Tech Lead - PHP

I am recruiting for a company that operates the software behind commercial real estate across Europe. They manage over 250 million square meters of property, 100,000+ buildings, in 35+ countries. This is not a startup burning cash to disrupt something. It is a real platform with real revenue, real users, and serious scale. They recently merged with UK and German players and are backed by a growth equity investor.

Senior Software Engineer (Tech Lead)

Kraków, Poland · Hybrid · PLN 192k–300k + equity

What you will actually do

You will lead the technical direction for your team. Architecture decisions are yours, not just pull request duty. You take messy business requirements and turn them into concrete tasks your developers can execute. You talk directly to PMs, QA, mobile developers, and clients. No buffer layers. No translators.

You keep the stack moving: PHP backend, React with TypeScript frontend, PostgreSQL, AWS. You build and maintain CI/CD pipelines. When production breaks, you fix it. You use AI tools like Copilot, Claude, or ChatGPT as actual daily productivity tools, not resume fluff.

You plan sprints and estimate like a professional. No fantasy timelines.

What you actually need

• 5+ years shipping production PHP. Real code in real environments.

• Prior Tech Lead experience. You have owned architecture decisions. Some worked, some failed, and you learned from both.

• React with TypeScript. You can review frontend code without bluffing.

• PostgreSQL at scale. You know when indexes matter and when they do not.

• AWS. You have deployed, broken, and fixed cloud infrastructure.

• DevOps and CI/CD. You can build pipelines or improve the ones that exist.

• Product mindset from real agile teams. Organized, not chaotic.

• Flutter or mobile experience is a bonus. Not a dealbreaker.

What you get

I put the salary in the ad because hiding it wastes everyone's time. PLN 192k to 300k annually. Plus equity. Ask me and I will share the equity details. I am transparent about it.

• Annual learning budget. Courses, conferences, books. Nobody micromanages how you spend it.

• Hybrid work. Be in the office 2 to 3 days when collaboration matters. Work from home when it does not.

• Office perks that actually exist: yoga, soccer, company retreats, Wednesday breakfasts. Not a "ping pong table not pictured".

• Real career growth inside the company. Not empty promises on a careers page.

• You get to build infrastructure that literally operates buildings people walk into every day.

No "passionate self-starters." No "rockstars." No "we are a family." My client needs someone who builds reliable software, leads a team through ambiguity, and talks to humans without a script.

If that is you, reach out. If you want the equity breakdown or have questions about the team, just ask.