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Principal PHP Developer/Tech Lead
freeC Consulting
Ho Chi Minh City, UAE
Full Time
Lead
3 weeks ago
PHPLaravelCakePHPZendCodeIgniterYii2
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About the Role
freeC Consulting is seeking a Principal PHP Developer/Tech Lead with 8+ years of experience to design and maintain large-scale web applications, lead technical investigations, and mentor development team members.
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Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain complex features for large scale web applications using pure PHP
- Lead technical investigations and solve challenging issues related to performance, scalability, maintainability, and legacy systems
- Take ownership of critical technical tasks, define implementation approaches, and document solutions for long term reuse
- Lead technical design and support development members from a technical perspective
- Perform code reviews and improve code quality, coding standards, and maintainability
- Improve existing systems through refactoring, optimization, version upgrades, and modernization initiatives
- Utilize AI tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.) to improve development productivity and test automation
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in PHP web application development
- Strong experience developing and maintaining large scale or high traffic web systems
- Strong understanding of scalable architecture, maintainability, performance optimization, and long term system operation
- Hands on experience with refactoring, code review, unit testing, SQL optimization, and legacy system modernization
- Experience leading technical design and solving complex system level issues
- Experience with PHP frameworks such as Laravel, CakePHP, Zend, CodeIgniter, or Yii2
- Experience with VueJS, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Ability to create technical documentation and communicate technical solutions clearly
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Practical experience using AI development tools
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Job Description
- Design, implement, and maintain complex features for large scale web applications using pure PHP.
- Lead technical investigations and solve challenging issues related to performance, scalability, maintainability, and legacy systems.
- Take ownership of critical technical tasks, define implementation approaches, and document solutions for long term reuse.
- Lead technical design and support development members from a technical perspective.
- Perform code reviews and improve code quality, coding standards, and maintainability.
- Improve existing systems through refactoring, optimization, version upgrades, and modernization initiatives.
- Utilize AI tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.) to improve development productivity and test automation.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in PHP web application development.
- Strong experience developing and maintaining large scale or high traffic web systems.
- Strong understanding of scalable architecture, maintainability, performance optimization, and long term system operation.
- Hands on experience with refactoring, code review, unit testing, SQL optimization, and legacy system modernization.
- Experience leading technical design and solving complex system level issues.
- Experience with PHP frameworks such as Laravel, CakePHP, Zend, CodeIgniter, or Yii2.
- Experience with VueJS, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Ability to create technical documentation and communicate technical solutions clearly.
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
- Practical experience using AI development tools.
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