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Lead Backend Engineer @ Rise Technical Recruitment

Francis Street, LondonOnsiteFull-timePosted today

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Salary: £80,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements: 5+ years of Laravel experience in complex backend or SaaS systemsStrong experience with multi-tenant architecture, shared packages, and distributed systemsSolid understanding of OAuth 2.1, identity systems, and backend securityExperience with AWS (EC2, RDS, S3), Docker, CI/CD, and Laravel Forge or VaporComfortable working with Elasticsearch, async pipelines, and event-driven design Responsibilities: Lead and develop our Laravel microservices platform used in a live SaaS productBuild and maintain our multi-tenant architecture with strong data isolationExtend our scientific calculation engine with high accuracy requirementsWork across queues, Redis pub/sub, and event-driven workflowsDevelop and maintain integrations with external APIs and data sources Technologies: AWSBackendCI/CDDockerEC2ElasticSearchLaravelOAuthRedisSecuritymicroservicesCloudDevOps More:

We are an ambitious SaaS business building a platform used within the UK energy sector to manage property data, thermodynamic calculations, compliance, and project delivery. Our system is already live and growing, with leading businesses onboarded and relying on it for regulated work. You will join a small, hands-on team with full ownership of a technically demanding Laravel microservices architecture, and you will have genuine scope to shape the architecture, standards, and future direction of the product. This is a hybrid role based in London, with one day per week in the office ideally, though every other week is also workable for the right person. We offer a strong progression route and meaningful equity aligned to impact, and we are an equal opportunities company welcoming applications from all suitable candidates.

last updated 29 week of 2026

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