Lead Backend Engineer – Go, Kafka & K8s (Flexible Work)

Angkas; Makati; Hybrid; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals

Gym access

Career growth opportunities

Competitive salary

Hybrid/work flexibility

Job summary

Angkas is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Manila to drive technical excellence and architectural decisions. You will lead cross-functional teams, own critical components, and mentor engineers while delivering scalable, secure systems using Go, Kafka, K8s, Redis, and PostgreSQL.

You’ll collaborate with product managers and designers, provide technical guidance, and participate in 24x7 on-call responsibilities. A strong emphasis on leadership and high-availability design defines this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 7+ years of professional development experience.
• Expertise in Go (Golang), Kafka, K8s, Redis, and PostgreSQL.
• Understanding of advanced programming design patterns.
• Capability to teach and demonstrate writing clean and maintainable code.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Proficiency with high scalability and high availability systems.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Owns a set of components and drives technical direction.
• Provide guidance on software design, development, and implementation.
• Lead architectural discussions and decisions; contribute as senior engineer.
• Build and run the software; participate in 24x7 on-call roaster.
• Ensure delivery performance of the team and mentor members.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project requirements.

Skills

Go (Golang)

Kafka

Kubernetes

Redis

PostgreSQL

System design

Architectural decisions

Technical leadership

Mentoring

On-call operations

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Angkas is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Manila to drive technical excellence and architectural decisions. You will lead cross-functional teams, own critical components, and mentor engineers while delivering scalable, secure systems using Go, Kafka, K8s, Redis, and PostgreSQL.

You’ll collaborate with product managers and designers, provide technical guidance, and participate in 24x7 on-call responsibilities. A strong emphasis on leadership and high-availability design defines this role.