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PHP Project Manager

SMART TECH SKILLS LLC · United States

IT Services and IT Consulting · 11-50 employees

7 h ago
Remote Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

This role acts as a bridge between technical leadership and offshore engineering teams to coordinate the delivery of backend services and platform initiatives. Key duties include reviewing PHP/Laravel code, governing third-party integrations, and monitoring system health on GCP.

What they look for

PHP Laravel Technical Program Management Technical Account Management API Development Google Cloud Platform MySQL PostgreSQL Redis Docker GitLab CI/CD Backend Engineering Offshore Team Coordination System Troubleshooting RESTful APIs Technical Delivery

Requirements

Requires 5 to 8+ years of experience in software engineering or technical delivery, specifically within IT services or consulting environments. Candidates must be proficient in PHP, Laravel, and cloud platforms like GCP or AWS, with a proven track record of managing distributed development teams.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Full description

Benefits:

  • Competitive salary

Location Remote

Experience Level Senior Level (5 to 8 or more years of experience)

Role Overview This hybrid Technical Program Manager (TPM) and development-focused Technical Account Manager (TAM) role supports backend and platform initiatives within a fast-paced technology ecosystem. Positioned as an execution partner to the Technical Director and Senior Backend Developer, this individual acts as a key bridge between technical leadership, cross-functional teams, and offshore/distributed engineering teams. This role is highly suited for a technically strong professional from an IT services or consulting background who can review backend code, govern third-party integrations, and coordinate end-to-end technical delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Backend & Engineering Support

  • Support the development, optimization, and maintenance of robust backend services and APIs built using PHP and Laravel.
  • Review backend code implementations, database schemas, and architectural changes for performance, correctness, and maintainability.
  • Perform advanced debugging and system-level troubleshooting of backend platforms in development and production environments.
  • Act as a technical backup and execution partner to backend software engineers during critical delivery phases.

Onsite-Offshore & Cross-Team Delivery

  • Direct, coordinate, and align technical task execution across onsite and distributed/offshore engineering teams.
  • Translate strategic architectural direction from the Tech Director into highly structured, actionable requirements and task breakdowns for offshore development pods.
  • Review and audit incoming software deliverables from offshore teams to ensure high quality, complete testing, and alignment with organizational standards.

Platform Integration & Technical Account Management

  • Coordinate and architect complex third-party system integrations, including platforms such as lead-generation, customer relationship management (CRM), and telephony APIs.
  • Partner with backend engineers to ensure integrations are reliable, observable, self-healing, and well-documented.
  • Proactively identify integration risks, data flow bottlenecks, and API failure scenarios early in the lifecycle.

Production Support & Observability

  • Monitor system health, API workloads, and backend application performance natively within Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Support incident management processes and troubleshoot production outages alongside DevOps and site reliability engineers.
  • Maintain operational playbooks, troubleshooting runbooks, and detailed API documentation to capture and share technical knowledge.

Required Qualifications

  • 5 to 8 or more years of experience in software engineering, technical delivery, or Technical Account Management (TAM) roles.
  • Strong professional background working within IT Services or Management Consulting environments.
  • Extensive experience utilizing an onsite-offshore delivery model to manage and coordinate distributed development teams.
  • Solid programming knowledge of PHP and Laravel frameworks, with the ability to review code and act as a technical backup.
  • Demonstrated experience building and supporting RESTful APIs and complex third-party platform integrations.
  • Hands-on experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or modern AWS environments.
  • Proficiency working with relational databases, including MySQL, MSSQL, or PostgreSQL.
  • Experience managing asynchronous job queues and background workers, such as Redis or Laravel Horizon.
  • Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and automated CI/CD pipelines, such as GitLab CI/CD.
  • High-level analytical, debugging, and system-level troubleshooting capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior experience supporting integration-heavy, lead-generation, or high-volume transactional communication platforms.
  • Practical experience with cloud-based analytics pipelines and data warehouses, such as BigQuery or Looker.
  • Hands-on programming experience with Python.
  • Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) or container orchestration (Kubernetes).
  • Basic Linux administration and shell scripting capabilities.

Core Skills & Attributes

  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage diverse stakeholder expectations and act as a development-based Account Manager.
  • Outstanding leadership capability to coordinate, motivate, and direct offshore development teams.
  • Ability to bridge business objectives, client requirements, and deep backend engineering technicalities.
  • Self-motivated and comfortable operating with minimal supervision in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment.

This is a remote position.