Technical Lead PHP

Optimy is a Belgian tech scale-up and the European leader in the Social Impact industry that enables any organization to manage and align its grant, volunteering, donation, and sponsorship programs.At Optimy, we believe that corporations are a force for good and can make the world a better place. For more than 12 years, we have enabled organizations to amplify their positive impact by building meaningful relationships with causes, communities, employees, and customers.

Today, over 350 organizations use Optimy to manage over 1.5M projects in 22 languages across 25 countries. Our client portfolio includes Audi Belgium, Fondation Michelin, Grameen Foundation, Ford Motor Company, UEFA Foundation for Children, and many others.

We are looking for a Technical Leader to join our remote IT team (headquarters based in Brussels).

Your mission

As a Technical Leader, you play a crucial role in ensuring the delivery of qualitative reliable software solutions by your team, raising our standards and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and learning.

You collaborate with the Product team, to design, implement, and maintain robust systems that meet our business needs.

What you will do

• Coding sprint stories and achieve the minimum threshold of KPIs that are set for the team development velocity and roadmap accuracy
• Mentoring team members, guiding their professional development and ensuring they have the skills and knowledge to excel in their roles.
• Planning, together with the PM, the roadmap within the time-frame estimated / agreed
• Ensuring, within own team, the performance and code health of the existing codebase does not degrade
• Ensuring all team members have the right tools and knowledge to perform their tasks
• Maintain a deep and practical technology knowledge to maintain technical leadership
• Evaluating technical skills during the hiring process
  

About you

• You have a degree in computer science, a related field or an equivalent proven experience
• You have at least 5-10 years of experience in this type of role
• You are a developer at heart with deep knowledge of the PHP culture and ecosystem and a practical experience in leveraging Laravel as a development framework
• You enjoy mentoring and guiding others, and you strive to see them grow their knowledge and skills.
• You feel comfortable working with existing architecture, ensuring its maintenance and being a driving force for new ideas and improvements.
• You are proficient in code versioning control, branching strategies, and CI/CD practices.
• You are familiar with middleware technologies such as RDBMS and message brokers, among others.
  

The Offer

• We do not provide work permits
• Start date: Immediate
• Location: either hybrid or full remote
  
  

The fundamentals

• A permanent contract with an evolutive fixed salary. Optimy also welcomes applications from contractors and freelancers.
• Monthly net fees
• Meal vouchers
• Annual eco-vouchers
• Transportation costs reimbursement
• Hospitalization insurance (DKV)
• A Hybrid work model
  

Our Culture Value Proposition

• We believe that supporting and promoting inclusion and diversity across our business and society will make the world a better place for all.
• We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture that helps employees know they are valued, respected and empowered to do the best work of their life.
• We celebrate diversity because we believe in the variety of perspectives and ideas that reflects our multinational environment and drives the most innovative and sustainable growth.
  

We provide a personal development plan (PDP) and a learning path in an online learning platform for every employee in our organization.

Equal Employer

Optimy provides equal opportunities to all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation and marital status.

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