🌳 URGENT: x3 Tech Leads (API Platform) 🌳 Golang/PHP | APIs | Vue.js | Fully Remote (UK)- 85k + Bonus | Series A Startup Job at Leeds Full Time NEW

URGENT: x3 Tech Leads (API Platform)

Golang | PHP/APIs | Vue.js | Fully Remote (UK) | Up to £90k + Bonus | Series A Startup

Interviews Next Week | Offers in Days

Areti Group is partnering with a high-growth, Series A startup that’s scaling at serious pace — 20+ hires planned in the next 3 months .

We’re looking for exceptional Tech Leads to take ownership of a core API Platform Team , driving the transition from legacy systems into a modern, scalable, API-first architecture — with a key shift from PHP into Golang .

✅ The Essentials

• Fully Remote (UK-based)
• ✈️ Monthly on-site collaboration (fully expensed)
• ⚡ Fast process: interview → offer within 3 days

Why This Role Stands Out

✔️ True Tech Lead role (≈70% hands-on / 30% leadership)

✔️ Major tech evolution – moving from PHP → Golang

✔️ Own the architecture of a high-scale API platform

✔️ High-impact work in a fast-growing startup

✔️ Strong engineering culture – collaborative, pragmatic, product-focused

✔️ Real influence on technical direction, standards & delivery

️ Tech Stack

• Backend: Transitioning from PHP (Symfony) → Golang , MySQL
• Frontend: Vue.js (component-driven)
• Cloud: AWS, Kubernetes
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions

What You’ll Be Doing

Leading the technical direction of the API platform

Driving migration from legacy systems to API-first architecture

Building high-performance, scalable services in Golang

Defining API standards (design, versioning, security)

Writing clean, production-grade code

Line managing & mentoring a team of 4 engineers

Acting as the technical escalation point

Partnering closely with Product & QA

What We’re Looking For

✔️ Proven experience as a Tech Lead / Senior Engineer

✔️ Strong background in API & backend development

✔️ Solid object-oriented design & scalable architecture skills

✔️ Experience working across the full stack in production

✔️ Leadership experience – mentoring, managing, growing engineers

✔️ Confident making technical decisions & trade-offs

✨ Nice to Have

➕ Experience with Golang (or strong desire to move into it)

➕ Legacy system modernisation / migration

➕ Kubernetes / cloud-native experience

➕ High-throughput, data-heavy systems

➕ Experience in regulated domains (e.g. healthcare)

Package & Benefits

Up to £90,000 base salary

Bonus

25 days holiday + bank holidays

➕ Up to 30 days with tenure

Birthday off

Private medical insurance

Pension

Cycle to Work Scheme

Wellbeing platform (24/7 GP, EAP, counselling)

Learning & development support

Regular social events

⏰ Why Apply Now?

These roles are LIVE and urgent

Interview slots already booked for next week

If you’re a Tech Lead who thrives on building scalable API platforms, leading engineers, and driving real technical change (PHP → Golang) — this is your moment.