Technical Lead (PHP)

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The Job

You will be joining an awesome team to build cool applications that serve millions of users, from idea to production.
As our customers are typically ambitious foreign startups, you will have a chance to improve your English, learn about startup culture and product mindset along the way. If you want to make a great impact on the world, this is your chance now.
Managing full lifecycle customer projects with Agile methods.
Developing strong relationships with customers, acting as the primary point of contact as well as managing stakeholder expectations and always seek for solution improvement.
Design, develop, test internal REST API
Design and implement scalable and robust applications
Analyze functional requirements and creation of software design
Participate in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standards
Work closely with the infrastructure team in building and scaling back-end services as well as performing root-cause analysis investigations
Write API documentation for better communication with front-end developers

5+ years of overall software development experience, with an emphasis on web applications and back-end technologies.
Work experience in PHP (strongly preferred with Symfony)
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (Git is preferred)
Deep knowledge of web frameworks
Experience in unit testing frameworks
Experience in CI/CD methodologies
2 years of experience in leading engineering teams

Big bonus:

Experience in these business domains: hotel booking, car rental, eCommerce platform
Proficiency in database design & SQL skills
Experience in REST API development
Knowledge on Realtime Communication (Pusher, PubNub, FireBase)
Strong understanding of system performance and scaling
Good at English communication

Growth: Having a growth mindset will allow our employees, our client, and NFQ to improve
Trust: We strive to build trust with our employees and client, by: honoring our promises, treating others with respect, showing care, and making personal connections
Transparency: Everyone is approachable for guidance, caring, and support for each other. And when decisions are made, we explain why and welcome feedbacks.

And for our Soul: Our values are a framework for our behavior and decision making.
And we always keep the NFQ soul in mind. That we are decent human beings to everyone around us: Our developers, their families, and our community. And that we respect and embrace everyone’s uniqueness and quirks.