PHP Team Lead

Growe welcomes those who are excited to:

• Lead and mentor the engineering team through regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development initiatives;

• Conduct code reviews and ensure high engineering standards across the team;

• Drive architectural decisions, lead refactoring efforts, and optimize system performance;

• Shape and execute the technical roadmap in close alignment with product goals;

• Improve engineering processes, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment workflows continuously;

• Collaborate closely with QA engineers, product managers, DevOps, and other cross-functional teams;

• Take an active role in hiring, onboarding, and growing new team members;

• Foster a culture of ownership, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

We need your professional experience:

• At least 5+ years of experience as a PHP developer; 

• 2+ years in a team leadership role (Team/Tech Lead);

• Deep knowledge of OOP and software design principles;

• Hands-on experience with modern MVC frameworks (Yii2, Symfony, Laravel);

• Solid understanding of REST and client-server architecture;

• Strong experience with MySQL (PostgreSQL will be a plus);

• Confident using Redis, Memcached, Git, Composer, and Nginx;

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (ideally GitLab CI);

• Working knowledge of Docker and AWS infrastructure;

• Experience with RabbitMQ (Kafka will be a plus);

• Exposure to modular monolith and microservice architectures;

• Familiarity with Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, and Grafana;

• Understanding of secure software development, including webhooks (signing, idempotency), OAuth2, JWT, abuse protection, and PCI DSS principles;

• At least an Intermediate English level.

We appreciate if you have those personal features:

• Business-oriented mindset, able to prioritize impact;

• Strong communication and collaboration skills;

• Problem-solving attitude and ability to handle multitasking;

• Motivation to grow as a leader and help others grow.

We are seeking those who align with our core values:

• GROWE TOGETHER: Our team is our main asset. We work together and support each other to achieve our common goals;

• DRIVE RESULT OVER PROCESS: We set ambitious, clear, measurable goals in line with our strategy and driving Growe to success;

• BE READY FOR CHANGE: We see challenges as opportunities to grow and evolve. We adapt today to win tomorrow.