[Hiring] Team Lead PHP Developer @Boosta

Role Description

We’re looking for a Team Lead PHP Developer to join Edlight — a business that builds AI products and expert services for students and professionals.

• Lead the backend direction of the product from architecture to release — 80%+ of your time.
• Manage two Backend Developers, including 1:1 meetings, feedback, and development plans — up to 20% of your time.
• Maintain the team’s code quality through code reviews and technical standards.
• Decompose, estimate, and plan the team’s tasks.
• Coordinate with Frontend and QA teams across integration points.
• Manage technical debt and risks.
• Monitor team metrics.
• Participate in hiring Backend Developers.

Qualifications

• Have strong PHP 8+ and Symfony 6+ expertise with 5+ years of experience.
• Write clean code following SOLID, KISS, and DRY principles and are confident refactoring existing functionality.
• Have strong MySQL expertise and can independently identify bottlenecks, including query optimization, indexing, and execution plan analysis.
• Have experience designing project architecture according to business requirements.
• Have experience collaborating cross-functionally with Frontend and QA teams.
• Have hands-on experience with RabbitMQ / Symfony Messenger / Redis / Memcached.
• Use AI tools (Claude / Cursor / Copilot) as part of your daily workflow rather than as an experiment.
• Have experience managing, mentoring, or training colleagues and conducting code reviews.

Requirements

• Nice to have experience with GraphQL (Overblog GraphQL Bundle).
• Nice to have experience with WebSocket (Centrifugo).
• Nice to have experience with AWS.
• Nice to have experience with Python (FastAPI).
• Nice to have experience hiring engineers and conducting technical interviews.

Benefits

• Strong team and growth environment.
• Remote work & flexible schedule: Start your workday anytime between 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM (Kyiv time) and finish between 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM.
• 28 working days of paid vacation per year, 30 sick leave days, and all public holidays observed.
• Health & well-being support: Medical insurance, compensation for sports activities, books, and therapy sessions.
• Learning & development: Compensation for courses and conferences, leadership training, internal lectures, English lessons, and speaking clubs.
• Team time: Quarterly online or offline team-building events.
• Social Impact: The Ukrainian Victory Support program and other charitable initiatives aimed at supporting Ukraine.