Technical Project Manager

We are looking for a hands-on Technical Delivery Manager with 10+ years of experience building and delivering website applications .

This role requires deep, hands-on expertise in PHP, Laravel, MySQL, AWS cloud infrastructure, APIs, and web application architecture . You must be capable of working directly with the technology, not simply managing developers who do the technical work.

You will be responsible for independently managing the complete lifecycle of a project , including client communication, requirements gathering, technical design, development planning, hands-on development, database design, AWS infrastructure, QA, deployment, and production support.

You must be comfortable working directly with US-based clients, understanding their business requirements, translating those requirements into technical solutions, managing development and taking complete ownership of delivery.

This is a hands-on technical role. Candidates whose experience is primarily project management, Scrum management, client coordination, or people management without recent hands-on PHP/Laravel, MySQL, and AWS experience will not be a fit for this position.

• Work directly with US-based clients to gather and clarify requirements, define scope, provide estimates, communicate progress, manage expectations, and resolve issues.
• Take complete ownership of projects from technical design and development through QA, deployment, production support, and successful delivery .
• Work hands-on with PHP and Laravel to develop features, review code, debug applications, troubleshoot complex issues, and provide technical guidance to developers.
• Design, optimize, and troubleshoot MySQL databases and application architecture, including schemas, queries, indexes, APIs, integrations, authentication, caching, queues, security, performance, and scalability.
• Work directly with AWS cloud infrastructure , including deployment, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, databases, storage, networking, security, and production environments.
• Manage and coordinate developers and QA engineers, translate business requirements into technical tasks, evaluate technical approaches, prioritize work, and ensure appropriate engineering and coding standards.
• Own the QA and release process , including functional, integration, regression, API, automated, UAT, deployment, and production validation.
• Investigate and resolve technical and production issues across PHP/Laravel, MySQL, AWS, APIs, integrations, Git, deployments, and CI/CD , while identifying technical risks and problems before they impact production.
• Manage project timelines, priorities, technical decisions, risks, and communication with clients and internal leadership without requiring day-to-day supervision .

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience building and delivering websites and web applications , with strong recent hands-on development experience.
• Deep hands-on expertise in PHP and Laravel , with the ability to personally develop features, review code, debug applications, troubleshoot production issues, and guide other developers.
• Strong hands-on MySQL experience, including schema design, complex SQL, indexing, query optimization, transactions, database performance, and troubleshooting.
• Strong hands-on AWS experience deploying, configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting production web applications, including services such as EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda, and load balancing .
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, third-party integrations, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, authentication, application security, caching, performance optimization, and modern web application architecture .
• Strong understanding of QA and release methodologies , including functional, integration, regression, API, automated, performance, UAT, and production testing.
• Experience with Git, branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, CI/CD, deployments, and production support .
• Significant experience working directly with U.S.-based clients , including leading meetings, gathering and challenging requirements, providing estimates, explaining technical decisions, managing expectations, communicating project status, and handling escalations.
• Demonstrated experience independently managing the complete lifecycle of software projects , including coordinating development and QA teams and managing multiple concurrent projects, priorities, and deadlines without requiring another project manager or technical lead.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills are a must.

• Experience integrating LLMs and generative AI into production web applications.
• Understanding of RAG, embeddings, vector databases, prompt engineering, AI agents, and AI evaluation.
• Experience with Python and AI APIs.
• Experience with Redis, Docker and containerized application deployment along with automated testing frameworks such as PHPUnit, Playwright, Selenium, similar.