Team Lead PHP Engineer

airSlate; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Stock options

Global hubs and remote work

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

airSlate is seeking a Team Lead PHP Engineer to join the Payments Systems core team. You will design and implement the payments and billing codebase, lead gateway integrations, and optimize systems for reliability and security.

The role blends hands-on development with people leadership, mentoring a small team, and cross-functional collaboration across Product and Growth. You will contribute to the evolution of payment experiences used by millions of users, with opportunities to work remotely or

Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend development experience with ownership of features end-to-end.
• 1–2+ years leading or mentoring a small team (tech lead / team lead).
• Strong PHP skills with Yii2 and/or Laravel frameworks.
• Relational databases experience (MySQL and/or PostgreSQL).
• Git and Docker expertise; CI/CD familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement payments systems and billing codebase; contribute to technical direction.
• Lead end-to-end gateway integrations: scope, build, analyze, deliver verdict.
• Optimize payment systems for reliability, performance, and security.
• Mentor team members; conduct 1:1s and PDPs; keep team aligned.
• Maintain production payments and handle on‑duty rotation support.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product and Growth on payment initiatives.
• Apply AI-assisted development practices where relevant.

Skills

PHP

Backend development

Team leadership

English (professional)

Code review

Tools

Yii2

Laravel

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Job description

About airSlate

airSlate is a global SaaS technology company that develops no-code workflow automation, electronic signature, and document management solutions. Our award-winning products - SignNow, pdfFiller, DocHub, altaFlow, Instapage, and US Legal Forms - serve over hundreds of millions of users and more than one million customers worldwide, helping organizations of every size digitize processes, improve efficiency, and transform how they work.

We’re in an exciting phase of growth and transformation, with teammates in more than 20 countries across three continents and main hubs in the United States, Poland, Romania, Ukraine and Philippines.

At airSlate, we’re building value for customers and a culture where growth and innovation go hand in hand. We’re looking for people eager to shape products, scale a company, and thrive in a fast-moving environment.

And now, we are looking for a Team Lead PHP Engineer who is prepared to contribute to the next chapter of our company's growth.

The person will join the Payments Systems core team and take on the responsibility of integrating new payment gateways, running experiments, and maintaining the systems that power our users' payment experience while ensuring seamless and secure transactions.

As Senior PHP Developer, you will design and implement payment experiments, integrate new gateways, and optimize existing systems — with direct impact on the payment experience for millions of users.

What you'll be working on:

• Develop the payments and billing codebase and contribute to its technical direction
• Take experiments and gateway integrations end-to-end: scope, build, analyze, deliver a verdict
• Optimize existing payment systems for reliability, performance, and security
• Lead people: run 1:1s and PDPs, mentor, keep the team aligned and resilient
• Maintain production payments and troubleshoot issues as part of an on-duty rotation
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product and Growth on payment initiatives
• Use AI-assisted development in your daily work

What we expect from you:

• Maturity and self-sufficiency — owning tasks and whole features end-to-end
• 6+ years of backend development experience; 1–2+ years leading or mentoring a small team (tech lead / team lead)
• Strong PHP skills with a modern framework (Yii2 and/or Laravel)
• Relational databases (MySQL and/or PostgreSQL)
• Git and Docker expertise
• Software architecture design and testing discipline gained on high-load projects
• Task estimation, decomposition, and prioritization against business goals
• Cross-functional stakeholder communication — taking ownership and knowing who to ask
• Professional-level English for daily written and spoken collaboration
• Fluency in ukrainian or russian language

What helps you rock:

• Payments or fintech domain experience
• Kubernetes, GitOps (ArgoCD), and CI/CD (GitHub Actions)
• Go expertise

What we offer

Flexible working environment - Our teams operate across the globe. We value in‑person collaboration in our hubs, but we also embrace remote and hybrid working. You can work from one of our offices in the United States, Poland, Romania or Ukraine, or remotely from many countries.

Competitive compensation and stock options - We offer salaries that reflect local market conditions and experience, plus a performance-based bonus system and stock options so you share in the company’s growth.

Professional growth and learning - We invest in your development through courses, conferences, and access to learning resources. We encourage career growth and internal mobility, supporting teammates who want to explore new opportunities within airSlate.

Health and well‑being - We provide comprehensive benefits tailored to each country, including health coverage, wellness programmes and access to fitness options. We also dedicate quarterly company-wide Mental Health Days, when everyone takes time off to rest and recharge.

Family‑friendly culture - Family life is part of who we are, and we embrace it in many forms. From flexibility for parents to our airSlate Junior Club for kids, to company-wide family days and our pet-friendly approach, we’re committed to making work and life easier to balance.

Giving back - We support charitable initiatives around the world through the airSlate Care programme. Our current focus includes humanitarian aid in Ukraine and other regions, matching employee donations and supporting causes chosen by our teams.

Open communication - We encourage transparent dialogue at all levels. From team discussions to company-wide Q&A sessions with our CEO, we make sure everyone has the chance to be heard and to influence how we grow.

It is airSlate's policy to comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws by making all employment decisions without unlawful regard or consideration of any individual’s race, religion, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, transgender status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital status, age, national origin, genetic information, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran or family status or any other basis protected by applicable national, federal, state, provincial or local law. airSlate's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on any of these impermissible bases, as well as any bases or grounds protected by applicable law in each jurisdiction. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. airSlate is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. Pursuant to relevant law, where applicable, airSlate will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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