Tech Lead, Russian Speaker
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Tech Lead owning Whizz’s mobility platform architecture, databases, deployments, and code quality. Leading engineers building mobility tools for delivery drivers.
Responsibilities:
- Own the architecture and technical roadmap of all Whizz systems.
- Review every pull request before merge and keep a clear review standard.
- Design and maintain the database architecture across MySQL and PostgreSQL.
- Own Docker images, deployments and environments.
- Drive AI-assisted development across the team: agent instructions, prompts, rules for reviewing AI-generated code.
- Turn product requirements into technical tasks and mentor backend, frontend and mobile developers.
- Lead incident response and ship root-cause fixes.
Requirements:
- 6+ years in backend development, 2+ years leading a team.
- Expert in PHP 8 and able to work with all of our code: PHP, TypeScript (Vue / Nuxt, React / Next.js) and Flutter.
- Strong database architecture skills: data modelling, migrations and query optimization in MySQL and PostgreSQL.
- Docker in production.
- Daily use of AI development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot or similar) and experience writing agent instructions for a team.
- Code review as a daily discipline: you catch logic, data-safety and security bugs, not only style.
- Experience with Stripe or a similar payment provider and REST API integrations.
- Native Russian and fluent English.
- Work strictly on New York time (EST/EDT).
- Hands-on ProcessWire development.
- Flutter development and app store releases.
- Subscription billing or fintech experience.
- CapRover or another Docker PaaS, CI/CD setup.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and benefits.
- Full ownership of the technical stack and direct access to the founder.
- Remote work on a New York schedule.
- The chance to be part of an innovative company transforming the transportation industry.
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