Senior Back-End Developer

At DigiTickets, we’re committed to delivering intuitive, scalable solutions that power ticketing, bookings, and operations for some of the UK’s best-known visitor attractions. We’re seeking a Back End Team Leader to lead the delivery and evolution of our back-office systems, driving continuous improvements and ensuring that our platforms are high-performing, secure, and future-ready. 

Benefits 

• Holidays: 25-30 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays), with increased entitlement based on service. 

• Competitive Salary: Up £54,000 based on experience 

• Nest Pension scheme 

• Discretionary company bonus 

• Annual Training Allowance: Receive support for certifications and professional development. 

• Birthday Leave: Enjoy a day off on your birthday to celebrate. 

• Team Outings & Events: Be part of a collaborative and social team culture. 

• Annual training and certification allowance  

Key Responsibilities 

• Taking prototypes from design stage through to build stage, collaborating with our key stakeholders to deliver the best experience for our clients 

• Create new reusable components

• Work alongside our Front-End team to deliver new features, or improve existing ones 

• Collaborate with the QA team to ensure quality deliverables 

• Working with our Client Services team to provide technical analysis, support and fixes 

• Support the Back-End Team Lead to guide and support the Back-End team 

Required Skills and Experience 

• Strong hands-on coding skills in modern frameworks and languages (e.g., PHP, Go, Symphony, Laravel)

• Solid understanding of databases

• Experience with Service Orientated Architecture

• Using CI/CD tooling to deploy code

• Testing frameworks and methodologies (TDD, BDD) 

• Knowledge of version control systems (Git)

• Familiarity with reporting systems, ETL workloads, and system configuration tools.

• Understanding of software design patterns

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail