Tech Lead (Russian speaker) / Remote

Whizz; Polska; Remote; PLN 544,000 - 777,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work on NY schedule

Direct access to founder

Ownership of tech stack

Job summary

Whizz offers a fully remote Tech Lead role aligned to New York time (EST/EDT). You will own architecture and code quality across the PHP core, billing, ERP, client area, the mobile app and the People platform, reviewing every change before production and shaping the database design.

In a hands-on capacity you lead a small engineering team, translate product requirements into technical tasks, mentor backend, frontend and mobile developers, and drive AI-assisted development with clear guardrails.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in backend development.
• 2+ years leading a team.
• Daily use of AI development tools and writing agent instructions for a team.
• Code review as a daily discipline: catching logic, data-safety and security bugs.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and technical roadmap of all Whizz systems.
• Review every pull request before merge and maintain a clear review standard.
• Design and maintain the database architecture across MySQL and PostgreSQL.
• Own Docker images, deployments and environments.
• Drive AI-assisted development across the team with agent instructions, prompts, and rules for reviewing AI-generated code.
• Turn product requirements into technical tasks and mentor backend, frontend and mobile developers.
• Lead incident response and ship root-cause fixes.

Skills

Backend development

Team leadership

Code review

AI development tools

English fluency

Russian (native)

Tools

PHP 8

TypeScript (Vue/Nuxt)

TypeScript (React/Next.js)

Flutter

Docker

PostgreSQL

MySQL

CapRover

Job description

Job Title: Tech Lead

Location: Remote, strictly on New York time (EST/EDT)

Job Type: Full-time

At Whizz, we are transforming mobility for delivery drivers, breaking down vehicle access and ownership barriers. We are looking for a Tech Lead to own our entire codebase and lead a small engineering team.

About The Role

As a Tech Lead, you own the architecture and code quality of all Whizz systems: the PHP core and billing, the ERP, the client area, the mobile app and the People platform. You review every change before it reaches production, own the database architecture, and make the team faster with AI tools. The role is hands-on and reports directly to the founder.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and technical roadmap of all Whizz systems
• Review every pull request before merge and keep a clear review standard
• Design and maintain the database architecture across MySQL and PostgreSQL
• Own Docker images, deployments and environments
• Drive AI-assisted development across the team: agent instructions, prompts, rules for reviewing AI-generated code
• Turn product requirements into technical tasks and mentor backend, frontend and mobile developers
• Lead incident response and ship root-cause fixes
  
  

Our Stack

PHP 8.3 / ProcessWire backend and cron workers on MySQL; ERP and client area on Nuxt 3, Vue 3 and Quasar; Flutter mobile app; People platform on Next.js, React and PostgreSQL. Stripe for payments, Docker and CapRover for deployment, Metabase for reporting, Gogs and GitHub for code.

Requirements

• 6+ years in backend development, 2+ years leading a team
• Expert in PHP 8 and able to work with all of our code: PHP, TypeScript (Vue / Nuxt, React / Next.js) and Flutter
• Strong database architecture skills: data modelling, migrations and query optimization in MySQL and PostgreSQL
• Docker in production
• Daily use of AI development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot or similar) and experience writing agent instructions for a team
• Code review as a daily discipline: you catch logic, data-safety and security bugs, not only style
• Experience with Stripe or a similar payment provider and REST API integrations
• Native Russian and fluent English
• Work strictly on New York time (EST/EDT)
  
  

Nice to Have

• Hands-on ProcessWire development
• Flutter development and app store releases
• Subscription billing or fintech experience
• CapRover or another Docker PaaS, CI/CD setup
  
  

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Full ownership of the technical stack and direct access to the founder
• Remote work on a New York schedule
• The chance to be part of an innovative company transforming the transportation industry