Chief Architect / Director of Engineering – PHP & Laravel

Job Title: Enterprise Tech Lead / Chief Software Architect (PHP / Laravel Ecosystem)

Department: Engineering & Technology

Experience Level: 15 – 20 Years

Location: [City, Country / Hybrid / Remote]

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Purpose

We are seeking a visionary Chief Architect / Senior Director of Engineering with 15–20 years of hands-on and strategic software engineering experience to lead the modernization, architecture, and overall technical strategy of our web applications and platform ecosystem.

In this executive engineering role, you will define high-level architecture, modernize legacy PHP stacks to the latest Laravel versions (Laravel 12/13), oversee high-concurrency microservices, integrate AI/ML workflows, drive cloud-native standards (AWS/GCP), and mentor engineering directors, tech leads, and development teams.

Key Responsibilities1. Technical Strategy & Enterprise Architecture

• System Design & Modernization: Architect, evaluate, and evolve high-scale, fault-tolerant enterprise applications handling millions of daily requests using PHP 8.x , modern Laravel , microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Legacy Refactoring & Migrations: Lead multi-year migration strategies moving legacy PHP monoliths (Core PHP, CodeIgniter, Symfony, older Laravel versions) into scalable, API-first microservices or clean, modular monoliths.
• Technology Roadmap: Partner with executive leadership (CTO, VP of Product) to translate business goals into a robust, future-proof engineering and technology roadmap.
• Ecosystem Integration: Design vector/semantic search mechanisms, API gateways, queues, and AI/LLM integrations using modern Laravel ecosystem tools (Laravel AI SDK, Reverb, Horizon, Octane, Vapor).IT Path Solutions

1. Engineering Standards & Governance

• Technical Governance: Establish organization-wide standards for code quality, automated testing (Pest / PHPUnit), security policies (OWASP, CSRF, identity/OAuth2), and CI/CD pipelines.Swaraa Tech Solutions
• Performance & Scalability: Optimize database queries, caching strategies (Redis, Memcached), asynchronous queues, and database engines (PostgreSQL, MySQL/Aurora, MongoDB) for extreme load handling.IT Path Solutions
• DevOps & Infrastructure Oversight: Work with Infrastructure/SRE teams to design cloud architecture, containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes), and zero-downtime deployment pipelines.

1. Leadership, Mentorship & Vendor Management

• Team Development: Direct and mentor Technical Leads, Engineering Managers, and Senior Developers, driving a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.
• Hiring & Scaling: Partner with Talent Acquisition to attract top-tier engineering talent and build high-performing engineering organizations.
• Vendor & Tooling Decisions: Evaluate third-party SaaS, APM tools (Datadog, New Relic), cloud services, and external agencies/consultants to maximize ROI and developer efficiency.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Total Experience: 15+ years of software development experience, with at least 8–10 years spent in core PHP and Laravel ecosystems at a lead or architectural scale.
• Architecture Track Record: Proven experience designing and operating large-scale SaaS platforms, e-commerce engines, or enterprise web platforms handling high concurrency and volume.
• Deep PHP & Laravel Expertise:
• Mastery of PHP 8.x features (Attributes, Fiber, JIT, type systems).IT Path Solutions
• Deep internals knowledge of Laravel (Service Container, Middleware pipelines, Eloquent ORM tuning, Laravel Reverb, Horizon, Octane, Swoole/RoadRunner).Laravel
• Database & Data Architectural Mastery:
• Advanced SQL tuning, indexing, partitioning, and read-replica strategies in MySQL / PostgreSQL.
• Experience with NoSQL (MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Redis) and vector databases for semantic search.
• Cloud & DevOps: Deep expertise in AWS / GCP / Azure services, Docker, Kubernetes, Serverless architecture, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation).
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Soft Skills & Leadership Profile

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to balance immediate engineering delivery with long-term technological longevity.
• Stakeholder Management: Exceptional communication skills to explain complex technical trade-offs to non-technical business leaders and executives.
• Problem Solving: Proven experience resolving complex system outages, performance bottlenecks, and security vulnerabilities.

Pay: ₹26,000.00 - ₹120,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person