About the Role

As a hands-on Engineering Manager of one of our feature teams at Ledgy, you'll lead the engineers who build the features that help companies offer, manage, and communicate compensation and savings vehicles: from equity plans to pensions, carry, and beyond. Your team works on the products employees and companies use to make sense of complex compensation structures.

This is a good fit if you find it meaningful to work on features that are financially significant to the people using them, as getting compensation right matters. The work is domain-rich: these structures are complex, high-stakes, and varied. You'll report to the Head of Engineering and play a key role in expanding Ledgy's product coverage as companies increasingly look to offer diverse forms of compensation.

You'll Thrive in This Role If You

• 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

• Team Leadership: Setting technical direction for the team, running 1:1s and performance conversations, and supporting engineers in their growth.
• 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.
• 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.
• Employee-Facing Experience: Ensuring the features your team builds are not just correct, but clear and accessible to employees navigating complex compensation structures.
• 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.

Our tech stack:

• Language: TypeScript
• Frontend: React, Tailwind CSS, tRPC
• Backend: tRPC, Node.js, MongoDB, Temporal
• Infrastructure: Docker, GitHub Actions, GCP, Terraform Cloud, Kubernetes

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

1. 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
2. Live Coding (60 min): A problem-solving session (without AI) using your preferred language and IDE
3. 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
4. Mock 1:1 (45 min): A mock coaching conversation with one of our engineers to see how you approach people management and development
5. 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
6. 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.