Tech Lead / Architect

AeliaSoft; Remote; AED 367,000 - 515,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech firm is looking for a Tech Lead/Architect to join the team in a fully remote role supporting partners in Dubai. You will be responsible for designing scalable backend systems, leading a team of engineers, and ensuring high-quality solutions. Ideal candidates will have over 6 years of backend engineering experience, deep expertise in Golang and AWS architectures, along with strong leadership and collaboration skills. The position emphasizes hands-on development and strategic direction.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend or platform engineering experience.
• 2+ years in a tech lead or architect role.
• Deep experience in Golang and AWS architecture.
• Strong grasp of microservice architecture and scalability principles.

Responsibilities

• Drive the design and implementation of scalable backend systems.
• Lead and mentor backend engineers.
• Contribute to architectural documentation on Confluence.
• Enforce security, performance, and observability best practices.

Skills

Golang

AWS architecture

Microservices

Observability stacks

CI/CD pipelines

Migration strategies

Tools

PostgreSQL

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Job description

About Aeliasoft :

Aeliasoft is a leader in digital transformation, specializing in software development and artificial intelligence to accelerate business growth. We serve a diverse range of global clients, including those in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Switzerland, UAE, Germany, and Chile. At Aeliasoft, we deliver customized software solutions that address unique business challenges and goals, fostering a culture of continuous learning and excellence. Our team is dedicated to innovation and staying ahead of technological advancements to ensure efficient and secure software systems.

About the Job :

Aeliasoft is looking for a Tech Lead / Architect to join our team fully remotely, supporting one of our partners in Dubai. You will drive the design and implementation of scalable, secure backend systems, lead the engineering team, and define architectural standards across the platform. This role combines hands‑on development with strategic leadership, ensuring high‑quality, maintainable, and future‑ready solutions.

Architecture & System Design :

• Define and maintain the overall backend architecture: Go API layer, internal services, data layer, and integrations.
• Design scalable, secure, multi‑AZ AWS infrastructure.
• Ensure API‑first, OpenAPI‑driven contracts between backend and mobile / web clients.
• Define clear service boundaries, data ownership, and internal communication patterns (REST / gRPC / SQS / EventBridge).
• Contribute to architectural documentation (ADRs, diagrams, service catalog) on Confluence.

Technical Leadership :

• Lead and mentor backend engineers (Go developers) and set engineering standards across the team.
• Drive code quality, testing culture, observability, and operational readiness.
• Collaborate with DevOps on CI / CD, infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform), and blue / green deploys.
• Work closely with QA and Product to ensure predictable, safe releases aligned with code freeze periods.
• Participate in capacity planning, cost optimization, and incident post‑mortems.
• Experience defining and evolving OpenAPI‑based APIs for mobile and web clients.
• Proficiency with PostgreSQL schema versioning and migration strategies.

Leadership & Soft Skills :

• Proven experience leading engineering teams through architecture transitions or platform rebuilds.
• Strong communication skills - able to explain trade‑offs and influence technical direction.
• Strategic mindset with hands‑on execution - comfortable switching between architecting and coding.
• Collaborative approach with Product, QA, and DevOps teams.
• Organized, self‑driven, and aligned with a stability‑first engineering culture.

Implementation & Delivery :

• Lead by example through hands‑on development (Go‑based APIs and microservices).
• Review and modernize existing PHP‑based components as part of the migration.
• Enforce security, performance, and observability best practices (secrets management, metrics, logs).
• Define SLOs and ensure compliance with performance and uptime objectives.

Qualifications :

• 6+ years in backend or platform engineering; 2+ years in a tech lead or architect role.
• Deep experience in Golang, including concurrency, testing, and idiomatic design.
• Solid background in AWS architecture (ECS / Fargate, RDS Postgres, Secrets Manager, SQS, CloudWatch, API Gateway).
• Strong understanding of microservice architecture, system design, and scalability principles. Experience designing and implementing CI / CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Terraform, IaC).
• Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch / CloudWatch).
• Strong grasp of networking, IAM, and security best practices for cloud‑native apps.

Key Skills :

• Experience in migration from PHP to Go or other modernization efforts. Familiarity with HubSpot API / webhooks and third-party integrations.
• Exposure to event‑driven architecture (Kafka / SNS / EventBridge).
• Experience building multi‑region or multi‑tenant systems.
• Contributions to engineering standards, internal tooling, or technical documentation.