Tech Lead

This role is open to candidates based in LATAM, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Please note that as this role supports U.S.-based clients, candidates must be available to work during U.S. business hours aligned with the client’s time zone. Our client is a technology-driven company building complex, scalable platforms that support user workflows, e-commerce transactions, subscription management, and integrations with third-party services. Their focus is on maintaining strong architectural foundations and coherent data models as the business grows, balancing speed, reliability, and long-term system health. Location Fully remote | 9 AM - 5 PM EST Role Overview The Tech Lead will be a hands-on technical leader responsible for owning complex data models and overall system architecture. This role plays a central part in designing and evolving the domain model that supports user registrations, e-commerce transactions, subscriptions, and third-party integrations, while actively mentoring and guiding other engineers. Key Responsibilities DATA MODELING & ARCHITECTURE - Design tables, relationships, and constraints for new domains and evolve existing schemas without breaking critical workflows - Ensure data models are well-documented, consistent, and aligned with business goals - Make pragmatic architectural decisions that balance speed, safety, scalability, and long-term maintainability END-TO-END FEATURE DELIVERY - Own feature delivery from backend to frontend, ensuring seamless functionality across the stack - Manage complex workflows including user registrations, subscription renewals, e-commerce transactions, and payment integrations - Maintain operational resilience of background jobs supporting mission-critical tasks MENTORSHIP & TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP - Mentor mid-level engineers and guide junior developers to build technical excellence across the team - Lead code reviews with a focus on data modeling, architecture, and clean code standards - Set patterns and standards for modules, services, and models aligned with business goals COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION - Work directly with product teams and founders to translate business requirements into clear technical designs - Break work into coherent projects to maintain alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders - Communicate trade-offs clearly and propose improvements to enhance overall system quality PRODUCTION READINESS - Design safe, reversible database migrations - Ensure scalability and reliability of production systems - Take ownership of background jobs, queue usage, and observability using monitoring tools such as Grafana Qualifications EXPERIENCE - 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong focus on backend development using PHP and Laravel - Experience building large, complex Laravel applications from initial development through deployment - Hands-on experience with data modeling, system architecture, and evolving schemas for performance and scalability - Experience building and maintaining e-commerce systems, including orders, subscriptions, payments, and third-party integrations - Experience with PHP packages, background jobs, queue systems, and event-driven architectures SKILLS - Strong expertise in data modeling and architectural decision-making - Full-stack capability with experience using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript - Ability to lead technical decisions while remaining highly hands-on in code - Proven mentorship and leadership skills - Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams What Success Looks Like - Scalable and maintainable data models supporting high-volume transactions - Reliable delivery of backend and frontend features at scale - Strong technical mentorship resulting in a high-performing engineering team - Clear alignment between business needs and long-term system architecture Opportunity This role offers the opportunity to take ownership of core system architecture and domain modeling in a growing, complex platform. The Senior Engineer / Tech Lead will have direct impact on technical direction, system scalability, and engineering standards, while working closely with product leaders and mentoring developers as the platform evolves. APPLICATION PROCESS: TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE THESE STEPS NEED TO BE FOLLOWED: - Fill in the application form - Record a video showcasing your skill sets