Tech Lead Backend/PHP

  • Location: Fully remote, except for 2 fixed days at office in month, Gdańsk
  • Level: Senior / Master
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  • Shape the HR system of the future in a solid company​
  • Make architectural decisions and team leadership
  • Create clean and highly modular code focusing on SOLID principles​
  • Microservices architecture, newest PHP and Symfony, no legacy code​
WPCS 2.1.7
B2B, permanent duration​: 5 250$ - 6 259$ monthly​

Paid holiday: Yes, 20 days

You get disclosed the name and full info of the company on first contact with us.

The company creates a cloud-based HR platform that streamlines people-related processes within companies, ranging from administrative personalized reports to complex analytics dashboards powered by PowerBI. 

The company is focused on achieving further growth in multiple markets (30% growth in 2023) and expanding its dedicated team of tech specialists. It is fostering a friendly environment for developers and other professionals. Here, Best Practices, respectful approach, knowledge sharing, and clean modular design are key values.

  • Industry: HR Tech
  • Size of company: 77
  • Founded: 2007
  • Office: Gdańsk
  • Other offices: Headquarter in Scandinavia
  • Clients: 1600

ISO certifications

Tech stack

  • PHP
  • Symfony
  • MySQL
  • AWS
  • Redis
  • RabitMQ
  • OAuth
  • Elasticsearch

Architecture

  • RESTful API
  • SOLID
  • Microservices
  • MVC

Mission

Lead a development team and foster a software engineering culture based on SOLID principles. Create clean and modular software, using new technologies and Design Patterns.

Reposnibilities

  • Lead a development team and foster a software engineering culture.
  • Create clean and modular software, using new technologies, SOLID principles and design patterns.
  • Educate yourself in new technologies and techniques.

Work structure

  • Remote work: Remote-first, some 2 fixed days at office in a month, Gdańsk
  • Working hours: Somewhat flexible
  • Methodology: Agile (Scrum-ish)
  • Team size: 4-6 developers + PM and UX/UI Designer

Benefits

Education

Budget for remote and on-site learning. Sponsorship of participation in conferences.

Social

Integration Poland - HQ. Team events. Possible travel to HQ.

Experience

  • Min. 5 years experience programming
  • Min. 2 years as Tech Lead
  • Experience building microservices

Major tech stack

PHP
5/5
Symfony
4/5
MySQL OR other
4/5

General tech

Complex web solutions
4/5
Agile: Scrum, Kanban
4/5
Microservice achitect.
4/5
Microservice architect.
4/5
Design Patterns
4/5
Docker
3/5

Soft skills

English min. B2
5/5
Leadership
4/5
Accountability
4/5
Communication
3/5

Minor tech stack

AWS
3/5
OAuth
3/5
RabitMQ or other QS
3/5
Redis
1/5
Elasticsearch
1/5

Consists of 3 stages taking altogether 3 hours 20 minutes in approx. 12 working days.

Preprofiling stage

Filling out form by candidate (5 min)​

Core info about tech stack and expectations from candidate

Pretalk (25 min)​

Candidate get core info about company, the position as Tech Lead Backend/PHP and the recruitment process. Recruiter ask few questions. Candidate can ask questions.

Testing stage

Online test (60 min)​

Candidate is presented an online test which is done in own environment and is limited to approx. 60 min. It consists of of some few tasks in PHP and SQL. A score is produced. For high-level tech leads, this step could be skipped.

Interview stage

Interview with CTO (45 min)

Candidate talks with CTO about tech-vision of company, tech-stack at high-level and structure in team/company. Candidate may ask questions. Together, a common ground is determined.

Interview with Tech Lead (60 min)​

Candidate talks with Tech Lead about specifics of tech-stack, requirements of role and tools & frameworks. Candidate may ask questions. A match is determined.

Feedback

Candidate receives feedback on tech, personality and overall recruitment. Candidate rates the recruitment process.

Hiring & on-boarding

Together with the candidate, we set up a transparent B2B or employer contract. Candidate gets practical introduction to company culture, gets a mentor and together we set up a learning path.

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