Staff/Senior Software Engineer

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p>At Ledgy, we’re on a mission to make Europe a powerhouse of entrepreneurship by building a modern, tech-driven equity management and financial reporting platform for private and public companies. In 2026, we aim to be the leading provider for European IPOs and reporting for share-based payments. We are a value-based company with a core focus on being humble, transparent, ambitious and impactful, all in order to delivery the best experience for our customers and end users.</p> <p>We are proud to partner with some of the world’s leading investors. New Enterprise Associates led our <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/21/ledgy-a-carta-for-european-startups-to-manage-equity-and-cap-tables-raises-22m-from-nea-sequoia-and-more/">$22m Series B</a> round in 2022, with Philip Chopin joining Sequoia’s Luciana Lixandru on our board.</p> <p>We were founded in Switzerland in 2017 and today we operate globally from offices in Zurich and London. We encourage diversity and are an international team coming from 26 different countries and speaking 25 different languages.</p> <p> </p></div><p></p> <p><strong>About the Role</strong></p> <p>As a <strong>Senior/Staff Software Engineer</strong> at Ledgy, you’ll design and build elegant, scalable systems that power how companies manage their equity. You’ll collaborate with fellow engineers (based mainly in Zurich and London), product managers, and designers to develop industry-leading automation and experiences — while many in our space still rely on manual processes.</p> <p>Location: We hire remotely across the UK, Spain, Germany, Poland, and Romania. For candidates based in London, we use a hybrid model with 2 days in the office per week.</p> <p><strong>Teams we’re hiring for:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Core Equity</strong> — Owns the foundational logic that powers Ledgy’s equity engine. Every equity-related event — such as issuing shares, creating new pools, or adjusting ownership — generates transactions. This team defines and maintains the transaction logic, data model, and core domain behaviour that ensure Ledgy’s platform remains accurate, scalable, and compliant. They also enable employees to sell their shares seamlessly once vested.</li> <li><strong>Reporting</strong> — Transforms Ledgy’s core equity data into financial, operational, and compliance reports. The team manages large, complex datasets and ensures reporting is accurate, performant, and reliable across jurisdictions and company structures. Their work powers the insights companies and auditors rely on for decision-making and transparency.</li> <li><strong>AI Systems</strong> — Develops Ledgy’s AI foundations and product experiences, from AI agents and AI-assisted workflows to the platform capabilities that help other teams embed AI safely in their domains. The team works in a new and evolving product area, balancing rapid iteration with reliable execution, evaluation tooling, and responsible automation.</li> <li><strong>Tax</strong> — Ensures taxes are correctly reflected throughout equity operations, especially moments such as exercising, selling, mobility, and other taxable events. As a future team, Tax will build end-to-end product capabilities across the stack, helping customers manage complex tax and compliance requirements accurately across jurisdictions.</li> </ul> <p><strong>You'll Thrive in This Role If You</strong></p> <ul> <li>You have 7+ years of experience working as a Software Engineer</li> <li>You are excited about the impact of equity on entrepreneurship and its real-world impact for companies</li> <li>You enjoy tackling complex financial data transformations and compliance requirements</li> <li>You enjoy writing clean, maintainable code with agents, both in the back end and front end</li> <li>You thrive in collaborative environments</li> <li>You take pride in creating robust, tested solutions for critical business operations</li> </ul> <p><strong><em>Our Tech Stack:</em>*</strong></p> <p>We have a modern, cohesive stack that lets us move fast while maintaining quality:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Language:</strong> TypeScript</li> <li><strong>Frontend:</strong> React, Tailwind CSS, tRPC</li> <li><strong>Backend:</strong> tRPC, Node.js, MongoDB, Temporal</li> <li><strong>Infrastructure:</strong> GCP, Terraform Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions</li> </ul> <p>*We don’t expect proficiency in this specific stack</p> <p><strong>What Your Journey Could Look Like</strong></p> <p><strong>First 30 days:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Be paired with an onboarding buddy who will introduce you to the world of equity management</li> <li>Get to know our engineering team, product managers, and designers</li> <li>Understand how your team’s surface area connects to the broader Ledgy platform</li> <li>Start contributing to the codebase with the guidance of experienced team members</li> </ul> <p><strong>First 3 months:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Ship independently on impactful product features and improvements</li> <li>Participate in architecture discussions around scaling workflows, data models, and integrations</li> <li>Work alongside other engineers to implement robust, reliable data…