Reward Gateway

Lead PHP Engineer

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2 Locations

Remote or Hybrid

58K-62K Annually

Junior

HR Tech • Marketing Tech • Software

The Role

Lead and mentor engineering teams to deliver secure, high-performance PHP-based microservices. Define API and architecture standards, drive security and testing practices, reduce technical debt, evaluate tooling, and ensure predictable Agile delivery with clear documentation and incident reporting.

Summary Generated by Built In

Reward Gateway|Edenred is a leading digital platform for services and payments for people at work, connecting 52 million users and 2 million partner merchants in 45 countries via close to 1 million corporate clients. Our shared missions of ‘Making the World a Better Place to Work' and ‘Enriching connections, For good’ guide our actions and chart a sustainable path to a better future.
An opportunity has become available for a Lead PHP Engineer. In this position, you'll ensure delivery of solutions that align with business and user objectives. You'll lead a team and participate in design reviews, recommend improvements, and work with the teams to develop, deliver, and maintain platform improvements.

Key Responsibilities

Security

Drive a security-first culture by defining and enforcing security protocols
Lead threat modelling and oversee vulnerability remediation plans
Track security compliance

Performance and Scalability

Set platform performance KPIs
Conduct performance analysis
Monitoring dashboards
Guide teams in implementing scalable solutions and optimising system performance

Testing and Quality

Establish organisation-wide testing standards and ensure adherence through coaching and reviews
Promote quality ownership within teams

APIs

Define and enforce API design principles
Oversee API governance and documentation standards across the team

Maintenance and Optimisation

Identify areas of technical debt and lead strategic refactoring initiatives
Track and measure technical debt reduction progress
Prioritise optimisation projects that improve system health

Frameworks and tooling

Make strategic decisions on introducing new frameworks and tools
Evaluate emerging technologies and guide adoption to improve productivity

Architecture

Lead the transition to microservices/event-driven architecture
Define architectural patterns and mentor teams on implementation best practices
Maintain system design documentation and Architecture decision records (ADRs)

Documentation and Reporting

Develop clear documentation guidelines to ensure consistency and quality
Maintain detailed documentation for complex systems, including architecture diagrams, workflows, and integration points, ensuring accessibility for all stakeholder Implement and manage a structured process for creating incident reports, capturing root causes, and resolutions to drive continuous improvement

Team and delivery management

Drive predictable and effective Agile delivery Set clear objectives, monitor KPIs, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality solutions
Drive career progression through regular feedback, mentoring and knowledge-sharing to support in identifying growth opportunities

Skills, Knowledge and Experience Required:

This is a hybrid role that would require presence in our Sofia or Plovdiv office at least twice per week, as agreed.
Salary budget for this role is €58,000 to €62,000 per annum. We have a salary transparency policy, which means our budgets are not negotiable.

Solid and proven experience as a Lead PHP Engineer with a minimum of 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership role
Experience with PHP and MySQL is essential
Experience with React, Typescript, Elasticsearch and AWS is desirable but not essential
Proven team management and leadership skills
Experience with OOP concepts and SOLID principles
Experience with Unit and Integration testing
Experience with design patterns
A good understanding of building and operating cloud-based microservices
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills
Scrum certification is advantageous but not essential
Agile experience is desirable but not essential

Be comfortable. Be you.
At Reward Gateway, we want all of our employees to feel comfortable bringing their passion, creativity and individuality to work. We value all cultures, backgrounds and experiences, as we truly believe that diversity drives innovation. Express yourself, join our community and help us Make the World a Better Place to Work.
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From perks to people, our BETTER approach to hiring earns us more trust, happier people and more world-class talent that help us to make the world a better place to work. Find out more about Reward Gateways approach to benefits, equality, talent, technology, empathy and what you’ll get in return for joining our Mission at rg.co/lifeatrg.

About
Reward Gateway is culture and client driven. We’re obsessed with putting the “Human” in HR and are proud to have been 100% dedicated to HR for over a decade. Since 2007, we’ve been right by the side of the world’s most innovative HR people, giving them beautiful products and tools they can use to attract, engage and retain their people.The world’s most successful companies treat their people differently. They generate stock market returns of twice their peers and they have half the employee turnover. 76% of CEOs recognize that employee engagement is vital to their success but only 24% say they have a highly engaged company. Bridging that engagement gap is what drives us.