Software Engineer (Remote/Hybrid)

Secure Screening Services is a tech-led background screening company on a mission to make background checks simple, fast and stress-free for clients and candidates. We’ve built our screening portal in-house and back it with a UK-based support team, using smart tools to deliver dependable service. We’re proud of our relaxed, friendly culture, and we match hard work and commitment with flexibility, creative freedom and support to develop your skills.

Here’s what to expect to be working on as a Software Engineer at Secure Screening Services:

· Join a Small, Fantastic Team: Be part of a close-knit group with a vibrant and positive culture, where everyone's contributions are valued and celebrated.

· Growth-Oriented Environment: Thrive in a setting that fosters continuous growth and development, both personally and professionally.

· Top-Notch Equipment: Macbook Pro, ensuring you have the best tools to excel in your role.

· Lead and Own Your Role: Enjoy the freedom to truly own and take the lead in your position, driving projects and making impactful decisions.

· Dedicated Development Day: Benefit from a dedicated day each month focused solely on development, allowing you to innovate and push the boundaries of our product.

· Rapidly Growing Product: Be a crucial part of a rapidly expanding product, contributing to its success and scaling it to new heights.

· High Levels of Collaboration: Engage in high levels of collaboration with a team that values teamwork, open communication, and collective problem-solving.

Duties & Responsibilities

· Deliver stable, well-reviewed code across our PHP 8 / Laravel 9 monolith

· Improve legacy systems incrementally without introducing risk or churn

· Follow technical leadership and prioritize team goals over personal agendas

· Mentor junior developers and support a culture of professional discipline

· Collaborate with security and DevOps tools (Vapor, Snyk, and Cloudflare)

· Communicate clearly around blockers, estimates, and changes

· Be a consistent, team-first contributor in a structured engineering environment

Skills & Qualifications

· 5+ years of professional experience with PHP/Laravel in production

· Strong familiarity with Laravel conventions and the broader ecosystem

· Proven ability to work within legacy codebases

· Competence with React — no rebuilds, but capable of debugging and stabilizing

· Experience with DevOps basics: AWS, CI/CD, shell tools, etc.

· High attention to detail and careful problem-solving mindset

· Demonstrated ability to take direction while building trust within the team

· Experienced mentoring juniors and promoting good coding practices

· A team player who builds good working relationships

Benefits:

· Enhanced holiday package and your birthday off

· Electric car scheme via salary sacrifice

· Health cash plan

· Wellbeing programme

· Relaxed office setting

· Company events

· Flexible working

· Hybrid/remote working

Company Overview

Founded in 2018, Secure Screening Services has a young, ambitious team with big plans and a love for smart technology. We’re collaborative, supportive and serious about your development—provided you bring dedication and a strong work ethic. In return for your commitment, you’ll find mentorship, meaningful responsibility and the chance to shape how we serve our clients and candidates. It’s a place to do your best work and keep getting better.

As a fast-moving and rapidly evolving tech company, we embrace the advantages of AI and encourage its use throughout our application process. However, our goal is to get to know and hire the authentic you - your skills, experience, and values. We don’t want to hire an AI-generated version of you. We consider AI to be a valuable tool, not something that should overshadow you as an individual.

• Closing Date: 28th November 2025.