Big Red Recruitment Midlands Ltd
About the Company
Big Red is proud to represent 20+ years of raising the bar for tech and transformation recruitment.
Choose from 3 simple services.
Project-Style Recruitment
Give us total responsibility for one or all of your roles. With project-style recruitment, you always know what's happening next.
CV overwhelm is a relic of the past. Instead, you sign off a project plan that covers sourcing, check-in call, shortlisting, our Big Red screening interviews, your interview dates, and the all-important offer.
ON DEMAND
Get immediate support for your hiring strategy.
On Demand is contingent recruitment paired with Big Red's quality guarantee.
Our process is rooted in years of tech experience and a dedication to getting it right. Instead of drowning in CVs, you get the top 3 candidates, hand-picked for your business.
EXECUTIVE SEARCH
Discover the next big name to lead your organisation.
We find the leaders you need, even if they're not looking.
When it comes to filling essential leadership positions, it's not enough to just take applications. You need the best, even if they're not on the market. That's where we come in.
Listed Jobs
- Company Name
- Big Red Recruitment Midlands Ltd
- Job Title
- Software Engineer | PHP Symfony
- Job Description
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Symfony Developers - come change the fintech landscape!
You'll join a dynamic and innovative fintech company that is revolutionising the financial industry through cutting-edge technology. Our team is dedicated to developing robust, user-friendly applications that are transforming the way organisations manage their finances.
We are looking for passionate PHP Symfony Developers to join our growing team and help us build the future of financial technology.
As a PHP Symfony Developer, you will be responsible for building and maintaining scalable, high-performance web applications. You will work closely with a cross-functional team of developers, designers, and product managers to deliver high-quality solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers. Your expertise in Symfony and PHP will be crucial in ensuring the robustness and efficiency of our backend systems.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop, maintain, and enhance web applications using PHP (7.x/8.x) and Symfony (preferably Symfony 4+).
Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while following best practices and coding standards.
Optimise application performance and scalability to handle large volumes of transactions and data.
Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve technical issues in a timely manner.
Manage relational databases such as PostgreSQL, including writing optimised SQL queries.
Build RESTful APIs.
The role requires travel into an office in Grantham 1 day per quarter for team planning sessions and meetings. Therefore the successful candidate will need to be based in the UK. International applications will not be considered at this time.
Salary: up to £50 000 depending on experience.
If this sounds like the role for you, please apply as we have interview slots available!
United Kingdom
Remote
07-04-2025
- Company Name
- Big Red Recruitment Midlands Ltd
- Job Title
- Senior Developer
- Job Description
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Looking to contribute to cloud-based development in a role where your voice shapes the solution?
This is your chance to join a forward-thinking software team making a genuine impact in UK public safety, working for a family-run software house.
Due to the nature of the work, you must be eligible to obtain Security Clearance.
This hybrid Senior Developer position is perfect for someone who wants to build secure, scalable applications, lead by example, and enjoy autonomy in architectural decisions.
The opportunity:
You’ll be joining a close-knit development team with a proud reputation for engineering quality, collaboration, and trust. This is a backfill for a much-valued colleague, so you’ll step straight into live projects with clear ownership and influence.
You’ll be focused around 70% backend and 30% frontend tasks, using a modern Microsoft stack alongside cloud-native tooling (primarily AWS). You’ll mentor junior developers, support full lifecycle delivery, and bring ideas to life—balancing legacy modernisation with brand-new product development.
Responsibilities:
Designing, developing, and deploying secure, cloud-first applications in high-trust environments
Working with C#, .NET Core, Angular, and AWS across multiple projects
Writing clean, testable code and implementing CI/CD pipelines
Collaborating with Product Owners, QA and Dev colleagues to shape scalable solutions
Reviewing code, mentoring others, and promoting engineering best practice
Exploring automation and AI tools to improve efficiency and test coverage
About you:
Eligible to obtain full Security Clearance to the Government standard.
5+ years’ commercial software development experience
Proven background in C#, .NET Core, and cloud technologies
Solid front-end experience with Angular and JavaScript/TypeScript
Knowledge of secure coding principles, clean architecture, and modern design patterns
Familiarity with SQL Server, microservices, REST APIs, Docker and Git
A collaborative, proactive mindset—comfortable taking the lead when required
Desirable:
Experience modernising legacy systems
Exposure to AI-assisted development or DevOps tooling
Familiarity with TDD or automated testing frameworks
Knowledge of Azure, OAuth/OIDC, or Python
Why apply?
Play a key role in building trusted SaaS solutions used in national policing
Join a respected, stable business where your work is valued
Be empowered to shape engineering direction, tooling, and practices
Work in a hybrid model with a supportive, collaborative team culture
Benefits:
Permanent role
Salary £55,000 - £65,000, depending on experience
Hybrid working: 2 days a week in-office (Tuesdays and Wednesdays – Coalville, Leicestershire)
Contributory pension scheme, holiday allowance, ongoing professional development, free onsite parking
Due to the nature of the work, you must be eligible to obtain Security Clearance.
We are an equal opportunity recruitment company. This means we welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of race, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age.
We are particularly invested in Neurodiversity inclusion and offer reasonable adjustments in the interview process. Reasonable adjustments are changes that we can make in the interview process if your disability puts you at a disadvantage compared with others who are not disabled. If you would benefit from a reasonable adjustment in your interview process, please call or email one of our recruiters.
Leicester, United Kingdom
Hybrid
28-04-2025