Senior Software Engineer — AI-Driven Platform Lead

J Street Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid-working - up to 4 days WFH

Holiday incentive £1000 after year

£500 yearly L&D budget

Birthday off

Job summary

Street Group, a fast-growing PropTech company in the UK, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (L6) to set technical direction and lead architectural decisions across product areas. The role emphasizes AI tooling, scalable backend systems and cross-team leadership in a hybrid Manchester environment.

You will own complex platform changes, drive security and reliability improvements, mentor engineers, and help shape how engineering works at Street Group.

Qualifications

• Strong PHP/Laravel experience with architecture across multiple teams.
• Hands-on with modern JS frameworks (Vue/React).
• Experience in AWS-based production systems and cost/reliability considerations.
• Track record building AI-enabled tooling and governance.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for product areas and define system boundaries.
• Lead cross-team architectural decisions and governance for major changes.
• Address scaling bottlenecks, security, and reliability proactively using data.
• Mentor engineers, raise standards, and improve tooling and processes.
• Drive AI infrastructure and governance for build-vs-buy debates.

Skills

PHP

Laravel

Leadership

Architecture

JavaScript

Tools

Vue 3

React

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

Street Group, a fast-growing PropTech company in the UK, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (L6) to set technical direction and lead architectural decisions across product areas. The role emphasizes AI tooling, scalable backend systems and cross-team leadership in a hybrid Manchester environment.

You will own complex platform changes, drive security and reliability improvements, mentor engineers, and help shape how engineering works at Street Group.