Yotpo Senior Team Lead PHP and/or Java 

Bulgaria, Sofia 

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Core responsibilities and day-to-day activities of the position:

• Leading the team in an agile environment, communicating with the Product Manager, balancing workloads, and positioning the team for scalability
• Setting of KPIs to ensure the proper delivery of the business goals
• Allocating time for a hands-on personal example of a great development
• Be part of the development of new features and maintain existing ones for our app on Shopify and Magento
• Be part of the team that develops Yotpo SMS & Email on brand new eCommerce platforms
• Be part of the team that builds and expands our API
• Works with different stakeholders in our team members (DevOps, FE & BE Devs, R&D Manager, CEO)

Main Requirements:

• Fluent use and understanding of PHP and/or Java, and their use in scalable applications
• Extensive understanding of MVC, OOP, and essential Design Patterns
• Familiarity of MySQL, NoSQL
• Understanding how to use Docker Containers
• Significant and proven experience with with PHP frameworks like Symfony, Laravel, CakePHP, Spring Boot
• CI/CD experience, Bitbucket, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
• End to end testing experience

It’s nice to have (but not mandatory)

• Monitoring and Logging: Kibana, Elasticsearch, Cloudwatch, Grafana
• NodeJS or/and Java understanding
• Experience with API’s and API specifications (OpenAPI, Swagger)
• Knowledge of AWS is a plus, ECS, S3, Lambda, SQS, SNS, API Gateway

The perfect Candidate:

• Has proven leadership experience in engineering teams
• Loves what he/she is doing and building new things
• Low on Ego and High on Team Spirit
• Has strong collaboration skills
• Stays focused and achieves goals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

What we offer:

• Track to success – work in a dynamic organization with ambient and laid-back office atmosphere + best coffee in town
• Individualized career development, rewards and recognition.
• Work-life balance – 25 days paid vacation with add-ons for loyalty, regular team buildings and celebrations in and outside the country
• Additional health insurance package
• Internal mobility program and refer-a-friend program
• Managing a fixed monthly budget for social benefits thru Re:Benefit – a flexible online benefits solution
• Food vouchers – monthly
• E-learning portals and knowledge sharing sessions.
• Company backed Hackathons, Tech conferences, workshops events, etc
• Stocked kitchen and bar.
• Equity in options.
• We are now working in a flexible hybrid capacity.