We're looking for a dynamic PHP Team lead to lead our rapidly growing development team and drive productivity as we expand our operations internationally.
We are one of the fastest growing E-Commerce startups in the world reaching profitability in Q4 last year and over 150 million in annual turnover.
We're on a mission to conquer the E-Commerce market with our sights set on the taking sizeable market share from the biggest names in the industry.
Having already hit profitability, strong cash reserves in the bank and further VC backing behind us now is the time to go bigger than ever before.
We're aiming to expand our operations to over 100 countries internationally in the next few years with technology at the core of everything we do.
We currently have 8 agile sprint teams in our development department each made up on a PHP team lead, 2x Snr BE devs, 1x Snr FE dev, 1x QA, 1x Product manager.
We are in the process of adding 6 more teams as part of our expansion.
We need a hands on, PHP team lead to head up one of these engineering teams.
Your role will be 80% hands on development and 20% technical leadership running sprints for a small team of 5/6 engineers.
Responsibilities: Lead the development sprints ensuring your team consistently delivers against objectives on time Be the technical authority for the team making key decisions on architecture and structure of the code Promote good development practices within your sprint team (TDD, Unit Testing, SOLID) Manage your teams productivity and report on this to the head of engineering Direct line management for a sprint team of 5 people, 3x Developers, 1x Product, 1x QA Conduct code reviews across the team Required Skills & Experience: 7+ years of PHP Software engineering & highly skilled in writing good quality PHP code 1+ year of technical leadership or project leadership managing deadlines and delivering on time Experience mentoring and/or managing more junior developers and conducting code reviews Experience within a high paced, growth mindset business Ability to managing the delicate balance of coding standards vs key deadlines Ability to manage key stakeholders both internally and externally with investors A get it done mentality and comfortable working to tight deadlines Passion and drive to grow a business not just work a 9-5 Nice-to-Have: Experience in the E-Commerce industry Familiarity with launching services in new markets/countries Why Join Us: Be part of an ambitious and high growth startup with huge potential Have skin in the game with a share scheme that makes every bit of growth the business achieves benefit you directly Up to £75,000 per annum + highly valuable share options Fully remote working environment ( CANDIDATES MUST BE UK BASED ) How to Apply: Please send your resume and a brief cover letter detailing your experience and interest in the role to or call 02380 765 304 Join us in taking over the E-Commerce industry Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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