Lead Backend Engineer
Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
£ 90KJob location
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Software as a Service
Cloud Computing
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Distributed Systems
Elasticsearch
Laravel
OAuth
Redis
Backend
Event Driven Architecture
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Docker
Web Api
Microservices
Job description
- Lead and develop our Laravel microservices platform used in a live SaaS product
- Build and maintain our multi-tenant architecture with strong data isolation
- Extend our scientific calculation engine with high accuracy requirements
- Work across queues, Redis pub/sub, and event-driven workflows
- Develop and maintain integrations with external APIs and data sources
- Help shape how our backend evolves, how services communicate, and how changes are rolled out across the system
Technologies:
- AWS
- Backend
- CI/CD
- Docker
- EC2
- ElasticSearch
- Laravel
- OAuth
- Redis
- Security
- microservices
- Cloud
- DevOps
Requirements
- 5+ years of Laravel experience in complex backend or SaaS systems
- Strong experience with multi-tenant architecture, shared packages, and distributed systems
- Solid understanding of OAuth 2.1, identity systems, and backend security
- Experience with AWS (EC2, RDS, S3), Docker, CI/CD, and Laravel Forge or Vapor
- Comfort working with Elasticsearch, async pipelines, and event-driven design