Software Engineering Lead - Backend

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Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Strong technical skills and understanding of software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, etc.)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Understands modern software architecture design
• 5+ years experience building web applications using PHP
• 3+ years experience with the Laravel PHP framework
• Extensive experience with relational databases
• Familiarity with frontend platforms
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities
• Creates great team spirit and strong commitment to achieving results
• Interest in utilizing and learning new technologies
• Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal
• Being able to adapt to a time zone difference, and thrive in a remote working environment

Responsibilities:

• Build, develop, and mentor a high-performing software engineering team.
• Own software development projects from inception to completion, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Provide technical leadership and support to the team, ensuring adherence to best practices and coding standards.
• Identify opportunities to enhance software development processes and implement improvements.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment and achieve project goals.
• Conduct performance reviews, set objectives, and provide feedback to team members.
• Identify training needs, provide mentorship, and foster career growth within the team.
• Lead BE teams to deliver solutions through our software life cycle
• Work closely with PMs to define the direction of the product and the priorities of deliverables, which can be formalized as OKRs
• Analyze challenges and resolve technical problems
• Ensuring the development of well designed and testable code
• Break down tasks and distribute them across team members
• Support in providing code documentation and other inputs to technical documents
• Analyze product performance and redesign as required
• Review team members code and support improving code quality
• Interact and exchange ideas with other leads and team members
• Communicate team’s progress and blockers to management
• Be up to date with new technologies and best practices