Backend Team Lead (PHP)

Jobgether · UKlead

In short

▸Líder técnico de backend con PHP/Laravel, construyendo un equipo interno desde cero.
▸Diario: liderazgo técnico, arquitectura, migración de sistemas legacy y garantía de alta disponibilidad.
▸Destacado: liderar la transición a una arquitectura moderna y gestionar sistemas de gaming a nivel global.

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What they ask for

✓Experiencia como ingeniero senior o líder técnico con capacidad para escalar equipos.
✓Perfil en iGaming, sportsbook, fintech o entornos de alta disponibilidad.
✓Conocimiento experto en PHP y Laravel, especialmente en refactoring de sistemas complejos.
✓Experiencia comprobada en migraciones técnicas de alto riesgo y continuidad del negocio.
✓Conocimiento profundo de bases de datos (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis) y APIs (REST/GraphQL).
✓Experiencia en infraestructura moderna: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD automatizado.

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This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Backend Team Lead (PHP) based in United Kingdom. This role offers the opportunity to build and lead an internal backend engineering team responsible for the long-term ownership of a high-performance platform. You will combine hands-on technical leadership with team building, mentoring, architecture, and delivery ownership. A major focus will be leading the migration from a legacy environment toward a modern, scalable, and internally managed architecture. You will work closely with software architecture and engineering leadership to translate technical strategy into reliable production systems. The role requires deep expertise in PHP and Laravel, alongside strong knowledge of databases, APIs, infrastructure, distributed systems, and observability. You will play a critical role in ensuring high availability, security, resilience, and performance across global gaming systems. This is an ideal opportunity for a pragmatic player-coach who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges while building a strong team from the ground up. Accountabilities Build and lead the internal Backend Engineering team from the ground up, establishing the capabilities required for full platform migration and long-term ownership. Recruit, mentor, develop, and retain high-caliber backend engineers while establishing strong standards for delivery, clean code, testing, and engineering excellence. Take technical ownership of the PHP backend and ensure the platform remains stable, secure, scalable, and highly performant throughout the migration. Partner with the Software Architect to translate the long-term technical vision into a scalable architecture that can be managed and evolved internally. Lead the transition from legacy systems and environments to a modern, high-performance internal architecture while identifying and mitigating technical and operational risks. Own backend delivery against the technical roadmap, ensuring priorities are clearly defined, progress is maintained, and key initiatives are delivered effectively. Ensure global gaming systems meet demanding requirements for availability, resilience, fault tolerance, and operational stability. Remain hands-on in the codebase and lead by example through technical decision-making, implementation, code quality, and problem-solving. Drive the adoption of rigorous testing, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and modern engineering practices across the backend team. Collaborate with engineering leadership and other technical stakeholders to navigate complex architectural transitions and resolve high-impact technical challenges. Apply modern artificial intelligence tools effectively throughout engineering workflows to improve development speed, quality, and problem-solving. Requirements Extensive experience as a Senior Engineer, Lead Engineer, or equivalent technical leader, with a proven ability to build and scale high-performance engineering teams. Professional background in iGaming, sportsbook, fintech, or similarly high-performance and high-availability technology environments. Expert-level knowledge of PHP and Laravel, including extensive experience refactoring complex backend systems for scalability, maintainability, and performance. Proven experience managing high-stakes technical migrations between systems or environments, with a strong understanding of risk mitigation and business continuity. Deep knowledge of relational databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL, as well as Redis and other technologies used to support high-performance applications. Strong experience designing and developing scalable REST and GraphQL APIs. Solid understanding of modern infrastructure and deployment practices, including Docker, Kubernetes, and automated CI/CD pipelines. Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging technologies such as Kafka and RabbitMQ.

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