Team Lead - Laravel

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Backend Team Lead to architect and deliver robust, scalable systems while mentoring a team of developers. The ideal candidate will bridge strategic technical vision with practical execution, ensuring high-quality solutions aligned closely with business objectives and technology best practices.Responsibilities:●      Architect, design and deliver mission-critical modules end-to-end●      Write production-grade code daily; lead reviews, debugging, refactoring●      Embed TDD, CI/CD, design principles, and engineering best practices●      Develop high-performance, scalable backend systems that power global products●      Partner with Team Lead, PMs, QA, and product designers to define and execute featuresCriteria:●      6+ years of backend development experience; 2+ years in technical leadership●      Experience in leading a team of atleast 3-4 engineers Preferred Skills:●      Extensive experience with Laravel, Node.js, Python, MySQL, MongoDB●      Passionate about writing clean, testable, modular code using design patterns●      Solid understanding and experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS (ECS, Aurora, Lambda, S3, CloudFront etc), including scaling, and security best practices.●      Demonstrated expertise in building and maintaining systems using a microservices architecture, with an emphasis on scalability, reliability, and maintainability.●      Familiarity and practical experience with asynchronous communication between microservices using tools like Kafka etc, event-driven architectures, and messaging patterns at scale.●      Proven capability in designing inter-service communication protocols to optimize system performance, resilience, and latency under heavy loads.●      Startup exposure—comfortable with ambiguity, learning quickly, pivoting often●      Excellent communicator, collaborator, and mentorWhat we offer:●      An exceptional team: Our hiring bar is high and your colleagues are talented, motivated self-starters.●      A learning environment: We are a learning organization and as a team we will help you grow and encourage you to learn and upgrade your skills.●      Outstanding compensation: top talent deserves top pay and our salary, equity and benefits reflect this.●      Opportunities to grow: Encourages you to attend technical conferences and take company funded educational courses to advance your skills.●      An opportunity to be a key member of a well-capitalized leading brand in online real estate investing platform.