Lead PHP Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and delivery of a resilient indexing pipeline


• Build scalable PHP services and components for the search platform


• Define best practices for Elasticsearch mappings, queries, and monitoring


• Own complex data synchronization and load-related reliability challenges


• Optimize SQL queries, indexes, and schemas to improve performance


• Provide technical guidance and engineering best practices to teammates


• Participate in on-call rotation and drive production issue resolution

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software development experience


• 5+ years of hands-on PHP development experience


• Strong experience with a strongly typed backend language such as Go, Java, or Scala


• Proven leadership experience driving design and delivery of complex resilient systems


• Strong project ownership skills for complex challenges such as data synchronization and system load


• Advanced Elasticsearch skills including query optimization and index management


• Strong SQL performance skills across queries, indexes, and schemas


• Proven distributed messaging experience with RabbitMQ or Kafka


• Strong communication skills for explaining complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences


• High initiative and drive to proactively identify risks and deliver solutions


• Growth mindset with continuous learning and adaptation to evolving challenges


• English proficiency: B2 Upper-Intermediate


• Nice to have Go language experience in backend services


• Java experience in strongly typed backend systems


• Scala experience in distributed backend systems