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# PHP Team Lead

- **Company:** eCarsTrade
- **Location:** Belgium (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, PHP (Programming Language), Software Quality, Continuous Integration, PHP Development, Software Deployment, Software Systems, Technical Debt, Backend, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Front End Software Development, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** July 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://be.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=45b091def9d40a23

## About the Role

Do you have experience in PHP?, * 6+ years of hands-on experience in PHP development.

 * 2+ years of team leadership experience
 * Leadership qualities, including the ability to inspire and motivate team members, drive technical initiatives, and lead by example.
 * Proficiencyin Docker for containerization and deployment of applications.
 * Experience with implementing andoptimizingqueues for background processing of tasks.
 * Solid understanding of scaling principles for backend systems and infrastructure.
 * Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with a passion for writing clean, efficient code.
 * Strong communicationand interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.
 * Proventrack recordof delivering high-quality software solutions on schedule and within budget.
 * Experience with CI/CD principles and tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar.
 * Proficiencyin both English and Russian is mandatory.

## Description

* Lead a team ofdevelopers:plan their work,managetimelinesand ensure code quality, improvedevelopmentprocesses, mentor engineers.
 * Manage technical debt across owned services,take ownership of technology decisions.
 * Lead efforts tooptimizebackend performance, reliability, and scalability. Apply best practices and modern technologies to achieve these goals.
 * Collaborate closely with stakeholders, product managers, frontend, ML developers and other teams to gather requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
 * Design, develop and enhance backend applications using PHP to supporteCarsTrade'sauction platform.
 * Utilize Docker for containerization and orchestration, ensuring seamless deployment and scalability.
 * Implement CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, deployment, and delivery processes, ensuring rapid and reliable releases.
 * Maintain a customer-centric approach, focusing on delivering value-added features and enhancements that meet the needs of our users.


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