Lead Back-End Developer

ADLIB; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A top software business in Exeter is seeking a Lead Back-End Developer to join their team. This role involves driving the delivery of back-office systems, managing technical roadmaps, and ensuring high performance of platforms. Candidates should have experience in technical leadership, modern frameworks such as PHP and Go, and familiarity with cloud services like AWS. The company offers a competitive salary up to £58k, annual bonuses, and generous holiday benefits, fostering career growth in a thriving environment.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme

Generous training budget

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Birthday off

Increase of holiday by a day a year (up to 30 days)

Qualifications

• Experience in a technical leadership or senior developer role.
• Significant experience with modern frameworks and languages.
• Solid understanding of databases, APIs, and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Drive the delivery and evolution of back-office systems.
• Manage delivery and act as a technical stakeholder.
• Plan sprints and mentor team members.

Skills

Technical leadership

SaaS or enterprise software experience

Modern frameworks (PHP, Go, Symfony, Laravel)

Understanding of databases, APIs, microservices

Experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure)

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines

Frontend frameworks (Vue.js, React)

System re-architecture or platform migration experience

Job description

We’re looking for a Lead Back-End Developer to join a top software business in Exeter with more than a thousand Leisure, Tourism, and Events businesses across the globe. They’ve grown significantly over the last few years and off the back of a very successful 2025, they are now looking for a hands‑on Lead Back‑End Developer to join the team (80% Back‑End, 20% Team Leadership).

2 days per week in Exeter office.

What skills you’ll be needing

• Experience in a technical leadership or senior developer role, ideally within SaaS or enterprise software.
• Significant experience with modern frameworks and languages (e.g., PHP, Go, Symfony, Laravel).
• Solid understanding of databases, APIs, and microservices.
• Experience managing technical roadmaps and stakeholder expectations.
• Confident working with cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with reporting systems, data pipelines, and system configuration tools.
• Exposure to frontend frameworks such as Vue.js or React.
• Prior involvement in system re‑architecture or platform migration projects.

What you’ll be doing:

The Lead Back-End Developer will drive the delivery and evolution of back-office systems, ensuring continuous improvements and enabling platforms to be high-performing, secure, and future-ready. This is a hands‑on leadership role ideal for a technically skilled senior developer who can lead a team, manage delivery, and act as a key technical stakeholder for core system components such as reporting, configuration tools, and customer/venue management interfaces. You will plan sprints, mentor and support team members, promote best practice, high coding standards and track and report on team performance. They will look for you to be able to review code, propose improvements and manage technical debt, modernising legacy systems.

What you’ll get in return:

You’ll receive a starting salary up to £58k and benefits including: an annual bonus scheme, a generous individual training budget per year to spend on courses or accreditations. You’ll join the team with 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday off, but this will increase by a day a year (up to 30 days) to reward long service. This is a great opportunity to challenge and progress your career with one of the region’s tech success stories as they continue to thrive.

What’s next?

Interested? Send in your CV or you can get in touch with Mike if you have any questions.