Engineering Team Lead (PHP)

About Medserv

Medserv is a market-leading provider of healthcare administration and billing services to providers across Ireland and the UK. Our software supports the day-to-day operation of medical practices, including billing, claims, payments, appointments, and patient administration.

The Role

You will lead a team of five engineers, taking ownership of delivery, performance and development. This is a hands-on leadership role, with approximately 30% of your time spent coding and the remainder focused on leading the team.

Reporting to an Engineering Manager, you will oversee the full delivery cycle, make technical decisions and ensure the team delivers high-quality software.

What You'll Do

• Lead and develop five engineers through coaching, feedback, performance management and career development.
• Own sprint planning, estimation, delivery and continuous improvement.
• Remove blockers, manage dependencies and escalate risks early.
• Oversee external contractors, ensuring delivery and quality standards.
• Remain hands-on with coding, code reviews and technical decisions (approximately 30%).
• Partner with Product to translate business needs into deliverable work.
• Own system quality, reliability and ongoing support.
• Use engineering metrics and AI to improve productivity, developer experience and delivery processes.
• Support recruitment, onboarding and engineering standards.
• Communicate progress, risks and priorities to leadership.

Our Technology

PHP, Laravel, MySQL, React, TypeScript, Python, Azure, AWS, Redis, GitHub Actions, Sentry and Playwright.

Essential Experience

• At least two years' direct people management experience, including performance and development.
• Proven track record of delivering software through engineering teams.
• Strong commercial PHP experience, ideally Laravel, with the ability to remain hands-on.
• Experience leading agile delivery and improving team performance.
• Good knowledge of relational databases and MySQL.
• Confidence in making technical decisions, managing underperformance and maintaining high standards.

You don't need to have held the title of Engineering Team Lead. We value proven leadership, technical capability and delivery results over job titles. If you meet the essential requirements, we'd encourage you to apply, even if you don't tick every desirable box.

What We Offer

• Annual leave - 21+ days' annual leave
• Holiday Plus scheme - purchase additional leave through our HPS
• Service-based leave accrual - earn additional annual leave as your length of service grows
• Flexi start - greater flexibility to balance work and personal commitments
• Corporate health insurance - company-funded cover through Vitality
• Enhanced pension - employer contributions above the statutory minimum
• Life assurance - available from day one
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave - subject to eligibility
• Workcation opportunities - flexibility to work remotely from an approved location
• Funded gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - confidential wellbeing support for you and your family
• Professional development - investment in training, certifications and career progression
• Sports and social programme - regular company events and team activities

Additional Information

• This is a flexible hybrid role, with an expectation of regular on-site attendance to support team collaboration and engagement.
  
• Applicants must have the right to work in the Republic of Ireland. Unfortunately, Medserv is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.
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