Senior Technical Lead – PHP
About Us
- International e-commerce company
- Clients and projects across Europe and the USA
- Focus on online stores, digital solutions, and agile workflow
Job Description
As a Senior Technical Lead, you will take full technical ownership of complex e-commerce projects with a strong focus on PHP and JavaScript. You’ll collaborate closely with frontend and backend developers, DevOps engineers, and project managers to design scalable and maintainable web architectures tailored for modern e-commerce needs.
You are confident in making architectural decisions, establishing best practices, and building solutions that are robust, modular, and future-proof – from product listing to checkout and payment integration.
- Lead the technical direction of PHP and JavaScript-based e-commerce projects
- Collaborate with project managers, frontend/backend teams, and DevOps engineers
- Design and implement modular, scalable architectures for custom online shops
- Develop and integrate APIs, webhooks, and service-based components
- Define and enforce coding standards, architecture guidelines, and testing strategies
- Mentor developers and foster a strong engineering culture within the team
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience in PHP development
- Strong proficiency in PHP and familiarity with modern MVC structures
- Solid JavaScript skills, including experience with frontend frameworks or VanillaJS
- Hands-on experience building and consuming RESTful APIs and microservices
- Familiar with Clean Code principles, SOLID, automated testing, and deployment workflows
- Proven experience in a technical leadership role, with the ability to guide teams and make sound architectural decisions
- Bonus: Strong understanding of e-commerce processes, including product catalogs, checkout flows, and payment integration
Benefits
- A focused tech stack: PHP & JavaScript only
- Collaborative work with cross-functional teams and flat hierarchies
- Flexible working hours
Challenging, customized e-commerce projects for a wide range of clients - A culture that values clean code, autonomy, and continuous improvement
Interested?
We look forward to receiving your detailed application on solution25 career
