Lead PHP Developer – Symfony & Salesforce

Pauwels Consulting; Elsene; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Pauwels Consulting, on behalf of a prominent higher education institution, seeks a Lead Developer to guide the technical evolution while staying hands-on in coding, testing, and debugging. You will mentor a team and drive DevOps deployment, Agile adoption, and high-quality code through peer reviews.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in Symfony and DevOps, 3+ years with PHPUnit and web apps, and Dutch as a native language.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development using Symfony.
• 5+ years of DevOps environments and production deployments.
• 3+ years of automated testing using PHPUnit.
• 3+ years of development of web-based applications.
• 1+ years of Salesforce experience.
• 1+ years of Docker experience.
• Experience performing functional and technical analysis.
• Professional experience leading and coaching development teams.
• You are proactive and solution-oriented.
• Native Dutch language skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of developers through technical coaching and guidance.
• Execute advanced programming tasks including coding, testing, and debugging.
• Translate business needs into comprehensive functional and technical analyses.
• Manage the deployment of applications within a DevOps environment.
• Implement and champion Agile methodologies within the development lifecycle.
• Ensure high code quality through automated testing frameworks and peer reviews.

Skills

Symfony

DevOps

PHPUnit

Docker

Dutch

Leadership

Agile

Web development

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

Our client, a prominent institution in the higher education sector, is seeking a Lead Developer to spearhead their technical evolution. This role involves guiding a development team through technical coaching while remaining hands-on in the coding, testing, and debugging of complex applications.

• Lead and mentor a team of developers through technical coaching and guidance.
• Execute advanced programming tasks including coding, testing, and debugging.
• Translate business needs into comprehensive functional and technical analyses.
• Manage the deployment of applications within a DevOps environment.
• Implement and champion Agile methodologies within the development lifecycle.
• Ensure high code quality through the use of automated testing frameworks and peer reviews.

• 5+ years of experience in backend development using Symfony.
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps environments and production deployments.
• 3+ years of automated testing using PHPUnit.
• 3+ years of experience in the development of web-based applications.
• 1+ years of experience with Salesforce.
• 1+ years of experience with containerization using Docker.
• Experience performing functional and technical analysis.
• Professional experience leading and coaching development teams.
• You are proactive and solution-oriented.
• You are native in Dutch.

Nice to Haves

• 3+ years of experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL.
• Practical knowledge of Agile development methodologies.
• Experience working within a university or educational context.

• Start date: 01/01/2027
• Duration: 6 months
• Work regime: Full-time
• Location: Brussels
• Working model: Hybrid (2 days per week onsite)
• Contract: Open to both permanent employees and freelancers