Backend tech lead

About the team

Kiloverse is the operational force that helps ventures grow — building the systems, teams, and infrastructure that turn ideas into scalable businesses. Behind every fast-growing product, there’s a group of people who think like owners, act fast, and execute with precision.

Here, you’ll find people who want to break big in their careers — working side by side with entrepreneurs and founders to build ventures that redefine the health, wellness, beauty, or travel industries.

Get ready to

• Define and drive the overall technical strategy and architecture across multiple products and brands;
• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of 3-4 backend engineers;
• Own system architecture decisions — design for scalability, maintainability, and reliability;
• Review technical designs and code to ensure quality, performance, and adherence to best practices;
• Hands-on development using PHP, Laravel, and Laravel Nova;
• Identify technical debt, propose improvements, and drive their implementation proactively;
• Ensure system reliability — monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues, and put safeguards in place to prevent recurrence;
• Build and improve engineering processes, eliminate bottlenecks, and ensure consistency across teams;
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices to improve delivery speed;
• Track and report technical health metrics (uptime, performance, incident counts) to senior management;
• Collaborate closely with frontend, QA, and product teams;
• Stay up-to-date with new tools, architectural patterns, and AI-assisted development practices;
• Proactively identify technical risks and gaps and take initiative to address them without waiting to be directed.

We expect you to have

• 5+ years of proven backend development experience;
• Strong hands-on experience with PHP and Laravel; experience with Laravel Nova is a plus;
• Strong understanding of system architecture, database design, and API design;
• Experience owning production reliability — monitoring, incident response, performance tuning;
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum development processes;
• Ability to manage and grow a backend engineering team;
• Ability to leverage AI tools in coding and development workflows;
• Strong sense of ownership — able to independently identify scope, prioritize, and execute without constant direction.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Laravel Nova specifically;
• Experience with queueing/event-driven systems (e.g. SQS, Redis);
• Experience working in e-commerce or high-traffic web products;
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar) and CI/CD pipelines.

Salary

Gross salary range is 5500-6500 EUR/month.

Location

We have several great workspaces to choose from, including our headquarters in Vilnius and our hubs in Klaipėda and Riga.

For our Vilnius office, we follow a 4 days onsite, 1 day remote hybrid model. For roles based outside Vilnius, the work arrangement - onsite, hybrid, or remote-depends on the specific position.

Speaking of perks:

Own your wellness

Stay sharp and well in your own way – health insurance (after probation), on-site physiotherapist, office gym, and fitness classes keep you moving. Plus 7 extra days off, 3 for weddings, hybrid work, and the freedom to work 2 months from anywhere in the world.

Boost your daily life

Every breakthrough needs a spark, and our daily setup is designed to support it. Enjoy a pet-friendly office, fresh breakfasts, hot lunches, and fully stocked drawers and fridges for a quick snack or even a team-cooked meal together. Rooftop and cellar events keep things lively, while a public transport card for Vilnius and access to Perks.lt benefits help make everyday life a little easier.

Shape your growth path

Builders never stop learning. Coaching, mentorship, training, conferences, online courses, subscriptions, books – you’ve got a €1100 yearly budget to fuel personal or team growth. You pick the path – we’ll back you all the way.

Drive global impact

This is where ambition scales. Build impact across 30+ brands worldwide. Launch bold projects. Even step in as a co-founder – we reward those who push further. And if you bring in more great people, you get €1500 for every successful referral.

*additional conditions apply based on your residence location.