Big Red Recruitment

You're ready to take that next step in your career as a Senior QA Automation Engineer . You thrive off autonomy, working in a collaborative team, at pace, with the latest tech, and delivering to globally renowned high-profile brands. If this appeals to you, then this retail tech market leader might be your next employer. The company offers a clienteling, POS, and customer success solution. Their focus is on real-world experiences to drive their roadmaps, blending evolutionary technology with practical applications to foster growth. Role: Senior QA Automation Engineer Salary: Up to £90,000 Benefits: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, company bonus, private healthcare, shares, every other Friday off (compressed working hours). Location: WFH with occasional visits to London HQ / 9-day fortnight What You Bring: Expertise in mobile/web app and API testing Proficiency in Python or JavaScript for automation Experience with tools like Postman, Selenium, Appium, PyTest, Locust, or K6 Strong Git and CI/CD skills (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) Familiarity with NoSQL databases Excellent problem-solving and communication skills We are an equal opportunity recruitment company. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to neurodiversity inclusion and offer reasonable adjustments during the interview process. If you need adjustments, please contact our recruiters.

Do you want to lead frontend delivery for a SaaS business? Are you a React specialist looking for a lead role? Do you want to own the frontend stack, drive best practices, and work on a high-impact product used across the construction industry? You'll join a company at the forefront of biometric access control and workforce management software, where you'll lead frontend development with a hands-on approach, mentor developers, and complete a major Angular-to-React migration project. You'll deliver product improvements, new features, customer change requests, and help scale our flagship product. Ideally, your skills will include: A strong skillset in React Previous experience using Angular Experience mentoring developers Proficiency in Typescript, HTML, and CSS Experience using Agile processes Salary: up to £70k depending on experience Location: Remote with an option to use a Solihull-based office. If this sounds like an opportunity you're keen on, please apply as we have interview slots available! Please note that you need to have full right to work and be based in the UK to apply for this role. Applications from abroad will not be considered at this time. 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. If you would benefit from a reasonable adjustment, please contact one of our recruiters.

Are you a visionary technology leader looking for a high-impact fractional CTO opportunity? We're partnering with a scaling SaaS business that processes billions in transaction volume annually and supports mission-critical workflows for enterprise clients. The company is seeking part-time strategic leadership to evolve its cloud-based infrastructure, uplift engineering productivity, and define the long-term technology vision, particularly in AI, data, and automation. You'll work closely with the CEO and senior leadership to modernise the platform, explore commercial opportunities within large-scale data sets, and unlock next-generation innovation with AI. This is an ideal role for a seasoned portfolio CTO who thrives in transformation settings and wants to help shape the future state of a tech business with massive potential. What you'll do: Provide CTO-level leadership across architecture, delivery, DevOps, and automation Define and oversee a modern data and AI strategy, from infrastructure through to insight-driven product opportunities Guide the evolution of AWS-native services to support scale, security, and resilience Introduce structure and maturity to a development function that needs direction and pace Lead transformation across UI/UX, CMS, delivery practices, and platform scalability Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO and board, translating ambition into execution Future of data and AI: This is more than a technical leadership role. It's about unlocking the commercial value of data and AI. You will shape how large volumes of user and platform data can be productised, monetised, or automated You will lead efforts to embed intelligent services such as personalisation, decisioning, and workflow automation into the platform You will own the long-term vision for data governance, pipelines, and real-time insights, ensuring it underpins both product and commercial strategies Ideal profile: Experienced fractional or portfolio CTO with a strong SaaS and engineering background Deep knowledge of AWS and modern tooling including CI/CD, containerisation, and observability Demonstrated capability in leveraging data and AI for commercial impact Strategic and hands-on, comfortable operating in lean environments with evolving teams Strong leadership presence, able to influence and challenge at board level Why joinus: Flexible engagement model designed to complement your existing portfolio Equity participation with real upside potential High trust from leadership, with autonomy and influence built in Opportunity to shape the future-state of a platform handling data at scale Salary: up to £200k pro rata Commitment: 2-3 days per week If this sounds like the right engagement for you and you would like to hear more, please apply as we have interview slots available.

We're hiring a full-time Chief Technology Officer to lead the digital and engineering strategy for a SaaS business in growth mode. You'll oversee the entire technology function across engineering, product, and data, bringing structure, pace, and commercial focus to a business at a pivotal stage. This is a transformation brief, not a steady-state role. You'll be responsible for driving platform performance, scaling engineering maturity, and embedding accountability throughout the tech organisation. Reporting directly to the founder, you will work in lockstep with the wider leadership team to turn vision into execution. The platform is used in highly regulated sectors and underpins critical workflows at scale. As CTO, your role is to unify the company's technical direction, increase delivery velocity, and unlock commercial value through smarter use of technology, data and AI. Key focus areas: Engineering leadership, including AWS architecture, DevOps, CI/CD and best-in-class delivery practices Defining and delivering a future-proof data and AI strategy to drive commercial outcomes Exploring opportunities to monetise large volumes of platform and customer data Embedding intelligent automation and decisioning capabilities across core workflows Aligning technical priorities with commercial goals, ROI, and customer value Building a high-performance engineering and product culture that values accountability, curiosity and innovation Working closely with a non-technical senior leadership team to shape and execute strategic roadmaps Who we're looking for: A proven CTO with experience scaling technology functions and delivering innovation across SaaS or regulated platforms A strategic thinker with strong operational execution who can lead from the front Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS, and modern software development practices Comfortable leading change, managing technical debt, and challenging legacy thinking A visionary with a commercial mindset who sees the opportunity in large-scale data and the potential of AI to drive value What's on offer: Full strategic ownership of the technology function with autonomy to make change happen Direct influence across a platform that supports business-critical operations for well-known enterprise clients The opportunity to shape and commercialise a future data and AI strategy from the ground up Equity participation potential, alongside a competitive base salary Hybrid or remote working with flexibility and trust baked in Salary: £180 000 - £200 000 depending on experience If you like the sound of this role, please apply as I would love to speak with you in more detail.

JOB ROLE - Head of Engineering Location: Ludlow (Hybrid) Salary: £75,000 - £85,000 + bonus + benefits This is your opportunity to lead the technical evolution of a fast-growing SaaS platform used by over 350 institutions globally. As Head of Engineering, you'll guide a high-performing engineering team in delivering an AI-first product suite that's transforming the education and event tech space. You'll report into the North America CEO, playing a strategic leadership role with full oversight of engineering, delivery, and innovation across a distributed team. RESPONSIBLITIES: Leading the engineering roadmap for a mission-critical SaaS platform in the education and events sector Partnering with Product to define and deliver scalable, secure, high-performing features aligned to global strategy Driving modern DevOps and CI/CD practices for reliable, test-driven delivery Developing and growing an inclusive, collaborative engineering culture grounded in accountability and innovation Mentoring tech leads and developers while scaling the platform for North American growth Representing the engineering function in stakeholder discussions including clients and partners Promoting security, platform resilience, and industry-standard compliance at every layer SKILLS: You're a strategic engineering leader with hands-on technical know-how and a track record of building SaaS platforms at scale in a product focused environment. You'll be confident balancing product priorities with technical integrity and enjoy leading high-trust, agile teams. Essential experience: Senior leadership in engineering, ideally in SaaS or EdTech environment Deep technical understanding of modern stacks: .NET (4.8+), C#, WCF, WPF, LINQ, ASP.NET MVC, SQL/ORM Proficiency in front-end technologies such as JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, and Angular Strong background in cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and serverless architecture Passion for Agile delivery, DevOps, CI/CD, and high-quality release processes Confident communicator, able to align teams and influence at executive level BENEFITS: £75,000-£85,000 salary + performance bonus 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 wellbeing days + Christmas shutdown Company-contributed pension Customisable flexible benefits - including private healthcare, life assurance, personal development, and retail discounts

Are you a Data Analyst? Would you like to collect, rationalise and interpret data that can affect the lives of NHS patients? Would you like to work in a small entrepreneurial business where you will work directly with the CFO, CEO and Tech Director, where you will be given the opportunity to deliver the insight that can genuinely affect how efficient the business is? If so we may have the opportunity for you. Location Birmingham Salary 30-40,000 Some flexible working Home v Office and flexibility on hours of the day worked Our client are a growth services business based in Central Birmingham who are growing and adapting to running at scale. You will be looking at data across multiple systems using your expertise in Excel and Power Bi to pull together the data, format it and prepare it for analysis, my client will then be looking for you to interpret the data and help them form business strategies. My clients environment is heavily reliant of using resource efficiently so you will often be looking at resource plans and historic data to accurately predict the best use of resource. You will be also looking for efficiencies in how to accurately allocate resource based on skill levels and look at training plans to fill gaps in skills within the work force. Experience of working in Healthcare would be beneficial, however we are open to any industry background especially if it involves resource management and contact centres. Things you will require First class Excel Power Bi skills Fantastic communication skills both written and verbal First class analysis skills If you would like to learn more about our opportunity please apply or call for more information.