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Infomediji

Lead Backend Developer (PHP)

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We’re looking for a Lead Backend Developer to join our new development team within the global VR video streaming ecosystem. This person will lead the new content processing team while staying hands-on.

What You Will Do

  • Own the architecture and technical direction of the content processing pipeline - upload API, Camunda BPMN workflows, admin panel, and supporting services

  • Lead system design for new features and complex changes; create and maintain architecture documentation and ADRs

  • Drive code quality, review standards, and engineering practices (testing, CI/CD, code style, operational readiness)

  • Lead technical incident response; write post-mortems with clear root causes and follow-up actions

  • Identify and manage technical debt - maintain a prioritized backlog and advocate for regular capacity to address it

  • Translate product requirements into technical solutions, milestones, and well-decomposed tasks

  • Mentor engineers through design sessions, pair programming, and code reviews; reduce key-person risk by spreading knowledge across the team

  • Define and maintain SLIs/SLOs for team-owned services; ensure sufficient logging, metrics, and alerting are in place

  • Coordinate technical dependencies with other teams (Content Serving, Billing, UGC, DevOps); represent the team in architecture syncs and design reviews

  • Evaluate and recommend technologies, patterns, and tools; pilot new approaches where they bring clear benefit

What We Are Looking For

  • 4+ years of backend software engineering experience with PHP, including demonstrated technical leadership (leading design, mentoring engineers, owning architecture)

  • Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB or similar)

  • Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar)

  • Experience of using Golang in production environment

  • Experience designing and evolving backend architectures - APIs, data flows, service decomposition

  • Strong understanding of testing practices (unit, integration, E2E) and CI/CD pipelines

  • Ability to communicate technical trade-offs, risks, and designs clearly to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders

  • English B1+ (written and verbal communication)

Bonus Points

  • Experience with Camunda or similar BPMN/workflow orchestration engines

  • Experience with various video formats, media containers, and transcoding pipelines

  • Experience defining and working with SLIs/SLOs in production

  • Understanding of message brokers and event-driven architectures (RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar)

Tech Stack

  • PHP

  • MongoDB

  • PostgreSQL

  • Kubernetes

  • Docker

  • CI/CD

  • Camunda BPMN (Java)

  • Redis

  • Kafka

  • RabbitMQ

  • Go

Hiring Process

  • HR Screening (30 min)

  • Team Interview (1.5 hour)

  • Live Coding Interview (1 hour)

  • CEO Interview (30 min)

What We Offer

Please note: fully remote contract role. B2B only - work as an independent contractor with your own legal entity.

  • The chance to be part of a pioneering team in a rapidly evolving industry

  • Direct impact on the future of immersive media

  • Flexible working hours and remote-first culture

  • A team that values initiative, clarity, and collaboration

  • Access to all tools and tech you need

  • Unlimited DeoVR Premium

  • A work environment where ideas matter and people are treated with respect