Laravel Team Lead
About the Opportunity
A fast-scaling digital solutions firm operating at the intersection of SaaS, enterprise web applications, and cloud-native development, we empower global clients with secure, scalable, and maintainable Laravel-based platforms. Our engineering culture thrives on clean architecture, automated testing, and agile delivery—transforming business requirements into high-performance PHP applications that scale with enterprise demand. Role & Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a cross-functional Laravel development team, ensuring delivery of high-quality, testable, and maintainable code on tight deadlines.
- Architect scalable Laravel applications with clean separation of concerns, leveraging services, repositories, and domain-driven design patterns.
- Drive CI/CD pipeline adoption for Laravel apps—automating deployments, testing, and security scans using tools like GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
- Collaborate with product managers and QA leads to translate specs into technical tasks, backlog grooming, and sprint planning for agile teams.
- Conduct code reviews, enforce PSR standards, and maintain technical debt registers to uphold codebase integrity and long-term extensibility.
- Own application performance: profile and optimise queries, cache strategies, and API responses to ensure sub-second latency for critical user flows.
Skills & Qualifications
Must-Have
- Laravel
- PHP 8.x
- MySQL
- RESTful APIs
- PHPUnit
- Composer
- Git
- CI/CD
Preferred
- Laravel Horizon / Octane
- Redis / Queue Management
- Docker / Laravel Sail
Benefits & Culture Highlights
- Work in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment where your technical decisions directly impact product success.
- Access to modern tech stack, mentorship from senior architects, and dedicated learning budget for certifications or courses.
- Competitive compensation, performance bonuses, and career progression tied to impact—not tenure.