Software Automation & Integration Engineer

Secure Screening Services

Chichester

Hybrid

GBP 45,000 - 70,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Sick pay

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Job summary

Secure Screening Services in the UK is seeking a Software Automation & Integration Engineer to connect systems, automate operational tasks and improve reliability across our platform. You'll work across PHP/Laravel, REST APIs, queues, and cloud infrastructure to build secure, observable solutions.

This hybrid role is based in Chichester with remote options, and requires strong debugging and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

Experience in backend software development, integrations or automation.
Proficiency with PHP/Laravel, MySQL and SQL.
Understanding of REST APIs, HTTP, JSON, webhooks and OAuth.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain integrations with external platforms.
Automate repetitive operational processes.
Monitor APIs, integrations, queues and scheduled jobs.
Investigate technical failures and recurring issues.
Build internal tools to diagnose and resolve problems.
Create reusable patterns for future integrations.
Contribute to the Laravel application for integration/automation work.

Skills

Backend dev

Integrations

Automation

PHP/Laravel

MySQL/SQL

REST APIs

Webhooks/OAuth

Queues & jobs

Git & CI/CD

AWS

Code comprehension

Communication

Tools

Laravel

React

MySQL

SQL

Job description

Software Automation & Integration Engineer

UK-based applicants only.

Candidates must already have the right to live and work in the UK. We’re not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

A note on using AI in your job application

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 shadow you as an individual.

About the role

As SSS continues to grow, our platform needs to integrate effectively with more external systems, operational processes need to become increasingly automated, and technical issues need to be easier to identify and resolve.

We are looking for a Software Automation & Integration Engineer to work across software engineering, integrations and technical operations.

The role will focus on connecting systems, automating repetitive work and improving the reliability of our platform and supporting processes.

This is not a traditional feature-development role or a first-line support position. It is suited to someone who enjoys identifying the underlying cause of technical problems and implementing robust, maintainable solutions.

Key responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

Building and maintaining integrations with external platforms
Automating repetitive operational processes
Monitoring APIs, integrations, queues and scheduled jobs
Investigating technical failures and recurring issues
Building internal tools that make problems easier to diagnose and resolve
Creating reusable patterns for future integrations
Contributing to our Laravel application where integration or automation work requires it

Everything you build should be secure, tested, observable and maintainable.

Integrations and automation

A significant part of the role will involve connecting SSS with external screening providers, client systems and SaaS platforms.

You will work with technologies including:

REST APIs, webhooks, OAuth, JSON, background jobs, queues and data flows.

You will also work with operational teams to identify processes that could be improved through automation.

The objective is not simply to automate for the sake of it. Solutions should remove meaningful manual work, reduce errors, improve service or enable the business to scale more effectively.

Depending on the requirement, the appropriate solution may be part of the Laravel application, a lightweight service, a script or an automated workflow.

We favour the simplest solution that remains secure, observable and maintainable.

Technical reliability

You will help investigate and resolve technical issues affecting integrations, automation and supporting systems.

This may include:

Examining logs
Investigating failed webhooks
Diagnosing queue or scheduled job failures
Supporting technical incident investigation

Where possible, recurring problems should be detected early, monitored more effectively, automated or engineered out rather than repeatedly worked around.

Engineering environment

You will write production code and work alongside our Software Engineers where integrations, automation or reliability requirements touch the core application.

PHP / Laravel
React
MySQL

Our engineering practices include:

Git
Pull requests
Code review
Testing
CI/CD
Controlled production changes

Automation and integration work is expected to meet the same engineering standards as our core product development.

Skills and experience

We are looking for someone who:

Has professional experience in backend software development, integrations or automation
Is comfortable working with PHP/Laravel, MySQL and SQL
Understands REST APIs, HTTP, JSON, webhooks and OAuth
Has experience with queues, scheduled jobs and background processing
Can investigate technical issues using logs, errors and system behaviourUnderstands Git, CI/CD, testing and safe production changes
Can read unfamiliar code and understand how systems fit together
Is comfortable working with cloud infrastructure and modern delivery tooling such as AWS and Laravel Vapor
Can communicate technical problems clearly

Strong software engineering fundamentals are more important than experience with every technology in our stack.

We are particularly interested in people who enjoy turning recurring technical problems into permanent solutions.

Working with AI

SSS supports the responsible use of AI tools within software engineering.

Engineers may use tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and Codex where they improve the quality or efficiency of their work.

AI literacy is increasingly part of modern engineering, but responsibility remains with the engineer. You will be expected to understand, review and take responsibility for the work you produce, regardless of whether AI tools have been used during the process.