C++/LLVM Team Lead

Guardsquare; Vlaams-Brabant; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Competitive salary package

Tools & flexibility to develop

Job summary

Guardsquare is seeking an R&D Team Lead for our Leuven office to guide a C++/LLVM team. You will lead 5–7 engineers, align with agile processes, and drive high-quality delivery.

The role emphasizes in-person leadership in a hybrid setup, mentoring, coding standards, and collaboration with product teams to translate business needs into technical specs.

Qualifications

• Masters in computer science with 5+ years of experience.
• Proven track record of achieving results with teams.
• Experience setting performance goals and appraisals.
• Low level programming is an asset.
• C++ knowledge is a plus.
• No-nonsense, pragmatic attitude and raising the bar.
• Value in-person leadership in a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the results delivered by your team; lead day-to-day development, assign tasks, track progress, ensure timely delivery and quality.
• Mentor engineers, foster collaboration, and motivate the team to achieve objectives.
• Set coding standards and best practices for maintainable solutions.
• Work with product teams to translate business needs into technical specs.
• Implement and enforce testing practices to deliver reliable software.
• Encourage new ideas and own engineering processes for continuous improvement.
• Represent Guardsquare’s R&D values, products and culture.

Skills

Team leadership

C++

LLVM

Mentoring

Agile methods

Performance mgmt

Hybrid leadership

Results oriented

Education

Master's in Computer Science

Tools

Git

LLVM tooling

CI/CD

Job description

Guardsquare is looking for an R&D Team Lead to join us in our Leuven office and lead one of our Leuven based C++/LLVM R&D teams.

In this role you will be responsible for a team of about 5 to 7 C++/LLVM compiler engineers working within an agile software development environment. The ideal candidate started their career technically and has a good understanding of software engineering within a high-tech start/scale-up, and grew into or is now ready for a team lead role.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Own the results delivered by your team. You lead day-to-day development; assign tasks, track progress, ensure timely delivery and high quality.
• Mentor engineers, foster collaboration, and motivate the team to reach company and personal objectives.
• Set coding standards and best practices for maintainable solutions.
• Work with product teams to translate business needs into technical specifications.
• Implement and enforce testing practices to deliver reliable software.
• Encourage new ideas and own engineering processes to drive continuous improvement.
• Represent Guardsquare’s R&D values, its products and its culture.

Requirements:

• Masters in computer science with 5+ years of experience, of which at least 3 as a Team Lead
• Proven track record of achieving results with teams
• Experience setting performance goals and performing appraisals
• Previous experience with low level programming is an asset
• Deep knowledge of C++ is also a nice plus
• A no-nonsense and pragmatic attitude, continuously raising the bar
• Understanding the value of in-person leadership in a hybrid work environment

What Guardsquare offers you

• A full time job with a competitive salary package
• You are provided with the tools & flexibility to develop yourself successfully
• An international environment where you will interact with motivated & open colleagues with different backgrounds
• A workplace where you can share and implement your ideas
• A hybrid work policy, which helps guarantee an excellent work-life balance

At Guardsquare, we take pride in being a diverse and multicultural company with team members representing numerous nationalities. We value different perspectives and opinions throughout the business which has contributed to our being the market leader in mobile application security.

You will be part of a dynamic team that strives for excellence and focuses on continuous education and enhancement in skills. We encourage & empower our trusted colleagues to share their opinions, actively collaborate, and continue to learn and grow.

Do you want to make a difference? What are you waiting for? Join us!

About Guardsquare

Guardsquare offers the most complete approach to mobile application security on the market, delivering the highest level of protection, with ease. Guardsquare integrates seamlessly across the full development cycle, from mobile app security testing and code hardening to real-time threat detection and API security. Guardsquare provides enhanced mobile application security across the entire development process.

More than 1,000 customers worldwide across all major industries rely on Guardsquare to help them identify security risks and protect their mobile applications and SDKs against reverse engineering and tampering in the ever-evolving threat landscape.

Guardsquare is based in Leuven (Belgium) with offices in Ghent (Belgium), Boston (USA) and Munich (Germany).