GrowExx - Technical Lead - PHP/Wordpress (5-9 yrs)

GrowExx is seeking a Technical Lead - LAMP, who will be working with PHP frameworks for design and developing new applications as well as maintain existing applications and deliver them with Test-Driven Development practices, has good analytical skills to create clean code and robust software.

Key Responsibilities :

- Overall responsible on the Implementation part of the project i.

- Getting things right

- Be responsible to deliver the project assigned by working conjunction with PO, L3 and ADMs

- Analyse the User Requirements, NFRs and Technical requirements for the project

- Identify any unknowns i., missing scenarios, etc and consult with PO to ensure those are defined either as a User story or UAC

- Break down user stories along with the team to identify technical tasks

- Provide detailed estimates before the start of the sprints.

- Need to work with the Team to get the estimates

- Proactively pre-plan the sprints to achieve 90+% confidence of delivery

- Delegate such tasks to L1s during the sprints and ensure those are completed.

- Identify any dependencies amongst the tasks and plan accordingly.

- Request help of ADMs if needed

- Perform code reviews for Self and L1 engineers

- Provide support to L1 engineers in completing their tasks.

- Ideally should enable L1s to do the tasks, rather than doing themselves

- Nurture & Groom L1 engineers to become better at their work

- Create technical documents as required for the project in Jira, Confluence, or other tools

- Provide POs and ADMs with daily updates of the team via Jira and Slack

- Provide HL estimates for any new projects by working closely with L3s, POs and ADMs

- Proactively communicate with other members of the team and other project leads

- Provide HR and Management with any relevant information to help improve organisation culture & performance

Key Skills :

- Good knowledge of OOPs concepts

- Can write PHP code using multiple Frameworks like YII2, CodeIgniter, Laravel, Symphony based on Technical Document and Requirements given

- Good knowledge of Restful API and SOAP architecture

- Working with databases, Query Optimization, and data structures for (MySQL, Postgres, MSSQ, MongoDB)

- Can produce code level log

- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as GIT, SVN

- Has good knowledge of CMS frameworks like Magento, WordPress, Drupal

- Can unit test to perfection & understand TDD practices

- Knowledge of cloud computing platforms - AWS & Azure

- Can develop a secure web API

Education and Experience :

- With 5-9 years' relevant experience

Analytical and Personal Skills :

- Must have good logical reasoning and analytical skills

- Can communicate in English

- Is extrovert & Proactive not reactive

- Open to constructive debate and open to learning new concepts

- Able to receive constructive criticism, also team player with positive attitude

- Take own initiatives to achieve goals