Lead Engineer - PHP

Lead PHP Engineer at Tamara: Lead development and team growth, drive scalable solutions, ensure technical excellence, and collaborate globally. Manage 5+ engineers. Experience with PHP, Agile required.About us Tamara is the leading shopping and payments platform in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region, with a mission to empower people in their daily lives and revolutionize how they shop, pay, and bank. The company was founded by serial entrepreneur Abdulmajeed Alsukhan along with his partners Turki Bin Zarah and Abdulmohsen Al Babtain. Tamara operates out of its headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and has offices in the UAE, Egypt, Germany, and Vietnam. Our large, dedicated team of professionals continues to grow as we expand our reach and impact. Serving millions of users and partnering with thousands of merchants, Tamara collaborates with leading global and regional brands such as SHEIN, Jarir, noon, IKEA, H&M, and Farfetch, as well as local small and medium businesses. The company is backed by SNB Capital and Sanabil Investments, a wholly-owned company by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Checkout.com, Coatue, Shorooq Partners, and Endeavor Catalyst, among others.Your role We're seeking a PHP Lead Engineer for our Partner Platform team. As a PHP Lead Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in developing and refining our partner platform solutions, with a specific focus on Partner Support Services. Utilizing cutting-edge technology, you will ensure seamless, scalable, and efficient operations to deliver unique experiences that are exclusive to Tamara. Drawing on your proficiency in software development and team leadership, you will be responsible for leading the advancement of our consumer services. Your aim will be to create distinctive experiences that reflect Tamara's commitment to unmatched quality and innovation in consumer platform solutions. With a proven track record of building advanced PHP backend systems and leading a development team, you will oversee a diverse group of 5-6 professionals, encompassing Backend, Frontend, and QA engineers, while collaborating tightly with designers, analysts, and product experts. Your responsibilities will include directing technical strategies, architecting system design, managing projects, nurturing team growth, handling stakeholder interactions, and solving complex problems, ultimately transforming the way millions of users engage in shopping, payments, and banking.Responsibilities Leadership: Inspire and motivate a team of 5 or more engineers. Set the direction by aligning the team goals with the company vision and strategy. Build a healthy environment of trust and a strong sense of ownership and accountability.People Development: Develop talent through ongoing coaching, mentoring, and challenging. Ensure your team has the right skill sets to accomplish its goals. Give candid feedback frequently.Technical Ownership: Lead technical discovery of future work and guide technical decision-making. Monitor technical health metrics and ensure the right balance between delivery and technical excellence.Project Management: Help the team to break down complex topics into smaller, manageable tasks in collaboration with Product and UX. Manage internal and external stakeholders' expectations, and communicate relevant information in a timely manner.Team Performance: Deliver on commitments. Ensure alignment of the team's objectives with the higher-level organizational goals. Measure performance indicators and continuously improve the effectiveness of your team.Collaborate with Peers: Work closely together and align with other Squad Leads and Engineering Managers and Architecture board.Your expertise You have at least 2 years of experience managing one engineering team of more than 5 people. You have a very good technical background in software development with: Good experience with PHP7,8 and Symfony or Laravel framework, Strong experience with OOP, My SQL and No SQL, Messaging systems like Rabbit MQ/Kafka, Container orchestration with K8S, Cloud services such as AWS/GPC/OCI, CI/CD, Testing (UT/Integration/Load test). You have the motivation to work in a fast-grow startup environment. Good understanding of AGILE/SCRUM methodology. Fintech/e Commerce experience is a plus. Experience with Java/Golang is a plus.Join the revolution Tamara is a vibrant hub of exceptional individuals worldwide, with over 40+ nationalities committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We seek self-driven individuals, fueled by curiosity, ready to take control of their professional and personal development. We're creating a place where possibilities are for the taking through career mobility, mentoring, and cross-border collaboration. This approach has earned us a spot as one of the competitive tech companies to work for in the MENA region. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr