Lead PHP Developer

This is a founding engineering leadership role for a live, scaling electric mobility platform. You'll own the technical direction, architecture, and engineering standards while leading the transition from outsourced development to an in‑house team.

What you'll need

• 5-10 years experience
• Solid experience in a Senior/Lead role
• SA Citizen residing in Cape Town
• Willing to work fully in-office (Northern Suburbs)
• Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience
• Senior experience owning production systems
• Strong full‑stack capability (backend‑led)
• Experience scaling systems beyond MVP
• Comfort working where software meets hardware and operations
• Sound judgement around speed, reliability, and scalability

Tech stack

• Laravel (PHP 8.3)
• Vue 3, TypeScript
• MySQL / MariaDB, Redis
• Docker, GitLab, Firebase
• MQTT, Pusher
• In...