Technical Lead

streetgroup; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working: up to 4 days WFH

£1000 holiday after first year (tax‑ed

£500 yearly L&D budget

Birthday off

2 paid volunteering days

Enhanced parental pay

Mental health support

Job summary

Street Group, Manchester (Hybrid, up to 4 days WFH), is transforming UKEstate Agency tech with Street.co.uk and Spectre. As Technical Lead, you’ll guide a cross-functional team, stay hands-on, and drive scalable, high-quality software across our core CRM and sales platform used by thousands of agents.

You’ll collaborate with designers, product owners and engineers, champion best practices, and help steer improvements across the platform in partnership with other tech leads and engineering

Qualifications

• Experienced Engineer with production-grade PHP and JavaScript, hands-on.
• Laravel experience is advantageous.
• Cloud (AWS and/or GCP) experience.
• Experience building and operating production systems at scale.
• Strong empathy, communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Support, lead and coach a small cross-functional team.
• Hands-on with building best-in-class software across a wide domain.
• Drive best programming practices and take your team on that journey.
• Work at scale, building tools and systems for rapid adoption and long-term stability.
• Collaborate closely with our Data team, customers, and commercial colleagues.

Skills

PHP

JavaScript

Distributed systems

AI-first development

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Laravel

AWS

GCP

Job description

Manchester (Hybrid, up to 4 days WFH) 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 them of over 3000%, covering direct mail, email, social media and digital reports.

As a Technical Lead, you'll lead one of our Agent Experience teams, which owns Street's core CRM and sales product. It's used every day by tens of thousands of estate agents for managing viewings, valuations, sales, and other business critical operations making the customer impact tangible and measurable.

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.

If you love autonomy, are naturally curious, and want to have a genuine impact within a growing company, we think you'd fit right in!

Here’s what you can expect to be working on as a Technical Lead at Street

• Supporting, leading and coaching a small but highly talented cross‑functional team
• Being hands‑on with building best‑in‑class software across a wide domain
• Being a driving force behind best programming practices and taking your team on that journey with you
• Working at scale, building tools and systems that can withstand rapid adoption and maintain stability long term
• Collaborating closely with our in‑house Data team, our customers, and commercial colleagues in the business in order to build the best product we can

A bit about you

• You’re an experienced Engineer with existing or prior experience with production‑grade PHP and JS (and you’re keen to remain hands‑on)
• Additionally, Laravel experience is advantageous.
• You have experience with Cloud (AWS and/or GCP)
• You’ve had some experience with building and working within distributed systems
• You’re a passionate advocate for best practices, particularly around AI‑first development, and continuous improvement
• You’ve had experience building and operating production systems at scale
• You have experience bringing people on a journey to build things better
• You have strong empathy, communication and collaboration skills
• You care about empowering your team and working together to find the best solutions

Why join Street Group?

• Hybrid‑working, you can work from home up to 4 days per week
• Guilt‑Free R&R - £1000 towards a holiday after your first year with the team (we’ll even cover the tax!)
• Joining a culture that supports your development and encourages growth
• £500 yearly L&D budget for your career development
• Your birthday on us - we pay, you stay away
• 'Give something back' - 2 paid days volunteering on us
• Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay
• Mental health & well‑being support via Health Assured
• Regular well‑being initiatives
• Flexible working hours
• Joining a new team in an exciting business with huge ambition
• Be a part of something bigger - everyone in our team is passionate about improving the entire property industry! It's a huge goal, but it motivates us to do better every single day
• A chance to work on cutting‑edge technology
• Comfortable, relaxed office space - office dogs welcome!
• Fully stocked fridge and beers (or an alternative) on us every Friday afternoon
• Company and team off‑sites, events and happy hours
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Feel good about sustainability - we're a climate‑positive company!

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 an