PHP Development Team Lead (PHP, API's, MySQL)

A hands-on technical leader responsible for developing and maintaining high-quality PHP8 code, managing backend services and APIs, and optimising system performance. 10 years of programming experience as a minimum, experience with Laravel is a bonus. This role will be split 80% hands-on and 20% leadership/mentoring.

Oversees a team of developers, providing mentorship, setting priorities, and ensuring timely project delivery through Agile practices. Collaborates closely with Product Managers and stakeholders to align development with business goals, while championing coding standards, CI/CD practices, and continuous improvement. Acts as a key liaison across departments, fostering a collaborative and high-performing engineering culture.

Experience building RESTful API's and working with MySQL is essential, and desirable skills include GCP Cloud, RabbitMQ, NoSQL and TDD/Microservices exposure.

If you've worked on large scale Ecommerce applications with multiple service calls and databases that would be standout, as would experience working in Agile squads.

I am working to recruit an experienced PHP Development Team Lead for a hyper-growth business in the UK as they look to expand globally. It's a really unique opportunity working for an online, technology first organisation that are looking to challenge the leading names in Ecommerce. This role will be split 80% hands-on and 20% leadership/mentoring. The role is offered fully remote but you must be within the UK and must not require any form of Visa Sponsorship to apply. Your new role The Development team has mirrored the general pattern in the company; grow quickly, iterate, have fun, make an impact. As they've scaled over the last year Development squads have been formed so you'll join a team of 4-5 to ensure everyone is focussed and to provide a progression path for all. This company operates like a start-up but with a product that's been in Development for 10+ years. You will understand there is some legacy/maintenance as part of the role building on a custom monolith - but plenty of new work in Laravel to sink your teeth into. Under the guidance of a new Head of Development the team have invested heavily in software best practice and development processes so it's an exciting environment to be joining as they move into new territories globally and launch a mobile app. To fit in here you'll collaborate openly with other Devs, enjoy problem solving and will buy into the vision of the company to disrupt and become number 1 in their field., At Hays Technology, we are shaping the future of recruitment. The rapid adoption of cloud, which is making customer interfaces more engaging and creating a seamless engagement with businesses, means that from the foundation of your organisation up, software developers are critical to success. As the competition for talent grows, we're ready and waiting to help developers really make an impact on organisations, so talk to us today. We are Hays Technology.