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Tech Lead with PHP
PHP
Westwing

Tech Lead with PHP

Westwing
Warszawa
Type of work
Undetermined
Experience
Senior
Employment Type
Permanent
Operating mode
Remote

Tech stack

    PHP
    advanced
    Architecture skills
    advanced
    CI/CD
    advanced
    Databases
    advanced
    Docker
    nice to have
    Kubernetes
    nice to have
    AWS
    nice to have
    CSS3
    nice to have
    HTML5
    nice to have
    JS
    nice to have

Job description

Online interview
The Westwing team is the secret to our success. Our more than 1,500 team members balance creativity and style with innovative technology and strong business fundamentals. We are proud to be working with inspiring colleagues who are smart, fun, ambitious, and looking for the challenge to transform an industry and take it into the future.

Do you think this could be you? We are looking for an awesome Tech Lead with a strong PHP background.

Who are we:

Our Tech team of over 150 people is mostly split between two hubs: our HQ in Munich and Warsaw plus people working remotely. The team that Tech Lead will join and lead consists of 2 software engineers specialized mostly in the backend technologies and a dedicated Test Automation Engineer.

What we are doing:

The team is responsible for reliable and fast communication with our customers. We ensure that we know who wants to receive what information about us and our products and that they receive those messages in a timely manner. We work both on internal tools that help build beautiful newsletters sent daily to more than 10 million customers, and on customer-facing pages and APIs ensuring consistent customer data across our platforms.

What you will do:

  • Manage a small team of backend engineers building services written in PHP and NodeJS (TypeScript)
  • Mentor developers from various disciplines and ensuring their constant professional growth
  • Work closely with product owners and business stakeholders to design technical solutions to fit product needs
  • Set up processes and methodologies optimized for shipping code
  • Design, build and maintain scalable and highly available services
  • Establishing and executing a technological vision for your team and ensure your services are well tested, architected, meet our coding standards, and have proper logging, monitoring, and alerting
  • You remain fully hands-on when it comes to development and take over smaller topics or tough cases. With that, you ensure good architecture and good Code Review quality

What we offer:

  • An open-minded tech organization with a “best tool for the job” attitude. Freedom to choose your tools and technology gives plenty of room for learning and experimentation.
  • A continuous self-improvement environment. Access to e-learning portals, budget for conferences, and paid certifications are just some of the ways we help you be your best self.
  • A great atmosphere. Team events and hackathons are some of the ways we make our office a place you want to hang out.
  • Ability to define your job. We are always happy to help you take new responsibilities and help you grow into the role you want.
  • A brand-new top-of-the-line MacBook Pro with whichever accessories you fancy. Deck out your workstation with whichever editors, tools, and accessories you need to feel at home.
  • Internal mobility. If you want to learn something new or try a new team, we have a “team-rotation” program which allows you to switch to open positions in other teams.
  • Possibility to work fully remotely from anywhere as long as you are available between the hours of 9 am - 6 pm Central European Time (CET).

What we expect from you:

  • Few years of experience in PHP 7 development. You know it in and out, its strengths and weaknesses, and are able to use it for the best outcome possible.
  • 1+ years of experience in a team lead role. Managing people is just as exciting as managing software.
  • Architecture skills – both code and infrastructure. Acronyms like SOLID and DDD make you excited. People know you as that person who is always talking about “Decoupling”, “Onions” and “Hexagons”.
  • Passion for shipping. CI/CD is a must. Putting code live every day is a given.
  • Good knowledge of databases. You know what to use when and especially why.
  • Strong communication skills. You are comfortable working with any colleague from any area. You are comfortable defending your ideas or challenging others. People like to work with you.

The optional skills we appreciate:

  • Experience in the frontend stack - JS/CSS3/HTML5.
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD pipelines.
  • Dedication to testing code you and your team wrote.