Senior Software Engineer (PHP/Laravel)

Senior Software Engineer

📍Manchester (Hybrid, up to 4 days WFH) | 💰 £40k-£60k

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.

As an L4 Software Engineer, you'll be pivotal to our continued success. You’ll be part of a cross-functional team, working alongside designers, product owners and engineers in order to identify, prioritise and solve problems iteratively. Utilising cutting-edge technology, you’ll play a pivotal role in the evolution of our products. This is an exciting time to join us, marking a crucial point in our growth where you can expect immediate impact and fast-paced innovation to be the norm.

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 an L4 Senior Software Engineer at Street Group

• You’ll have hands-on experience in building and delivering high-quality software solutions

• You’ll be a driving force behind best programming practices and taking your team on that journey with you

• You’ll work at scale, building tools and systems that can process large data volumes quickly and consistently

• You’ll drive the enhancement and continual upkeep of our platform for optimal performance

• You’ll collaborate closely with our commercial colleagues across the business to build a best-in-class product

• You’ll develop your expertise through consistent knowledge-sharing sessions with fellow team members, fostering a collaborative environment for continuous growth

A bit about you

• You’re an experienced Senior Software Engineer who has strong commercial experience in both PHP and Laravel

• You have experience with Vue, or similar frontend frameworks

• You have experience with cloud computing services (AWS and/or GCP)

• You’re an advocate for best practices including Agile, TDD and OOP

• You have strong empathy, communication and collaboration skills

• You care about empowering your team and working together to find the best solutions and continually improve our products and practices

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!

Why join Street Group?

🏠 Hybrid-working - you can work from home up to 4 days per week
🕒 Flexible working hours
🏖️ Guilt-Free R&R - £1000 towards a holiday after your first year with the team (we'll even cover the tax!)
🌞 Holiday buying scheme
🎂 Your birthday on us - we pay, you stay away
🙋 ‘Give something back’ - 2 paid days volunteering on us
💪 Joining a culture that supports your development and encourages growth
🚀 Structured career progression frameworks available
📚 £500 yearly L&D budget for your career development
👶 Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay
🌷 Paid menopause leave
🧠 Mental health & well-being support via Health Assured
🧘 Regular well-being initiatives
🚂 Public transport season ticket loans
🚴 Cycle to work scheme
🚗 Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
🌍 Feel good about sustainability - we're a climate-positive company!
🚀 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

Salary

£40,000-£60,000, dependent on experience. However, sometimes the perfect person is far more or less experienced than we anticipated. In these situations, planned ranges go out the window. If you think that might be the case, please apply and just let us know.

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.

Interview Process:

4 stages = An introductory call with one of our Talent team > Take-home task > Technical interview > Final values-based interview.

We want to make our interviews as inclusive as possible, so if you need any adjustments made or if there's anything you think we should be aware of during the interview process, please do let us know!

A note on using AI in your job application

As a fast-moving and rapidly evolving tech company, we embrace the advantages of AI and encourage its use throughout our application process. However, our goal is to get to know and hire the authentic you - your skills, experience, and values. We don’t want to hire an AI-generated version of you. We consider AI to be a valuable tool, not something that should overshadow you as an individual.