Engineering Team Lead

EverTrue

full-time

Posted on: 9/26/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $135,000 - $145,000 per year

Senior

AWSCloudElasticSearchLaravelMongoDBMySQLPHPReact

About the role

Lead and manage the backend (PHP/Laravel) and frontend (React) engineering teams, providing technical direction, mentorship, and support.
Take end-to-end ownership of the platform’s technical direction, focusing on security, performance, and user experience.
Champion an AI-first strategy, identifying opportunities to enhance automation, intelligent features, and predictive insights.
Oversee the migration from V1 to V2, ensuring backward compatibility, stability, and a smooth user experience.
Partner with product management to manage the backlog, prioritizing features, technical debt, and bug fixes.
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, QA, DevOps, and leadership to deliver high-quality releases aligned with business goals.
Drive the evolution of the platform’s architecture, including ElasticSearch, MongoDB, and MySQL components.
Set and uphold standards for coding, CI/CD, deployment practices, and engineering excellence.
Lead code reviews, technical discussions, and architectural planning.
Champion a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and security-first development.

7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2–3 years in a technical leadership role.
Strong expertise in PHP/Laravel and React, with the ability to guide and evaluate full-stack contributions.
Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering complex applications in production environments.
Deep understanding of application security best practices and secure development lifecycles.
Highly skilled with relational databases (MySQL), including query optimization, indexing, and schema design.
Familiarity with ElasticSearch and MongoDB in production settings.
Experience leading modernization and migration projects, ensuring stability and minimal disruption for end users.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and cloud environments (AWS preferred).
Excitement about an AI-first approach, with demonstrated ability to integrate or leverage AI/ML to improve application performance and user outcomes.
Excellent problem-solving skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on technical execution.
Collaborative communicator who values mentoring, guiding, and empowering others.