Tech Lead

Street Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid-working: work from home up to 4 days per week

£1,000 holiday allowance after your first year

£500 yearly L&D budget

Birthday bonus

2 paid days volunteering

Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay

Relaxed office environment with office dogs

Fully stocked fridge and beers every Friday

Company events and happy hours

Cycle to work scheme

Electric car salary sacrifice scheme

Climate-positive company

Job summary

A leading PropTech company in Manchester is seeking a Tech Lead to manage a cross-functional team and drive best practices. The role necessitates strong expertise in PHP and JavaScript, prior experience with Laravel, and a passion for hands-on development. The company fosters a hybrid working environment and offers a range of attractive benefits including a holiday allowance and a yearly development budget.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in PHP and JavaScript.
• Prior experience with Laravel and cloud environments.
• Experience in building distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach a talented cross-functional team.
• Hands-on building of software solutions.
• Drive best programming practices.

Skills

Lead Developer

PHP

JavaScript

Laravel

Cloud experience (AWS/GCP)

Distributed systems

Best practices advocacy

Production systems at scale

Empathy

Communication skills

Job description

Join to apply for the Tech Lead role at Street Group.

This range is provided by Street Group. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience—talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Street Group is one of the fastest-growing PropTech companies in the UK. We want to be the leading creator of delightful experiences for everybody involved in buying, selling, renting and letting property, regardless of their involvement, to improve the industry for everybody by elevating UK Estate Agencies through world‑class technology.

Street.co.uk is our game‑changing CRM: a truly modern estate agency platform, creating a next‑level digital experience for customers, putting transparency, user experience and beautiful design at the heart of our industry.

Spectre is our multi‑award‑winning instruction generation tool, generating an average return on investment for us of over 3000%, covering direct mail, email, social media and digital reports.

Role Overview

As a Technical Lead, you’ll work with a team that owns a specific area of one of these products. You’ll lead a small cross‑functional team, contributing to discovery and ideation, and work alongside designers, product owners and engineers in order to identify, prioritise and solve problems iteratively.

Our Technical Leads stay hands‑on, leading from the front to make sure we build the right thing, in the right way. It’s a key role to make sure we continue to regularly deliver amazing new products and features to our customers. You’ll also work closely with other Technical Leads and Engineering Managers to help guide wider‑scale improvements to our platform.

Responsibilities

• Supporting, leading and coaching a small but highly talented cross‑functional team.
• Being hands‑on with building a best‑in‑class piece of software.
• Being a driving force behind best programming practices and leading your team on that journey.
• Working at scale, building tools and systems that can process large data volumes quickly and consistently.
• Collaborating closely with our in‑house Data team, our customers and commercial colleagues to build the best product we can.

Qualifications

• Experienced Lead Developer with strong expertise in PHP and JS, and prior experience working with Laravel (and a passion to remain hands‑on).
• Experience with cloud (AWS and/or GCP).
• Experience building and working within distributed systems.
• Passionate advocate for best practices and continuous improvement.
• Experience building and operating production systems at scale.
• Ability to bring people on a journey to build things better.
• Strong empathy, communication and collaboration skills.
• Cares about empowering your team and working together to find the best solutions.

Benefits

• Hybrid‑working: work from home up to 4 days per week.
• £1,000 holiday allowance after your first year (tax paid).
• £500 yearly L&D budget for your career development.
• Birthday bonus – we pay so you can celebrate.
• 2 paid days volunteering on us.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay.
• New team in an exciting business with huge ambition.
• Office dogs welcome – relaxed environment.
• Fully stocked fridge and beers (or an alternative) every Friday afternoon.
• Company and team off‑sites, events and happy hours.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme.
• Climate‑positive company.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We care deeply about helping the tech industry become a more inclusive and diverse place, and we work hard to lead by example. We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity through attracting and retaining a complementary team of employees and building an inclusive environment for all. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and be able to perform the work specified.

Salary

£60,000–£70,000, dependent on experience. In some cases the range may vary; if you think you might exceed the range, please apply and let us know.

Interview Process

Three stages: an introductory call with the Talent team, a technical interview and pairing session, and a final interview with our Co‑Founder and Head of Engineering.

Research has shown that women tend to rule themselves out of applying for jobs unless they meet 100% of the requirements. If you fall into that category and were about to rule yourself out based on the above criteria; please consider applying anyway. We'd love to see your application!

Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom.