Technical Lead- PHP Development at Bitdefender

Department: BIND - PRM

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Location: Bucharest
Type: Full-time
Level: lead/mgmt
Posted: Jul 31, 2026

Description

Bitdefender is hiring a Technical Lead – PHP Development to guide a small engineering team while actively writing and reviewing production PHP code. The role covers architecture, API design, data modeling, code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, technical debt, project planning, and mentoring developers across modern Symfony and legacy CakePHP systems. Candidates need at least five years of professional PHP development, strong Symfony and relational database expertise, REST API experience, and a track record of leading or mentoring developers.

Required Skills

PHP
Symfony
PostgreSQL
REST APIs
PHPUnit
CI/CD
Observability
Redis

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 5+ years of professional PHP development, including leading role experience
Strong PHP, OOP, and Symfony experience
Experience working with legacy CakePHP or similar code
PostgreSQL relational database experience
REST API design and consumption experience
Experience with tested, maintainable code, PHPUnit, static analysis, and CI/CD
Experience leading or mentoring developers and planning work
Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
Preferred Qualifications: Redis and message broker experience
Docker, CI pipelines, and cloud experience
Legacy monolith modernization experience
Front-end or full-stack familiarity
Translation Company Name: Bitdefender