Lead Software Developer - PHP

Targeted Talent; Richmond, Vancouver, Quebec, Newfoundland, Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech recruitment firm is seeking an experienced Lead Developer to build and scale their engineering team. This remote position requires strong expertise in PHP and Laravel, alongside experience in development environments. Ideal candidates will have 8-10 years in development and are ready to take the next step in their careers. Join a team that's pushing boundaries in the Fintech space.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in development.
• 2+ years experience in a lead or senior role.
• Self-driven, team-conscious, methodical in approach.

Responsibilities

• Build, scale and lead the engineering team.
• Maintain multiple moving pieces.
• Integrate new technologies and systems.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

MySQL

Docker

API Development

GIT

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

Docker

Symphony

Memcache

Redis

Elasticsearch

Job description

Overview

Our Client: Get the opportunity to work remotely on a conglomerate of critical financial payment process microservices that interact together to form one of the largest high availability e-commerce solutions in their market segment. They work with multinational banks, acquirers and financial gurus to push the boundary of payment processing beyond the concepts of traditional Fintech.

What you'll be doing

• Build, scale and lead our engineering team
• Maintain many moving pieces
• Evaluate, detail and integrate new technologies and systems
• Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes

What you\'ll need to be successful

Must haves:

• Bachelors degree in computer science or relevant work experience
• 8-10 years experience in development
• 2+ years experience in lead role or in a senior role and ready for the next step
• Very familiar with PHP/Laravel/Lumen/MySQL experience
• Self-driven but team conscientious, desires perfection but is willing evolve in steps to get there, methodical and is not afraid to learn/make mistakes, willing to share and teach and when all fails, likes to get things done

Nice haves:

• Bachelors degree in computer science
• Hands on experience with Docker development environments
• Domain Driven Design
• System monitoring and high-availability systems
• Knowledge of SOA or Microservice Based Architectures
• Knowledge of Symphony / Docker / Memcache / Redis / Elasticsearch
• Can breathe GIT, strong embracing of good programming principles
• Hands on experience towards the different layers of caching/storage/utilization of queues
• Experience in a high volume environment
• API Development experience
• Ads / Marketing platform experience