Senior Technical Team Leader at Vikhroli.

Job Search; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Job Search in Mumbai seeks a hands-on Senior Technical Team Leader to lead a development team, architect scalable Laravel applications, and own deployment and production infrastructure. The role combines coding leadership with DevOps responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.

You will mentor engineers, review code, design secure architecture, plan releases, and ensure high-quality, reliable systems. Experience with Linux servers, Nginx/Apache, MySQL, Redis, and cloud platforms is essential;

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of PHP development experience.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on Laravel experience.
• Minimum 3 years leading software development teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of developers.
• Review code, enforce coding standards, and ensure best practices.
• Design scalable and secure application architecture.
• Estimate effort, plan releases, and coordinate with Project Managers.
• Troubleshoot critical production issues and drive continuous improvements.
• Prepare technical documentation and promote knowledge sharing. Ensure timely delivery with high code quality and system reliability.

Skills

Leadership

Laravel

PHP

DevOps

CI/CD

Docker

Cloud Platforms

MySQL/MariaDB

REST APIs

Git

Linux Admin

Tools

Docker

CI/CD Tools

Git

AWS

Job description

Urgent job opening for Senior Technical Team Leader at Vikhroli.

Role Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Senior Technical Team Leader with strong expertise in PHP Laravel, Linux hosting, and production infrastructure. The ideal candidate will lead the development team, architect scalable applications, mentor developers, and take ownership of application deployment, server management, and technical decision-making.

This role requires a balance of technical leadership, software architecture, and DevOps knowledge.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Lead and mentor a team of developers.
• Review code, enforce coding standards, and ensure best practices.
• Design scalable and secure application architecture.
• Estimate effort, plan releases, and coordinate with Project Managers.
• Troubleshoot critical production issues and drive continuous improvements.

Laravel Development

• Develop and maintain enterprise Laravel applications and REST APIs.
• Optimize application performance, database queries, caching, queues, and scheduled jobs.
• Integrate third-party services while ensuring application security and reliability.

Hosting & Infrastructure

• Manage production environments, including:
  • Linux (Ubuntu/CentOS)
  • Nginx/Apache, PHP-FPM
  • MySQL/MariaDB administration and optimization
  • SSL, DNS, backups, security, and monitoring
  • Git-based deployments, CI/CD pipelines, Docker (preferred)
  • Cloud platforms such as AWS, DigitalOcean, or Azure

Team & Delivery

• Allocate tasks and monitor project progress.
• Participate in technical hiring and mentoring.
• Prepare technical documentation and promote knowledge sharing. Ensure timely delivery with high code quality and system reliability.

Required Skills

• 8 to 12+ years of PHP development experience.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on Laravel experience.
• Minimum 3 years leading software development teams.

Strong knowledge of:

• PHP 8+, Laravel 10/11/12
• REST APIs
• MySQL/MariaDB
• Git
• Redis, Queues, Scheduler, Caching
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Linux server administration
• Nginx/Apache, PHP-FPM
• SSL, DNS, SSH, Cron Jobs

Experience with Docker, CI/CD, AWS, Azure, or DigitalOcean is an advantage.