PHP TechLead
Location: Ukraine
Department: Delivery Unit (O. Yashchuk)
Our Client is a global leader in corporate brand protection and domain management, serving Fortune 500 and large enterprises with domain registration, online brand monitoring, and anti-counterfeiting services.
Project Description:
The Client is consolidating two legacy client portals into a single modern platform, bringing feature parity ahead of client migration. Stack: PHP (Laravel), RabbitMQ, MySQL, Nuxt.js (Vue.js) on AWS.
Requirements:
- 7+ years of commercial software engineering, with strong hands-on PHP expertise
- Deep expertise in PHP 8.x and Laravel (or comparable modern frameworks)
- Solid experience with RabbitMQ and event-driven architecture
- Strong MySQL skills - schema design, query optimization, performance tuning
- Hands-on experience with AWS services
- Experience with Nuxt.js / Vue.js and comfort working across the stack
- Proven track record leading engineering teams - technical mentorship, code reviews, architectural decisions
- Experience driving test automation strategy and modern CI/CD practices
- Ability to work in a distributed, multi-timezone team (US / UK / Brazil)
- Excellent English communication skills
- Experience working in Agile / Scrum / Kanban
Nice to Have:
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, Claude, Cursor)
- Background in SaaS, multi-tenant platforms, or large-scale B2B portals
Responsibilities:
- Lead technical delivery of a Scrum team (3 PHP devs + 2 QA), owning architecture and code quality
- Design, develop, and review PHP / Laravel code for the portal feature parity workstream
- Align with Client engineering leadership in US / UK / Brazil on technical direction and delivery
- Break down epics into technical tasks, drive estimation and sprint planning
- Mentor engineers through pair programming, code reviews, and technical guidance
- Drive test automation adoption in partnership with QA to eliminate regression bottlenecks
- Identify and unblock technical risks early; escalate delivery concerns proactively
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and Client governance cadence
We offer*:
- Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
- A competitive salary and good compensation package
- Personalized career growth
- Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
- Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
- Education reimbursement
- Memorable anniversary presents
- Corporate events and team buildings
- Other location-specific benefits
*not applicable for freelancers
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