Technical lead

WEbook, Inc.; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 65 000 - 90 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

WEbook, Inc. in Lisbon seeks a Technical Lead/Senior Software Engineer to drive architecture and delivery for high-traffic Laravel/PHP backend systems. You will own system design, code quality, and engineering standards while mentoring teammates.

You'll collaborate with Product and Design to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions, ensure production readiness, and continuously improve development workflows with a bias for automation and reliability.

Qualificações

• 3-5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience delivering high-traffic platforms.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsabilidades

• Own end-to-end technical work for the squad, from design to production.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Drive deployment, performance, and reliability improvements.
• Lead incident response and post-mortems.

Conhecimentos

Laravel/PHP backend

Team leadership

Agile / Scrum

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD & Automation

Observability & Testing

Communication skills

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Ferramentas

AWS/GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Do you want to love what you do at work? Make a real impact? Help shape experiences that transform how people connect, celebrate, and engage with events?

Are you excited to work with a team that challenges the status quo, breaks away from the ordinary, and builds what's next?

If yes, you're in the right place.

webook.com is one of the leading event ticketing and experience platforms, known for its innovation, agility, and ability to scale. We've powered some of the largest events in the region, with over2 billion SAR in ticket salesand now we're expanding globally.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership & Delivery

• Act as the technical leader for your squad, owning system design, code quality, and engineering standards.
• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions.
• Contribute hands-on to the codebase when needed, especially for complex or high-impact areas.
• Review code, guide architectural decisions, and ensure best practices in testing, documentation, and observability.
• Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term system health and sustainability.

Team Enablement

• Lead, mentor, and support software engineers, helping them grow technically and professionally.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Support onboarding and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Provide clear technical direction while empowering engineers to make strong decisions.

Execution & Collaboration

• Own end-to-end execution for your team’s deliverables, from planning to production.
• Work closely with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Ensure alignment between product priorities, technical execution, and platform standards.
• Act as the first point of escalation for technical or delivery challenges within your team.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure production readiness, performance, and reliability of owned services.
• Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and post-mortems.
• Continuously improve development workflows, tooling, and team productivity.
• Leverage AI and automation where possible to improve engineering efficiency and product quality.

Key Skills

• Deep expertise in Laravel/PHP backend systems, with experience designing scalable, maintainable, and high-performance platforms.
• Solid knowledge of software development best practices, including code quality, testing, documentation, and observability.
• Deep understanding of large-scale, high-performance platforms, including SQL/NoSQL, caching, and concurrency.
• Strong strategic and operational planning skills, balancing short-term delivery with long-term system sustainability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (fluent English speaking and writing).
• Experience in Scrum and Agile methodology
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), CI/CD pipelines, and containerized deployments is a plus.

• 3-5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proven experience delivering high-traffic, mission-critical platforms.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience contributing to open-source projects or technical thought leadership is a plus.