Product Software Team Lead, YouLend
+ Stock Options
Embedded merchant financing
Open for applications
Embedded merchant financing
201-500 employees
Open for applications
+ Stock Options
201-500 employees
Company mission
To enable future financial services to embed their operations within customer-oriented product suites.
Role
Who you are
- 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
What the job involves
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Securing funding can be complicated, arduous and often inaccessible to many companies. YouLend solves this problem by giving eCommerce platforms and tech companies better access to fast and flexible funding.
YouLend has benefited from the boom in the financial services industry, but this also means the company has had to compete with a number of other embedded finance startups, such as Weavr. Despite this, YouLend's focus on online merchants has allowed it to remain competitive in its offering. What's more, the company's revenue-based repayments system differentiates its solution from more established loan options.
YouLend's flexibility and the speed with which merchants can obtain funding has allowed it to gain a foothold in the growing embedded finance market. However, it will need to focus on growing its customer base even further if it wants to scale in this competitive space.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
39% female employees
101% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Stock Options
- Private Medical insurance via Vitality
- EAP with Health Assured
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Modern and sophisticated office space in Central London
- Free Gym in office building in Holborn
- Subsidised Lunch via Feedr
- Deliveroo Allowance if working late in office
- Monthly in office Masseuse
- Team and Company Socials
- Football Power League / Squash Club
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Mikkel Sølvsten Velin
(Co-CEO)Started out as a Junior Associate at Bech-Bruun, and was an External Lecturer at the University of Copenhagen. Was a Partner at Rogge Global Partners (now Allianz Global Investors).
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at YouLend
Joanne Savage (Talent Acquisition Manager)
- At YouLend we’re providing a technology first approach to finance. Our product helps smaller businesses that are the backbone of the economy, and our teams are at the core of delivering our product. We strive to create an equitable culture and we believe our teams are strongest when they are diverse and inclusive.
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