Technical Lead PHP

Role & responsibilities

About the role:

We are looking for an experienced and collaborative Technical Lead to join our Engineering team and help us guide the team towards technical excellence, ensuring the successful delivery of projects, and contributing to the overall strategic vision of the technology landscape. The remit and focus of the role is to take ownership of software architecture decisions and provide leadership in mentoring and technical development. This position extends beyond individual contributions, encompassing wider team responsibilities, collaboration with other Tech Leads, and coordination with wider team disciplines like QA, DevOps and Front End. Its a broad and exciting role, so were looking for someone up for a challenge - if youre highly technical and an effective communicator, this is the role for you.

Core responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with other Tech Leads within the technology group, fostering a cohesive and high-performing engineering organization.
• Take a leadership role in solutionizing complex feature requests, ensuring alignment with the team's architectural decisions and contributing to wider team responsibilities.
• Drive the creation of detailed and strategic documentation for new feature developments, emphasizing architectural considerations and alignment with the overall technology strategy.
• Lead and actively participate in advanced testing practices, ensuring that the team maintains a high standard of test coverage and reliability.
• Produce well-architected, efficient, and scalable code, serving as a role model for engineering best practices.

Preferred candidate profile

About you

• Minimum 8 years experience in software development.
• Expertise in PHP, Zend Framework/Symfony, Twig, MySQL,AWS.
• Extensive and demonstrated experience with Object-Oriented languages and software development.
• Advanced understanding and application of software engineering principles, including SOLID, DRY, etc.
• Expertise in relational database technologies, data architecture, and data management.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing APIs and services within a service-oriented environment.
• Leadership experience, showcasing the ability to guide teams, make architectural decisions, and drive technical excellence.
• A team player, willing to muck in and help others when needed, a driven personality who asks questions and actively participates in discussions.
• Good written and spoken English for effective communication and presentation.
• Familiarity with Scrum methodology or other agile development processes.
• Experience with cloud computing.
• Familiarity with software best practices such as Refactoring, Clean Code, Domain-Driven Design, Test-Driven Development, etc.

Bonus skills

• Experience with enterprise-level solutions and large-scale system architectures, contributing to high-level decision-making.
• Experience with Docker and containerisation.