Lead Engineer (PHP/Golang)

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

Job summary

A leading technology platform based in Lincoln is seeking a Lead Engineer to oversee the backend engineering strategy. In this pivotal role, you will guide the migration from a Laravel monolith to Golang microservices while ensuring the architecture can handle millions of transactions. Your extensive PHP and Laravel experience will be critical in shaping high-load platforms. If you're excited about leading cutting-edge technology transformations, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Extensive PHP/Laravel experience is essential.
• Experience in building large scale, high load platforms.
• Ability to lead architecture discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the backend engineering strategy across the core API infrastructure.
• Drive best practices and standards.
• Build a robust, high-performance architecture.
• Migrate from Laravel Monolith to Golang Microservices.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

Microservices

Architecture discussions

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!