Technical Lead, Software Development, Software Engineer

hackajob is collaborating with Street Group to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.

📍Manchester (Hybrid, up to 4 days WFH) | 💰 £60-70k

Street Group is one of the fastest-growing Prop Tech 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.

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. Spectre Websites helps estate agents showcase their business online - providing an easy way to build professional‑looking websites in minutes, without needing any technical skills. It’s a smarter, simpler way for estate agents to create an online presence they can be proud of.

As a Technical Lead on Spectre Websites, 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!

• 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 taking your team on that journey with you
• Working at scale, building tools and systems that can process large data volumes quickly and consistently
• Collaborating closely with UX designers, product managers, our customers, and commercial colleagues in the business in order to build the best product we can

• You’re an experienced Lead Developer who has strong expertise in PHP, Laravel and JS (and you’re keen to remain hands‑on)
• 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 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

🏠 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!

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