Lead Backend Engineer - Laravel & Microservices

.; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A communication technology company in Vancouver is seeking a skilled backend developer to enhance their innovative software platform. This role involves leading a team, improving infrastructure, and contributing to product planning. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience with RESTful APIs and the Laravel/Lumen framework. The position offers a competitive salary between $110,000 - $120,000 annually, along with options grants for contributions to the team. Applicants must be authorized to work in Canada.

Qualifications

• Five years of work experience in development environments.
• Experience mentoring and leading backend teams.
• Strong database design and optimization skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to product planning and project management.
• Mentor and lead a team.
• Improve infrastructure of Backend Team.

Skills

Development agency experience

Leading multi-product backend teams

Designing RESTful API

Laravel/Lumen framework

Database design and optimization

Debugging performance bottlenecks

Postgres and Redis

Security best practices

API authentication and security

Automated testing

Tools

GitHub

CI/CD systems

Docker or Kubernetes

Linux systems (Ubuntu/Alpine)

Job description

A communication technology company in Vancouver is seeking a skilled backend developer to enhance their innovative software platform. This role involves leading a team, improving infrastructure, and contributing to product planning. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience with RESTful APIs and the Laravel/Lumen framework. The position offers a competitive salary between $110,000 - $120,000 annually, along with options grants for contributions to the team. Applicants must be authorized to work in Canada.