Tech Lead (PHP & Golang) | API Platform | Up to £85,000 + Bonus | Fully Remote UK PHP (Symfony) | Golang | APIs | AWS | Kubernetes | Vue.js

As part of this growth, we're hiring a Tech Lead to lead the evolution of a large-scale API platform as the business continues its migration from legacy applications to a modern API-first architecture.

This is a true technical leadership position, combining hands-on engineering with architecture ownership, mentoring, and strategic decision-making.

Why Join?

Lead the technical direction of a business-critical API Platform

Work across PHP (Symfony) and Golang services

Drive a large-scale legacy modernisation programme

Fully remote working across the UK

Monthly collaboration days fully expensed

High-growth environment with strong engineering investment

Genuine ownership and influence over architecture and delivery

The Role

You'll be responsible for the technical direction, quality, and scalability of the API Platform Team, helping to build and evolve services that support multiple products across the organisation.

The role offers approximately 70% hands-on development and 30% leadership, making it ideal for someone who enjoys coding while leading engineers and driving technical decisions.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the API Platform technical roadmap
• Building and maintaining backend services using PHP (Symfony) and Golang
• Driving migration from legacy systems to modern API-first architecture
• Defining API standards, versioning, security, and documentation
• Making architectural decisions focused on scalability, resilience, and performance
• Mentoring and line managing engineers
• Working closely with Product and QA teams to deliver high-quality solutions
• Promoting engineering best practices through code reviews, testing, and automation

Backend

• PHP (Symfony) - Essential
• Golang - Essential
• MySQL

Frontend

• Vue.js

Infrastructure

• AWS
• Kubernetes

DevOps

• GitHub Actions
• CI/CD

What We're Looking For

Essential

Strong commercial experience with PHP (Symfony)

Experience building and maintaining API-driven backend systems

Experience working with Golang in production environments

Previous experience as a Tech Lead, Lead Engineer, or Senior Software Engineer

Strong understanding of object-oriented design and scalable architecture

Experience leading technical decisions and mentoring engineers

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

Highly Desirable

Legacy modernisation and migration experience

Kubernetes and cloud-native environments

High-throughput or data-intensive platforms

Experience working in regulated industries, If you're an experienced Tech Lead with strong PHP expertise and commercial Golang experience, and you're excited by modern API architecture, platform engineering, and technical leadership, we'd love to hear from you.

We're working with a high-growth, Series A-funded SaaS organisation that is scaling rapidly and investing heavily in its engineering function.