Lead Engineer (PHP/Golang)

JR United Kingdom; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-known technology platform in the UK is seeking a Lead Engineer to spearhead their backend engineering strategy. This position focuses on transitioning from a Laravel monolith to Golang microservices while ensuring high performance and robust infrastructure. Candidates should have extensive experience with PHP and Laravel, and familiarity with large-scale platforms is highly desirable.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in PHP and Laravel.
• Experience in large scale, high load platforms.
• Ability to lead architecture discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the backend engineering strategy for core API infrastructure.
• Drive best practices and standards.
• Build robust architecture for millions of transactions.
• Migrate from Laravel Monolith to Golang Microservices.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

Golang

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!