We are looking for an experienced PHP Team Lead to join our engineering organization and lead a team of senior backend engineers building a high-load platform that processes tens of thousands of requests per second and terabytes of data daily.
You’ll be responsible for building and developing a high-performing engineering team, driving architectural decisions, improving development processes, and ensuring the reliability and scalability of complex backend systems.
You will work closely with Product, DevOps, QA, and other engineering leaders to align technical strategy with business objectives while fostering a culture of ownership, autonomy, and engineering excellence.
Build, grow, and develop a team of Senior PHP Engineers.
Conduct regular 1-on-1 meetings, performance reviews, and career development discussions.
Help senior engineers reach consensus on complex technical challenges.
Maintain high standards for code quality, software design, and engineering practices.
Establish and optimize development processes using Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
Support task decomposition,



estimation, planning, and execution.
Lead code reviews and ensure adherence to architectural and coding standards.
Architecture & System Design
Drive the design and evolution of scalable backend architectures built with PHP.
Data & High-Load Systems
Oversee database design and optimization for high-throughput environments.
Improve performance of MySQL-based systems handling thousands of queries per second.
Event-Driven Architecture
Design reliable asynchronous processing solutions using Apache Kafka.
Reliability & Incident Management
Drive monitoring and observability initiatives using Prometheus and Grafana.
Lead incident response activities and coordinate root cause analysis.
Partner with Product Owners, DevOps Engineers, QA teams, and other Team Leads.
2+ years of experience as a Team Lead or Tech Lead managing PHP engineering teams.
~ Proven experience hiring, mentoring, and leading Sen

📌 Senior Php Team Lead — High-Load Backend Architect (Cataluña)
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