Lead Engineer (PHP/Golang)

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

Job summary

A leading technology platform is seeking a Lead Engineer to spearhead their backend engineering strategy. Key responsibilities include leading development across the API infrastructure and transitioning from a Laravel Monolith to Golang Microservices. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in PHP/Laravel and a strong understanding of high load systems.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with PHP and Laravel is essential.
• Familiarity with high load platforms and microservices architecture.
• Experience leading architecture discussions is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the backend engineering strategy for the core API infrastructure.
• Drive best practices and standards across the engineering team.
• Migrate from a Laravel Monolith to Golang Microservices architecture.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

Architecture design

Microservices

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!