[Hiring] Senior Engineering Lead @PhillyTech.Co

Role Description

As Senior Engineering Lead, you will own the technical execution and scalability of our client’s platform while remaining deeply hands-on. You will lead a small team of senior engineers, set technical standards, and ship production code daily.

• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of senior engineers.
• Spend the majority of your time writing and reviewing production code.
• Architect, build, and ship AI-driven features at speed.
• Integrate AI into engineering workflows, including coding, reviews, and monitoring.
• Drive best practices across clean code, testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Maintain platform stability, scalability, and performance as the product grows.
• Collaborate closely with product and leadership on technical priorities and roadmap.
• Set engineering standards that enable rapid delivery without sacrificing quality.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience with PHP, Laravel, and relational databases (MySQL or PostgreSQL).
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks, preferably Angular.
• Experience leading agile engineering teams while remaining highly hands-on.
• Deep experience building and scaling production SaaS platforms.
• Hands-on experience building AI-integrated systems, including RAG architectures and vector databases.
• Demonstrated ability to ship quickly while maintaining stability and performance.
• Strong technical judgment and a builder mindset, not a pure people-manager profile.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to prioritize, multitask, perform well under pressure, meet deadlines, and wear multiple hats.
• Excited to work in a startup environment; you have a track record of being adaptable to changing priorities in a fluid, high-growth environment.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary with bonus and equity.
• Fully remote role based in Poland.
• High ownership and technical autonomy.
• Opportunity to build and scale an AI-first SaaS platform.
• Professional development focused on engineering leadership and AI expertise.
• Collaborative, fast-paced startup environment with real influence.