Position: Senior Full stack Developer
Company: Optima Forma
Category: PHP
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Following position is offered by actively growing start-up, providing software solutions and consulting in the sector of Property Management.

**Primary responsibilities:**

- We are looking for an experienced full stack professional who has been part of several growing software development teams for a technology-based start up and is ready to take the entrepreneurial and allround technology position of the CTO for a startup.
- Will be the lead developer and over time building the company’s technical vision and strategy.  
- Oversee technology architecture and infrastructure to ensure functionality, security, and efficiency
- Review and approve development releases and manage the release process.
- Constantly evaluate processes with the CEO to find opportunities for automation to reduce manual effort, UI improvements to improve user friendliness, to design new features that really solve problems and make users love the system more.
- Communicate transparently and effectively with partners and investors, sharing technology strategy, and using stakeholders’ feedback to inform necessary improvements and adjustments to technology.
- Create a hiring plan and organizational chart that will support the vision for the future growth of the Software Development Team.
- To be a team lead with the ability to think through projects and convey requirements to others.
- Manage a team of engineers as well as act as an individual contributor
  
 
**Required Working Experience**

- Possesses deep architectural and engineering knowledge
- 8+ years plus experience in a software development
- 3+ years in management or leadership roles (Senior developer, Team Lead)
- Previous experience in growing software development teams for SaaS companies, start-ups
- Broad knowledge of backend and frontend coding, various languages, software architecture, design and database systems 
- Hands on Manager (technology and architecture discussions)
- Comfortable being the senior and leading others in a growing and changing tech startup environment
- Must be up-to-date and always learning about the latest technical standards and best practices in field


**Must have stack**

- Strong technical knowledge of cloud-based infrastructure
- Solid understanding of Object-Oriented PHP 
- Experience with Laravel Framework 
- Experience with application architecture and SOLID principles
- Experience with building database systems, web applications or CMS
- Experience with Vue.js or other front-end frameworks (Angular,  React)
- Experience using Git
- Strong knowledge of MySQL
- Experience writing and consuming RESTful APIs

 
**About You**

- Entrepreneurial: strong desire to make a difference in a tech startup environment, broad interest in the business, not a 9-5 mindset, understanding when switching of focus is needed for the business, mindset to help facilitate growth. 
- Visionary: being able to establish the company’s technical vision and strategy and lead all aspects of the company’s tech development.
- Possess Strong Leadership skills to build and lead a development team, coach team members and manage the roadmap with the product owner
- Critical Thinker: to be able to thoroughly assess any incoming request, to validate thoroughly the context / problem and to present reasonable solutions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication & collaboration skills and a pleasure to work with in an international team remotely
- High sense of ownership and responsibility 
- The ability to identify and articulate goals and measurements for your and others’ success.
- Being comfortable with both giving and receiving respectful constructive critical feedback.
- Problem solving
- Self-motivated and proactive, ability to motivate and inspire others
- Independent, with experience in working remote, having discipline and responsibility to be productive
- Passion for software development, mastering your craft
- Positive attitude to life
 
If you think you match these requirements please, send us an e-mail with your resume along with a short motivation letter.