Lead Engineer (PHP/Golang)

JR United Kingdom; Chester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology platform in Chester is looking for a Lead Engineer to spearhead the backend engineering strategy. This role includes migrating from a monolith to Golang Microservices while ensuring the architecture supports millions of transactions. If you're experienced with PHP and Laravel and have a passion for high-load platforms, this could be the perfect opportunity.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead backend engineering strategy across core API infrastructure.
• Drive best practices and standards.
• Build a robust architecture for high performance.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

Architecture discussions

High load platforms

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!