Team lead PHP

Bulls Media, a leading digital marketing company, is looking for an experienced PHP development Team Leader to join our dynamic team.

The role involves both team management and hands-on activities as a backend PHP developer.

In this role, you will lead a talented team of front-end developers, back-end PHP developers, QA specialists, and WordPress developers, driving innovation, managing tasks, and ensuring the successful execution of projects.

Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Reporting:

  • Report directly to the CTO, providing regular updates on team progress, challenges, and opportunities.

  • Lead and inspire the R&D team, fostering collaboration and a culture of continuous improvement.

• Project Management:

  • Oversee the planning, architecture, and execution of projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives defined by the management.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time and within scope.

• Technical Leadership and Hands-On Development:

  • Define and implement the technical architecture for new and existing solutions, provide ongoing support. Translating business requirements into technical ones.

  • Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance to team members.

  • Actively participate in hands-on development tasks, particularly in server side PHP development, database architecture, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end elements.Build a high-quality reusable code that can be used in the future

• Innovation and Research:

  • Stay informed about industry trends and emerging technologies, driving innovation within the team.

  • Lead research and development initiatives to enhance our technological capabilities.

 Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

• Proven experience in leading and managing development teams.

• At least 3 years of hands-on experience as a Web developer with strong PHP knowledge.

• Expertise in web development technologies, including ReactJS, Node.JS, Laravel, and Docker.

• Deep knowledge of SQL Databases and SQL script optimisation

• Familiarity with CI/CD processes and tools.

• Knowledge of bash commands and Linux system

• Gitlab + GitFlow

• Experience in WordPress development  - advantage

• Non relational database - advantage

• Excellent communication skills with ability to effectively interface with technical and nontechnical staff at all organizational levels

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

• Attention to details

• Advanced problem solving skills

• Strong work ethic

• Self learning abilities

• English upper-intermediate

Would be a plus:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field