Senior Backend Engineer (PHP/Yii2) Team Lead (Hands-on)

Job Description Senior Backend Engineer (PHP/Yii2) Team Lead (Hands-on ERP-SaaS)

Company Description

Samarth eGov is an initiative under Project Samarth, sponsored by the Ministry of Education (MoE) and implemented by Delhi of University. The project aim to enable the Universities and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) through a digital framework for planning, management, delivery, and monitoring of services for students, staff, and other stakeholders through fully managed, cloud based, comprehensive ERP that is custom built for HEIs of the country. Read More at https://samarth.edu.in/

Job Mission

Ensure the technical integrity, performance, and scalability of Samarth's multi-module Education ERP platform. Drive architectural standards, cross-module integrations, and end-to-end technical delivery excellence aligned with institutional and business priorities. This is a hands-on role (6070% coding expected). You will lead a team of 36 engineers.

Technical Hands-on

PHP 8.2,Yii2, Aws Solution Architect Certification, Nginx, Apache, php-fpm, Mysql, Postgress, ClickHouse, Temporal, Redis, Linux Centos, Git, Gitlab, Scrum, Agile, Figma, Bootstrap, Jquery, React, Tailwind, CI/CD, cloud native technologies and use of AI in coding.

Duties

Own technical delivery of assigned ERP modules

Lead day-to-day development activities

Review code for quality, security, and performance

Translate business requirements into solution.

Ensure modularity, scalability, and maintainability

Lead cross-functional technical teams across modules

Manage ERP release/deployment pipelines and environments

Drive performance, scalability, and SLA adherence

Ensure security and compliance across modules

Coordinate internal and external integrations

Review designs and enforce architectural standards

Mentor and develop technical staff

Manage technical debt and roadmap priorities

Support major releases and complex production issues

Expected Results

Stable, scalable ERP operations with no outages

On-time module releases and upgrades

Integrated and robust API/event services

Performance KPIs met during peak periods

High cross-team technical alignment

Higher system adaptation and increase in usage

Architecturally consistent solutions across modules

Reduced rework due to clear design upfront

Scalable systems handling peak loads

Secure and compliant solution designs

KPI'S

Sprint delivery predictability

Reusability of shared components

ERP uptime percentage

Code review compliance

Mean time to resolution (MTTR) for incidents

Architectural and Performance benchmarks compliance score

Number of new features added

Number of Institutions adopted the features

Configuration vs customisation ratio

Integration stability during deadlines

Peak-load success rate

Deployment success rate

Professional Knowledge

Education ERP domain knowledge

Module-based and layered software architecture patterns

API, event-driven and integration patterns

Cloud/on-prem deployment models

Security architecture and data governance

Silo-SAS tenant architecture models (DB/schema/app level)

Approval workflow based and time-bound data modeling

SQL/NoSQL database schema design

SDK integration implementation

Regulatory and audit-friendly system design

PHP, Yii2, Linux, Mysql, AWS, Cloud Native Technologies

Skills

Hands-on coding and debugging

Technical design and documentation

Code reviews and refactoring

Cross-team collaboration

Incident analysis and resolution

Stakeholder communication

Performance and scalability planning

Risk assessment

Balance ideal architecture with delivery constraints

Implement complex workflows

Plan and Handle peak-load stability issues

Guide junior engineers

Experience and Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science / Engineering 46 years of experience in backend development, preferably in SaaS, ERP, or large-scale web applications. At least 1 year of experience owning modules or leading small teams (36 engineers).Strong hands-on experience with PHP (Yii2 preferred), MySQL/PostgreSQL, and REST API development. Solid understanding of MVC architecture and backend system design fundamentals. Experience with caching mechanisms (Redis, query caching, or application-level caching).Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, and Linux-based environments. Exposure to performance optimization and handling moderate scale systems. Basic understanding of cloud environments (AWS or similar) is a plus.Experience working in multi-tenant systems or ERP/education domain is an advantage. Comfortable working in a high-velocity development and deployment environment. This is a hands-on role (6070% coding expected), with responsibility for leading a small team and delivering scalable backend modules.