Ledgy - Engineering Manager: Feature Team
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Requirements
• Domain Breadth: As Ledgy expands into new compensation types, your team will be at the frontier, building the models and product experiences that bring them to life. • Domain Breadth: • Language: TypeScript • Language: • Frontend: React, Tailwind CSS, tRPC • Frontend: • Backend: tRPC, Node.js, MongoDB, Temporal • Backend: • Infrastructure: Docker, GitHub Actions, GCP, Terraform Cloud, Kubernetes • Infrastructure: • What Your Journey Could Look Like • First 30 Days • Build relationships with your direct reports and develop a solid understanding of the compensation domain, including what we support today and where we're headed • Get hands-on with the codebase — review PRs and understand how the product models compensation and plan logic • Meet PD leadership: CTO, Head of Engineering, Head of Product, and the other EMs • Understand how your team's domain intersects with the rest of the platform • First 3 Months • Own the team's delivery rhythm: roadmap reviews, sprint health, and unblocking engineers • Identify and begin addressing the most complex or fragile areas of the domain • Establish regular 1:1s and begin meaningful coaching conversations with your reports • Partner with PM and Design on the roadmap for expanding compensation coverage • 6–12 Months • Be recognised as the technical leader for compensation and savings features at Ledgy • Deliver measurable improvements to product quality, coverage, or the employee experience • Lead performance reviews and meaningful career development conversations • Be a trusted partner to product and engineering leadership on compensation strategy • The Interview Process • Getting to know you (30 min): Meet with someone from our people team to talk about your experience and to answer questions about the role • Getting to know you (30 min): • Live Coding (60 min): A problem-solving session (without AI) using your preferred language and IDE • Live Coding (60 min): • System Design (60 min): Walk us through an architecture you've significantly contributed to — we'll explore domain modelling and product complexity based on your experience • System Design (60 min): • Mock 1:1 (45 min): A mock coaching conversation with one of our engineers to see how you approach people management and development • Mock 1:1 (45 min): • Culture & Vision (30 min): Meet one of our founders to discuss Ledgy's mission and how you think about making compensation and savings products work for everyone • Culture & Vision (30 min): • Offer • Being part of Ledgy means: • Recharge and re-energize with flexible working hours, 25 days of vacation, and up to 40 days of remote work from outside your home country. • We make space for your own professional development, with a generous yearly learning & development budget. • This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. All salaries are aligned with competitively benchmarked ranges based on work location and levelling. • For candidates based in London or Zurich we use a hybrid work model of 2 days in the office per week.
Responsibilities
• Have 2+ years in Engineering Management and 6+ years as a Software Engineer, with meaningful time in product-focused or domain-heavy roles • Are energised by features that have a direct, visible impact on end users — the things employees actually see and interact with • Care deeply about correctness in domains where getting things wrong has real financial consequences • Are comfortable with evolving scope — compensation takes many forms, and the product will grow to reflect that • Actively use AI tools to multiply your output and are excited to help your team do the same — you see AI as a core part of how great engineering gets done today • Love developing people and creating an environment where engineers can do their best work • Want to stay hands-on — you're comfortable diving into the codebase, reviewing PRs with concrete feedback, and shipping yourself • What You'll Own • What You'll Own • Team Leadership: Setting technical direction for the team, running 1:1s and performance conversations, and supporting engineers in their growth. • Team Leadership: • AI-Augmented Engineering: Modelling and promoting effective use of AI tools across your team — from coding assistants to automated workflows. You'll help engineers develop good instincts for where AI accelerates work and where human judgment matters most. • AI-Augmented Engineering: • Compensation & Savings Features: The product surface covering a range of compensation and savings vehicles — equity plans, pensions, carry, and more. Your team builds the logic and UX that makes these products usable for both companies and their employees.
Benefits
• Employee-Facing Experience: Ensuring the features your team builds are not just correct, but clear and accessible to employees navigating complex compensation structures.
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