Lead Engineer (PHP/Golang)

JR United Kingdom; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology platform in the UK is seeking a Lead Engineer to spearhead the backend engineering strategy. With a focus on building a high-performance architecture, you will oversee the transition from a Laravel Monolith to Golang Microservices, setting standards and best practices for the team. If you have extensive experience in PHP and Laravel and are excited about building scalable systems for millions of users, this could be your next challenge.

Qualifications

• Extensive PHP/Laravel experience required.
• Familiarity with large scale, high load platforms.
• Experience in leading architecture discussions.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading the backend engineering strategy.
• Drive best practices and standards for development.
• Build a robust architecture powering millions of transactions.
• Migrate from Laravel Monolith to Golang Microservices.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

Backend Engineering

Microservices

Architecture

Job description

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Xcede are partnering with a well known technology platform that has over 15 million registered users and are going through a very exciting transformation as a business.

? What will you do as a Lead Engineer?

• You will be responsible for leading the backend engineering strategy across the core API infrastructure.
• Driving best practices and standards
• Building a robust, high performance architecture powering millions of transactions
• Organically migrating over from a Laravel Monolith to Golang Microservices

? What background are they looking for?

• Extensive PHP/Laravel experience
• Familiarity with building large scale, high load platforms
• Leading architecture discussions

If this sounds interesting, please apply or reach out!