Position: Team Lead / Lead Developer (PHP, Laravel) Location: Remote Company: YouTravel.me Employment: Full-time Salary: from $3,500 (negotiable)

YouTravel.me is a product team in travel-tech. We are building a platform that changes how people find and book tours. We work in a product-oriented mode: without unnecessary bureaucracy, with a high degree of influence for everyone on architecture and technical decisions.

We are currently looking for a hands-on Team Lead / Lead Developer who combines deep backend expertise with architectural thinking and knows how to lead a team without losing touch with the code.

Responsibilities:

• Development and evolution of the backend part of the product using PHP / Laravel
• Designing architecture and making key technical decisions
• Leading the development team: mentoring, code review, quality standards
• Coordinating work with PM, QA, and analytics - cross-functional leadership
• Participation in sprint planning, task estimation, and technical documentation
• Working with legacy code, refactoring, performance optimization
• Monitoring and incident response
• Developing the team's engineering culture

Requirements:

• Commercial development experience with PHP / Laravel for 5+ years
• Team Lead / Lead Developer experience for 2+ years (actual team management, not just title)
• Solid knowledge of PHP 7/8
• Experience with MySQL, queues, caching
• Understanding of architectural patterns: SOLID, DDD, microservices
• Experience with Git, CI/CD
• Ability to explain technical solutions and defend them to the team
• Willingness to work with existing systems and legacy stack
• English from B1 or willingness to develop

Will be a plus:

• Experience with Bitrix / Bitrix D7
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes
• Background in product teams (not outsourcing)
• Experience in travel-tech, fintech, or highload projects
• Experience with Symfony, service-oriented architecture

Conditions:

• Fully remote work format
• Flexible schedule
• Direct influence on architecture and product

CONTACT https://t.me/igoigo666