Ask the Lead some questions about that architecture. For example, is there a deeper reason or rationale for different middleware on user mgmt and logging vs. a

Ask the Lead some questions about that architecture. For example, is there a deeper reason or rationale for different middleware on user mgmt and logging vs. academics? Is it possible they will need to scale the academics side, but not the user management? Or more often the case is usually nothing technical at all. Probably someone less technical said "I like [Rails|Laravel|X] use that". If that person is in a position of power, the Lead may have been forced into it if that technology is "someone's baby" so to speak. Unfortunately, political, bureaucratic and non-technical reasons are common in technology choices. You may leave and find the same scenario some place else.