MetroMax Group
Website:
themetromaxgroup.com
Job details:
Sr. Developer (PHP · Laravel) — E-Commerce Platforms
Lead Level | Architecture & Team Leadership | Microservices · GCP · Kubernetes · Order Processing
Experience: 8+ Years (incl. 3+ in e-commerce)
Location: Hyderabad, India — on-site
Work Model: Work From Office (5 days a week), based at our client's Hyderabad office
Employment Type: Full-Time
Shift: General shift, with working-hours overlap with European (CET) client teams
Joining: Immediate to 30 days preferred
About MetroMax SolutionsMetroMax Solutions, part of the MetroMax Group, is a global technology consulting and digital transformation company headquartered in the United States, delivering IT and AI solutions to clients across the US and worldwide. Our portfolio spans two practice wings: Core IT Services — custom application development, web and mobile engineering, Salesforce consulting, DevOps and cloud engineering, digital marketing, and IT staffing
— and a dedicated AI Services wing covering AI voice agents, enterprise knowledge platforms (RAG), agentic AI workflows, intelligent document processing, AI finance automation, and AI governance and strategy consulting.
With a customer-centric approach and a commitment to measurable outcomes, we help mid-market and enterprise organizations accelerate their digital and AI transformation journeys with scalable, reliable, and high-quality technology solutions.
Job SummaryWe are looking for an experienced and passionate Technical Lead to guide the design, development, and delivery of e-commerce solutions within a high-volume order-processing domain. You will combine deep hands-on engineering with technical leadership — setting architectural direction, defining API standards, and mentoring a team of developers to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure systems.
Working closely with an enterprise solution architect and cross-functional teams, you will translate business needs into technical requirements, act as the technical advisor for architectural decisions in your domain, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. This is a leadership role for someone who still wants to stay close to the code and the architecture.
This position is part of a long-term staff-augmentation engagement with a strategic global e-commerce client. You will be based on-site at the client's Hyderabad office, working five days a week alongside their engineering teams — the final interview stage includes a client panel — while remaining a full-time MetroMax employee, with our mentorship, community, and career framework behind you. Candidates must be based in Hyderabad or willing to relocate.
Key Responsibilities- Lead the design, development, and deployment of e-commerce solutions within the order-processing domain.
- Work closely with the enterprise solution architect and collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements.
- Act as a technical advisor, providing guidance on architectural decisions and technical challenges across the domain.
- Define OpenAPI specifications and ensure they align with organizational standards.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, staying current with industry trends and best practices.
- Support and mentor a team of developers to ensure successful, high-quality project delivery.
- Ensure compliance with coding standards, security guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
- Champion Agile delivery, CI/CD discipline, and sound DevOps practices across the team.
Required Skills & Experience- 10+ years in software development and architecture, with at least 3 years in an e-commerce environment.
- Proven technical leadership — leading and mentoring development teams within an Agile framework and delivering complex projects successfully.
- Strong backend engineering with PHP and the Laravel framework (Symfony experience is a strong plus).
- Microservices and API integrations — deep experience designing distributed systems and defining OpenAPI specifications.
- Cloud-native delivery — hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform.
- Data and messaging — MySQL and NoSQL databases, Elasticsearch, and message brokers such as RabbitMQ.
- CI/CD and DevOps lifecycle — automated build and deployment pipelines (e.g., Bamboo) and familiarity with modern DevOps practices.
- Frontend and testing awareness — working knowledge of JavaScript and automated testing frameworks (e.g., Playwright).
- Software architecture — strong grasp of architecture principles and design patterns, able to balance modernization, technical debt, and business continuity.
- Excellent communication — able to interact effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, in fluent English.
- Leadership and ownership — strong work ethic, problem-solving skills, and the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Nice-to-Have Skills- Node.js and broader polyglot backend experience.
- Event streaming and distributed-messaging patterns (Kafka, Google Pub/Sub).
- Experience modernizing legacy applications toward domain-oriented microservices.
- AI-assisted engineering tooling adopted across a team (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code).
Preferred Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.
- Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred.
- Relevant cloud certifications (Google Cloud preferred) are a plus.
Our Hiring Process- Round 1 — HR screening: background, leadership experience, communication, notice period, Hyderabad location or relocation, and working-hours fit (30 minutes).
- Round 2 — Technical deep-dive: PHP/Laravel, microservices, API design and OpenAPI, and the cloud-native stack (60–90 minutes).
- Round 3 — Architecture and leadership round: a system-design discussion plus scenarios on team leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management (90 minutes).
- Round 4 — Client panel interview (including the enterprise solution architect), followed by a final discussion with MetroMax engineering leadership.
Why Join MetroMax Solutions?- Work side by side, on-site in Hyderabad, with the engineering teams of a leading international e-commerce client — the kind of daily, in-person collaboration that accelerates how fast you learn.
- A genuinely modern stack — microservices, Kubernetes, event-driven messaging, and cloud-native tooling — used at real production scale.
- An engineering culture that embraces AI-assisted development as standard practice.
- Learn alongside senior architects and AI engineers across MetroMax's broader web, cloud, and AI services portfolio.
- Real ownership of the systems you build, with a clear path for technical advancement.
- Competitive fixed salary with performance-based rewards.
MetroMax Solutions is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, religion, gender, age, or disability.
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