in a highly collaborative, organized environment.

The salary ranges at Fullbay reflect our commitment to hiring talent across different experience levels, from foundational engineers to senior architects and operations specialists. Your compensation will align with your technical depth, your experience with system migrations, and your ability to drive operational excellence on our team.

If you are ready to take the next step in your career and help us build the future of shop management software, begin your preparation today. For additional community insights, real interview reviews, and preparation resources, explore the engineering guides available on Dataford. We look forward to seeing what you can build with us.