Lead Engineer (PHP)

TL;DR

Lead Engineer (PHP): Leading a small engineering squad to deliver a clear mission end-to-end, setting direction, making pragmatic technical decisions, and ensuring the team ships reliably. Focus on leveraging AI tools and automation to accelerate development, testing, and operational workflows.

Location: Work from anywhere with reasonable overlap with EU timezones.

Company

hirify.global is a company focused on vulnerability intelligence for open-source software.

What you will do

• Own your squad's mission and delivery cadence, defining milestones and removing blockers.
• Make and communicate pragmatic architectural decisions, guided by technical principles.
• Build and maintain Laravel-based services and web applications, ensuring security and performance.
• Partner with Product and Design to shape solutions early, and coordinate with Security Research and Ops/Infra.
• Coach engineers through pairing, reviews, and feedback, raising the bar without creating bureaucracy.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years leading or owning delivery for a small team.
• Strong backend/full-stack capability with Laravel/PHP, API design, and pragmatic system design.
• Experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies, and observability tooling.
• High standards on security, performance, and maintainability.
• Comfort and curiosity with AI-assisted development.
• Excellent written communication skills.

Nice to have

• Interest in the security domain.
• Experience in a small, scaling company.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary + meaningful ESOP.
• Remote-first work environment.
• Company-provided laptop.
• High autonomy and a team that ships.
• 38 days a year paid time off (including public holidays).
• Co-working space membership or WFH equipment for home-office.
• Quarterly health benefits allowance.