Senior Software Engineer – L6

Street Group

. Set technical direction across a portion of the product .

Posted 10/8/2026full-timeManchester • United KingdomSenior💰 £75,000 - £90,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates deep expertise in PHP and Laravel, with a strong focus on AI tooling and infrastructure. Proven ability to lead architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and align teams on shared outcomes while managing cost, reliability, and security at an estate level.

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PHP DevelopmentLaravel FrameworkAWS ExperienceAI Tooling DevelopmentArchitecture Leadership

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Hard Skills

PHPLaravelVue 3ReactAngularAWSAI InfrastructureSecurity ArchitectureFramework UpgradesCost Management

Soft Skills

Problem SolvingTeam AlignmentTechnical CommunicationMentoring

Tools & Technologies

CI/CDAI ToolingShared Plugins

Industry Keywords

Technical DirectionOperational ToilScaling BottlenecksGovernanceSafe-Use Standards

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularAWSJavaScriptLaravelPHPReactVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set technical direction across a portion of the product
Identify, frame and solve previously unrecognized technical problems across teams
Lead product-area technical decision-making for shared services, platform components and team boundaries
Own reviews for major changes
Identify scaling bottlenecks, operational toil and security exposure using data
Improve engineering delivery speed across teams
Drive agents, shared plugins and AI infrastructure in CI and code review
Own governance for AI tooling, including failure modes, drift and safe-use standards
Make build-vs-buy recommendations for AI investment
Lead complex platform changes, framework upgrades, security architecture, estate-level cost and reliability initiatives
Align multiple teams on shared outcomes
Bring engineering-originated proposals to product and explain technical trade-offs to leadership
Mentor engineers beyond the immediate team through standards and tooling
Participate in a four-stage interview process including a take-home technical task and final in-person interview

Requirements

What you’ll need

Deep commercial experience with PHP and Laravel or a similar MVC framework
Experience leading architecture and design across multiple teams or systems
Experience with Vue 3, React, Angular or a similar modern JavaScript framework
Strong production experience with AWS
Experience shaping cost, reliability and security at estate level
AI-native working approach
Experience building AI tooling, agents or infrastructure used by other engineers
Knowledge of AI guardrails and safe-use standards
Ability to turn ambiguous, open-ended problems into maintainable solutions
Ability to become productive in unfamiliar teams or codebases quickly
Product and systems thinking
Ability to align teams with competing priorities and communicate technical trade-offs in commercial terms
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid-working - you can work from home up to 4 days per week
£1000 towards a holiday after your first year with the team, including tax coverage
Culture that supports development and encourages growth
£500 yearly L&D budget
Paid birthday leave
2 paid volunteering days
Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay
Mental health & well-being support via Health Assured
Regular well-being initiatives
Flexible working hours
Public transport season ticket loans
Paid menopause leave
Holiday buying scheme
Company and team off-sites, events and happy hours
Cycle to work scheme
Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
Comfortable, relaxed office space with office dogs welcome
Fully stocked fridge and beers or alternative every Friday afternoon
Climate-positive company