Backend Team Lead (VAS)

Position: Backend Team Lead (PHP)

Reporting to: VP of Engineering

Job Summary:

The job holder will be responsible for leading and managing a team of Backend and Frontend developers to deliver high-quality web applications and solutions. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including project managers, designers, and quality assurance professionals, to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.

Responsibilities:

Provide guidance and mentorship to a team of Backend and Frontend Developers.

Assign tasks and responsibilities to team members.

Collaborate in building and integrating with all Telco VAS aggregators.

Provide clear specifications for QA to test integrations and subscription flows.

Monitor test results provided by QA to double check on cases.

Monitor funnels and improve the funnel conversions .

Communicate with aggregators and telcos on regular basis to ensure all runs smoothly .

Support billing and invoicing on payment subscriptions .

Monitor our analytical data (subscription + revenue) and make sure it matches with original values of telco partners .

Generate scripts for regular reports for the performance and evaluation of the systems and integrations to be shared with all stakeholders involved .

Validate the technical feasibility of proposed integrations, and test the service .

Requirements:

Previous experience in a leadership or supervisory role.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or any related field.

Minimum 10 years of proven working experience in web development.

Have solid expertise in building enterprise-level (PHP) Applications with a strong knowledge in the following related technologies & frameworks: Laravel, Symfony, Yii 2.

Experience in maintaining and developing RESTful API services.

Have solid expertise in database technologies including MySQL, MongoDB, Redis.

Have a good experience with working on top modern frontend side technologies: Javascript, HTML5 CSS3, React.js.

Have a deep understanding in building different enterprise software architectural patterns such as Microservices, SOA, MVC.

Knowledge of containerization tools (Docker).

Knowledge of container orchestration tools (Kubernetes).

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git/GitFlow and SourceTree.

Experience with AWS or other cloud services.

Proficiency in managing Linux environment.

Hav e past experience in working with modern software development methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and XP.