26025 - RWV – Lead Backend Engineer (PHP / Laravel)– Muscat

We're hiring a **Lead Backend Engineer** to lead the team that builds and maintains our backend platform. This is a hands-on role — you'll write production PHP and Laravel code while setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and owning the quality and architecture of what your team ships.

You'll work closely with Product, Frontend, DevOps, and QA to deliver reliable, scalable systems, and you'll be the person who makes the hard architectural calls and keeps the team moving. The right person is equally at home in a code review, a system-design discussion, and a one-on-one.

What You'll Do

•  Technical Leadership
  - Design and build scalable, maintainable backend systems and APIs in **PHP** and **Laravel**.
  - Set the technical direction for our backend services and own the major architecture decisions.
  - Establish and uphold coding standards, design patterns, and engineering best practices.
  - Lead code reviews and hold the team to a high bar for quality.
  - Improve the performance, scalability, reliability, and security of our systems.
  - Evaluate and introduce new tools and technologies where they earn their place.
  - Keep technical debt in check without slowing down delivery.

• Team Leadership
  - Lead, mentor, and develop a team of backend engineers across different experience levels.
  - Hold regular one-o