Team Lead Front-End
Ledger
Founded in 2014, Ledger is a leader in security and infrastructure solutions for cryptocurrencies and blockchain applications. Headquartered in Paris, Vierzon and London, Ledger has a team of 500+ professionals developing a variety of products and services to safeguard cryptocurrency assets for individuals and companies – including the Ledger hardware wallets line already sold in 180 countries.
To sustain the company's growth, Ledger is looking for a new talent, to work on Engineering team management, evolution & performance.
Ledger Live is an application to manage all your blockchain-backed assets. It’s built in React.js (Electron on Desktop and React Native on mobile) and supports multiple blockchains (coins & NFTs) as well as provides multiple services by integrating DApps and offering a SDK for 3rd parties to integrate. Finally, all this is backed by our hardware wallets which Ledger Live allows you to manage.
Reporting directly to the Ledger Live Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for a team of engineers to build an entire part of the Ledger Live software.
Missions
- Management
- Tech
- Delivery
- Leadership & Communication
- Lead your team of engineers and be the link with other teams
- Focused on and responsible for the team's productivity and collective impact
- Drives recruitment, performance assessments, training, and career development
- Helps individuals set goals and works to ensure employee growth and retention goals
- Drives a constant improvement to team practices
- Developed in React.js professionally and is able to drive a project from end-to-end
- Well versed in engineering best practices (e.g. reviews, pair programming, branching strategy, tests)
- Understands and practices scrum software development and management
- Actively participates in the sprint delivery
- Accounts for quality, performance and security into deliverables
- Responsibility for the team's tech monitoring
- Consistently comes up with innovative solutions and elicits innovative thinking from others
- Team lead to ensure technical alignment with company
- Scales themselves by delegating effectively; ensures tasks are completed as specified without micromanaging
- Involved in planning
- Manage clear expectations of the team's delivery and communicate changes in a timely way
- Leverage process to ensure the team is predictable
- Ensure practices are followed to meet acceptance criteria and Ledger’s quality bar
- Protect team processes to maintain sustainability and team moral
- Positive “can do” attitude and role model for others
- Communicates the vision helping making it a reality
- Actively learning how to handle difficult management situations
- Meets regularly with their direct reports to provide frequent feedback on their work
- Tracking and Communicating progress/risk/issues to stakeholders
Knowledge & Experience
- 2+ years of experience in managing software teams
- Strong experience in React.js development, tools and libraries
- B.S. Computer Science degree, or equivalent professional experience
- You love developing and growing people
- Good knowledge of React Native
- Knowledge of UI/UX practices in software development
- Team player with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally
- Enthusiast about hiring new talent and building a team
- Excellent presentation and written communication
- Passionate about blockchains and interested in cryptocurrencies is a plus
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package and ESOP according to the Company policy
- Flexible working hours, remote-friendly environment
- Strong focus on personal development including internal/external trainings and attendance to conferences
- Internal talks, technical meetups and hackathons
- High performance office equipment
- Comprehensive health insurance policy offering extensive medical, dental and vision care coverage
- Meal Vouchers with Swile (ex Lunchr)
- Annual company outing for Ledgerdary Days plus infrequent parties, snacks and drinks
Ledger guarantees equal opportunity for all during the recruitment process, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability or age.