Backend Team Lead

Job Description

Responsibilities

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead a team of backend developers working with PHP (primary).
• Mentor developers, conduct regular feedback sessions, and support professional growth.
• Oversee daily development workflows and ensure the timely delivery of tasks.
• Coordinate collaboration between backend, frontend, QA, DevOps, analysts, and product teams.
  

Technical Ownership

• Participate in defining and maintaining coding standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines.
• Participate in planning, estimation, and technical decision-making.
• Review code, provide constructive feedback, and ensure code quality across the team.
• Drive improvements in performance, scalability, reliability, and security.
  

Hands-On Development

• Develop and maintain backend services using PHP (Symfony) and Golang.
• Optimize and refactor existing services and APIs.
• Contribute to complex feature development and key architectural changes.
• Troubleshoot production issues and support the team with technical blockers.
  

Process & Delivery

• Ensure team alignment with Agile practices, sprint planning, and task management in ClickUp.
• Improve development workflows, documentation, testing, and CI/CD practices.
• Ensure clear communication with product owners and stakeholders.
• Participate in hiring and onboarding of new backend developers.
  

Requirements:

Skills & Background:

• 4+ years of professional backend development experience.
• Strong expertise in PHP (7.4+) and frameworks such as Symfony.
• Solid understanding of OOP, design patterns, and clean architecture.
• Experience designing and maintaining scalable backend systems and microservices.
• Proficiency with SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL), query optimization, and data modeling.
• Experience working with Git, Git-based workflows, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with TDD, DDD, and automated testing approaches.
• Experience with messaging systems (RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.).
• Strong understanding of caching, performance optimization, and API integrations.
• Ability to lead a development team, manage priorities, and drive delivery.

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