PHP Developer Tech Lead
PHP Developer Tech Lead
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Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced PHP Developer/Tech Lead to guide the development team and take ownership of our clients existing tech infrastructure. You will play a pivotal role in leading the development process ensuring best practices in software development and supporting the evolution of our client platform.
This position is ideal for a motivated individual who is ready to step into a leadership role while still contributing to handson development. Youll be working closely with their current developer team (who built the system from scratch) helping them transition into a more structured scalable development process.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead Development Efforts: Oversee and contribute to the ongoing development of the PHPbased platform built on the Laravel framework. Work handson with the codebase but also provide guidance to the development team.
- Technical Leadership: Drive the technical direction of the platform ensuring scalability security and performance improvements are continually implemented.
- Documentation: Take ownership of documenting the existing system to ensure comprehensive tribal knowledge is captured and organized. Understand and document how everything works to mitigate risk associated with key person dependency.
- Collaboration: Work closely with the existing developers to implement best practices in software engineering improve code quality and introduce structure to the development workflow.
- Process Improvement: Implement and uphold SCRUM/Agile methodologies code review practices and quality control processes (e.g. UAT unit testing).
- Security & Performance: Monitor and maintain security protocols system scalability
- and performance metrics using tools such as New Relic Sentry.io and Laravel Octane.
- Team Development: Mentor and lead a growing development team assisting with hiring and teambuilding efforts as the company scales.
Qualifications:
- 5 years of experience in PHP development ideally with leadership experience in a small to midsized team environment.
- Experience with Laravel and the Laravel Forge deployment process.
- Strong proficiency in MySQL Redis and database design for scalable applications.
- Familiarity with frontend technologies including Tailwind CSS DataTables JQuery and Laravel Blade templates.
- Experience managing cloudbased infrastructure (Akamai / AWS hosting preferred).
- Deep understanding of software version control (GitHub) and agile development methodologies (SCRUM/Agile).
- Ability to implement unit testing strategies and guide the team toward adopting automated testing processes.
- Strong grasp of security best practices especially in handling data and vulnerability protection.
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate with crossfunctional teams and relay complex technical concepts in simple terms.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with Laravel Octane for performance enhancements and background worker processes.
- Familiarity with monitoring tools like Cloudflare Sentry.io New Relic and Status.io for system performance and external communications.
- Prior experience working with 3PL logistics or similar industries would be a plus.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type
Full Time
