Engineering Manager

Ledgy; Frankfurt; Vor Ort; EUR 80.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading equity management platform in Frankfurt is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers in transforming complex financial systems into user-friendly experiences. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of management experience and a strong technical background in software engineering. You will be crucial in shaping technical strategy and supporting the team's development while contributing to the codebase. This position offers the chance to make a meaningful impact in a fast-growing tech environment.

Qualifikationen

• 3+ years experience in Engineering Management.
• 6+ years experience as a Software Engineer.
• Strong understanding of equitable access and user-friendly design.

Aufgaben

• Lead a team of engineers to improve equity management experiences.
• Contribute code and maintain technical strategies.
• Conduct performance reviews and support team growth.

Kenntnisse

Team leadership

Technical contribution

People development

Problem-solving

Ausbildung

Experience in Engineering Management (3+ years)

Experience as a Software Engineer (6+ years)

Tools

TypeScript

React

MongoDB

GCP

Terraform Cloud

Jobbeschreibung

At Ledgy, we’re on a mission to make Europe a powerhouse of entrepreneurship by building a modern, tech-driven equity management and financial reporting platform for private and public companies. In 2025, we aim to be the leading provider for European IPOs and reporting for share-based payments. We are a value‑based company with a core focus on being humble, transparent, ambitious and impactful, all in order to deliver the best experience for our customers and end users.

We are proud to partner with some of the world’s leading investors. New Enterprise Associates led our $22m Series B round in 2022, with Philip Chopin joining Sequoia’s Luciana Lixandru on our board.

We were founded in Switzerland in 2017 and today we operate globally from offices in Zurich and London. We encourage diversity and are an international team coming from 26 different countries and speaking 25 different languages.

About the Role

As a hands‑on Engineering Manager at Ledgy, you'll shape how thousands of employees worldwide experience equity ownership. Leading a team of 4–6 exceptional engineers, you'll balance hands‑on technical contribution with people leadership, helping transform complex equity management into intuitive, empowering experiences. You'll report directly to the Head of Engineering and play a key role in scaling our platform.

You’ll thrive in the role if you:

• Believe in equity's power to change lives and want to democratize access to ownership
• Are excited about transforming complex financial concepts into elegant user experiences
• Love developing people, watching engineers grow and tackle increasingly sophisticated challenges
• Want to remain technical while building scalable teams, processes, and architecture
• Have 3+ years experience in Engineering Management and 6+ years as a Software Engineer

Our tech stack

• Language: TypeScript
• Frontend: React, Tailwind CSS, tRPC
• Backend: tRPC, MongoDB
• Infrastructure: GCP, Terraform Cloud

In the first 30 days

• Build meaningful relationships with your direct reports and understand their career aspirations
• Contribute code to features in production while gaining expertise in the domain of equity
• Join the engineering leadership team and understand how we translate product vision into technical reality

In the first 3 months

• Deeply understand how your team's work impacts thousands of companies and their employees
• Drive technical excellence and maintain the team’s velocity by unblocking PR reviews, shipping small features, and helping coordinate complex work
• Have regular 1:1s with your reports and support them in their growth
• Shape technical strategy alongside Product and Design leadership
• Lead hiring for critical team roles

In the first 6 to 12 months

• Be recognized as a technical leader who elevates your entire team's capabilities
• Continue reviewing PR and shipping code for non-blocking work
• Lead meaningful career development conversations and conduct performance reviews with your reports
• Own engineering initiatives that define how we scale our platform and organization
• Influence product direction as a trusted partner to leadership across the company

The interview process

• CV Review: We review your background to see if there's mutual alignment for the role
• Getting to know you (30 min): A call with our Head of Engineering to discuss your experience, motivations, and answers any questions you might have about Ledgy and the role
• Live Coding (75 min): We'll present you with an equity domain problem to solve collaboratively using your preferred language and IDE
• System Design (60 min): You'll walk us through an architecture you've significantly contributed to in the past, and we'll explore different aspects based on your experience
• Mock 1:1 (45 min): Mock coaching conversation with one of our engineers to see how you approach people management and development
• Culture & Vision (30 min): Meet one of our founders to discuss Ledgy's mission, your motivations, and how you think about equity's role in building great companies
• Offer 🎉