Tech Lead (PHP)

About Northfork

Northfork is a B2B SaaS company that makes it easier than ever to shop online for groceries. Our technology enables the leading retailers, recipe publishers, and brands to convert their recipes into curated lists of ingredients that are in-stock in a preferred retailer near you. Ensuring that your preferences such as allergens, dietary restrictions, or other are taken into account.

We are looking for a Tech Lead to join our team. You will have a central role in our organisation, and have a crucial part of developing the Northfork tech and product offering. You will be a part of a fast paced expansion and you will get to work with a distributed tech team with highly skilled developers.

Expectations

• Spend most of your day-to-day with the craft of developing a great product
• Lead and take initiative in architecture-related topics while keeping security, performance, and user value top of mind
• Be a role-model for the tech-oriented team members when it comes to building sustainable tech
• Help the development team in navigating technical blockers and impediments
• Find ways to elevate the technical abilities of the product team members - that’s how you successfully scale yourself
• You are pragmatic. You have a good understanding of how to strike the balance of product excellence versus outcome
  
  

Non-expectations

• We don’t expect you to single-handedly lead the agile rituals of the development team. They are co-owned by the entire development team.
• There are currently no managerial responsibilities associated with this role. In order set you up for success, we believe that you should be given the focus to focus on the craft itself and elevating the team’s technical capabilities
  
  

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success developing and releasing world class products
• Good understanding of platform based back-end development in PHP, such as Symfony or Laravel
• Strong understanding of technical infrastructure, especially the AWS suite
• Strong understanding of relational databases
• Strong understanding of DevOps tech and best practices
• While it should not been your primary expertise, at least a baseline understanding in javascript, React, html, and CSS
• Fluent in English
  
  

This is a senior position. We believe that fewer but qualitative years of experience is more valuable than more years of lesser impact. With that said, this role likely requires at least 6-7 years of professional experience.

We value if you can be based at our Stockholm office. Remote placement can be considered if you are within the CEST timezone +/- 1 hour.

What Do We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Working with an international team
• Pension through collective agreement
• Fun and collaborative workplace!
  
  

For more information or questions please contact us at [email protected]