Team Lead - PHP Full Stack

12 - 17 years

40 - 45 Lacs

Posted:5 hours ago| Platform: Naukri logo

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Job Description

About the Role

We are looking for a seasoned

Team Lead

with

12+ years of experience

in building, scaling, and leading technology solutions for product-based organizations. This is a

hands-on technical leadership role

you will be responsible for defining architecture, driving scalability, and guiding engineering excellence across the product lifecycle. Unlike an

Engineering Manager

, this role emphasizes

technical depth over people management

. You will collaborate with product managers and stakeholders on strategy but stay deeply involved in coding standards, design reviews, and solving complex technical challenges.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Strategy Ownership

Define and own the

technical architecture

for scalable, secure, and high-performing products.
Drive long-term technical vision and ensure alignment with product and business goals.
Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, frameworks, and best practices.
Ensure sustainable engineering practices and manage technical debt proactively.

Product Engineering Leadership

Lead the technical design and end-to-end development of critical product features.
Ensure architecture supports multi-tenancy, high availability, and global adoption.
Drive modernization initiatives: microservices, APIs, cloud-native, and DevOps-first practices.
Collaborate with Product Management to shape backlog priorities and release readiness.

Team Leadership Mentorship

Mentor senior junior engineers and act as the

go-to technical authority

for the team.
Conduct code reviews, design sessions, and technical workshops.
Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and technical excellence.

Operational Excellence

Implement engineering best practices: CI/CD pipelines, automation, observability.
Embed

SRE practices

to improve system resilience and performance.
Ensure compliance with security, governance, and data privacy standards.

Required Skills Qualifications

15+ years of experience

in software engineering, with at least

5+ years leading technical teams

in product companies.
Proven expertise in designing and scaling

cloud-native, distributed architectures

.
Hands-on proficiency in

Laravel

,

and JS based frameworks such as NodeJS, VueJS/ReactJS/NextJS/Nuxt

Strong knowledge of

AWS, Azure, or GCP

, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and microservices.
Experience building SaaS platforms/products with

global scale and adoption

.
Strong grasp of system design principles (event-driven, API-first, DDD).
Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

Preferred Skills

Experience scaling SaaS products to

millions of active users

.
Exposure to AI/ML, real-time data platforms, or advanced analytics.
Familiarity with

SRE, FinOps, and performance engineering practices

.
Knowledge of compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO, GDPR).

Important Note: Role Differentiation

This is

not an Engineering Manager role

. While you will mentor and guide engineers, the primary expectation is to:
Stay

deeply hands-on with architecture and technology

.
Lead by

technical expertise and innovation

, not by people management alone.
Be accountable for

system performance, scalability, and technical vision

, while delivery ownership lies with project/engineering managers.

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