Technical lead

A concensus builder and servant leader with broad and deep technical proficiency who loves shipping software regularly.

"Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time."

-Linus Torvalds

overview

LinkORB Engineering is looking to expand our global team of 100% remote technology professionals and hiring for technical lead. This position offers flexible hours, accommodating both part-time and full-time candidates.

This leadership position plays a critical role in technical decision-making and execution across a technology stack centered on PHP/Symfony, Ubuntu Linux, Apache2, MySQL/MariaDB, and tooling such as Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Ansible.

If you are looking for the below in your next role, please keep reading!

Lead strategic and tactical decision-making to build and maintain software used by millions
Work in an async-first (no meetings!) 100% remote team that defaults to open-source, self-hosted solutions
A culture that values an academic and positive tone in all collaboration and problem-solving

Responsibilities

At LinkORB, the Technical lead:

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Makes recommendations and facilitates consensus across technical team members on topics such as:

Platform, library, and tooling selections
Architecting for modularity, reusability, and scale
Coding conventions and engineering workflow
Security and testing best practices and standards

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Translates strategic plans, project charters, and group discussion into discrete, actionable, engineering work items.

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Creates, prioritizes, and monitors project plans and engineering work items through completion.

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Anticipates, responds to, and resolves technical and business blockers raised by developers.

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Maintains a healthy and positive engineering culture.

Requirements

An ideal candidate for the Technical lead role is someone who:

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Has at least 5 years of PHP software development experience

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Has at least 2 years of experience managing software engineers

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Has demonstrable technical project or product management experience

Candidate screening

Given the technical nature of our team and our async-first way or working, we often leverage candidate screening exercises to start the interview process. For this role, exercises will align with the following badges:

🏅 servant leadership Serves others, empowers and develops their team members, prioritizes their needs, and fosters a positive work environment

🏅 git basics Understand and apply basic Git concepts

🏅 github basics Understand and apply basic GitHub concepts

🏅 ansible basics Uses Ansible automation

🏅 docker basics Understand the basics of the Docker containerization platform

🏅 linux basics Understand the basics of Linux system usage

🏅 markdown basics Understand the basics of the Markdown language

🏅 symfony basics Understand the basics of the Symfony Framework and Components

🏅 ubuntu basics Understand how to use and manage an Ubuntu Linux Server

🏅 yaml basics Able to read, create and maintain YAML files

That said, at LinkORB we understand that no one knows everything and the learning journey is part of what we love about the work.

Ready to apply?

Great, we are excited to hear from you! Please send a cover letter and resume to engineering@linkorb.com.

Things we love seeing and hearing about in applications:

Your personal philosophy for leading technical teams
Your journey from engineer to tech lead
What in particular excites you about this role or working at LinkORB?

Pro tip! We give strong weight to applicants who provide personal and meaningful responses to the above in their application.

Working at LinkORB

LinkORB Engineering is the sub-group of LinkORB focused on the development and operations of our products and platforms: innovative healthcare solutions for healthcare professionals and their patients.

We are a fully remote team collaborating almost entirely asynchronously to build and support products used by millions of families and thousands of healthcare professionals.

Read more about LinkORB Engineering. Specifically, you might check out our:

Culture and handbook How we work
Available Jobs (single projects and positions) We're hiring!
Culture and work style assessment A simple way to compare your work style and ours
The Badge System Never stop learning
Working at LinkORB blog post An inside perspective

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