Lead Software Engineer

About Us

YouLend is the preferred global embedded financing platform for many of the world's leading e-commerce sites, tech companies and payment services providers such as Amazon, eBay, Shopify, Mollie, Dojo, Paysafe, Just Eat Takeaway and Takepayments. Our software platform and APIs enable our partners to offer flexible financing products, in their desired branding, to their merchant base. With YouLend's AI-driven credit risk assessment solutions, more merchants and SMEs than ever can receive fast, flexible and affordable funding. We operate in 9+ geographies across the UK, EU and the US.

We believe that the future of financial services will be delivered by customer-oriented tech companies that embed financing in their customer journeys, and we are building the solutions that will power that future.

The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Team Lead for Product Software to lead a cross-functional team in delivering high-quality software products using the Scrum framework. As a Team Lead, you will be responsible for guiding the development team, collaborating closely with product management and business leaders, and ensuring the successful delivery of product features for internal and customer facing systems. You will foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement, while also playing a key role in defining the technical direction and ensuring alignment with business objectives.

The Team Lead at YouLend is accountable for the technical and delivery outcomes for their team. This is a leadership role and when required, you are expected to write code and meaningfully contribute to the design of our systems. You should be able to understand, articulate and consider technical problems, and represent the work of your team both internally and externally and the value that brings to our customers.

Requirements

Technical Leadership:

• Lead the development, enhancement, and maintenance of .NET microservices running on AWS EKS and Angular-based front-end services.
• Provide technical leadership to ensure the team adheres to best coding practices, architectural principles, and quality standards.
• Lead code reviews and promote a culture of technical excellence.
• Design and review system architecture for highly complex systems, ensuring scalability and performance.
• Identify root causes of technical issues and implement improvements in processes and technology across the engineering organization.
• Oversee the operational reliability of team-owned systems and proactively manage incidents affecting the team or related business areas.

Quality and Productivity:

• Foster a culture of quality, ensuring thorough testing and validation of work while gaining stakeholder buy-in.
• Develop effective systems to manage the team's work, balancing long-term objectives with immediate needs to maintain high shipping velocity.
• Proactively unblock team members and ensure smooth project flow by addressing bottlenecks and technical challenges.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Act as the primary point of contact between the engineering team and stakeholders. Clearly communicate project progress, risks, and delivery timelines to leadership and other stakeholders.
• Align team goals with broader business strategies, contributing to product and business decisions where appropriate.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and business stakeholders across departments to drive business-forward solutions.

Team Development and Leadership:

• Act as a coach and mentor for your team, helping them grow both technically and professionally. Provide regular feedback and foster a positive, growth-oriented team culture.
• Keep the team directionally aligned with business goals, communicating effectively in complex, challenging situations.
• Serve as the Scrum leader for the team, facilitating all Scrum ceremonies (e.g., daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives) and ensuring adherence to Scrum principles.
• Continuously evaluate the team's performance, workflows, and processes to drive improvements in productivity, velocity, and quality. Encourage experimentation and innovation.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of software development experience, with at least 2+ years in a team lead or engineering leadership role.
• Proven experience leading teams using Scrum or other Agile frameworks. Ability to effectively manage the team's workload, prioritize tasks, and ensure a high level of Scrum discipline.
• Strong proficiency with .NET microservices architecture, AWS (specifically EKS), and Angular front-end development.
• Deep understanding of software development practices, system architecture, and operational reliability.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, capable of addressing complex, high-impact technical issues.
• Strong experience working with Product Managers and stakeholders to define product roadmaps, prioritize work, and deliver high-impact features that meet business and customer needs.
• Exceptional leadership, mentorship, and team-building skills. Ability to inspire and motivate a high-performing team in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Why join YouLend?

• Award-Winning Workplace: YouLend has been recognised as one of the "Best Places to Work 2024" by the Sunday Times for being a supportive, diverse, and rewarding workplace.
• Award-Winning Fintech : YouLend has been recognised as a "Top 250 Fintech Worldwide" company by CNBC.

We offer comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Health Care Coverage. Youlend covers 80%; employee contribution is 20% of the premium.
• Medical Plan (medical insurance and prescription drug coverage)- Choice of 5 different plans through United Healthcare.

• Dental plan coverage

• Vision plan coverage

• Benefits can be for: Employee only; Employee & Spouse; Employee & Child; Employee & Family

• Retirement - 401K match. Employee match $1 for $1 up to 5% of salary.

• Basic Life & AD&D Insurance.

• International travel insurance covered if traveling abroad for work purposes.

• Paid Time Off (PTO)- 20 working days (4 weeks) + US public holidays

• Paid Office Parking

At YouLend, we champion diversity and embrace equal opportunity employment practices. Our hiring, transfer, and promotion decisions are exclusively based on qualifications, merit, and business requirements, free from any discrimination based on race, gender, age, disability, religion, nationality, or any other protected basis under applicable law.

Qualification

Bachelor's Degree