Job Specifications
Player-Coach Engineering Team Lead
Location: Remote or Ghent, Belgium | Salary Range: €112.000 - €169.000 a year
About the Role: The Highligh
tsWe're looking for an Engineering Team Lead to join our remote-first department and take the helm of Team Syncs. This is a Player-Coach role, meaning you'll balance hands-on technical contributions with people management, mentoring, and ensuring your team is aligned with the company's business prioritie
s.If you thrive on both writing great code and fostering an environment where engineers can grow and do their best work—especially in the complex domain of data ingestion and API management—this is for yo
u.Impact: Guide Team Syncs, a mission-critical team responsible for bringing complex financial data into Silverfin and ensuring its accurac
y.Challenge: Work with 30+ external APIs, financial algorithms, and manage a public API for external integration
s.Balance: Enjoy actual, proper work-life balance with flexible hours and no expectation of working beyond your contractual obligation
s.Growth: Participate in our Leadership Development Programme and receive a €1200 yearly budget for professional developmen
t.Perks: Two engineering retreats per year somewhere in Europe and ten company-wide Wellbeing Days per year (a paid Friday off
).
A Note about Compensa
tionFor this role, the compensation range is €112.000 - €169.000 a year , which reflects the total compensation band for teamleads at this le
vel.Please note: Most candidates start at the lower to mid part of the range, depending on experience and how their profile compares to our existing team. The higher end of the range is typically offered to individuals with a track record of strong impact and deep expertise in similar roles. We run annual compensation reviews, so there is clear opportunity for growth as you progress in the r
ole.
Our Commitment to a Welcoming & Inclusive P
rocessAt Silverfin, we are committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation. We value all our colleagues and do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability status, or any other character
istic.We believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives. To ensure an equitable hiring process, our policy is to only move to the interviewing stage once we have a sufficiently representative and diverse pool of applicants. This might mean a slight delay in scheduling interviews, but it's a vital step in our commitment to genuine e
quity.We strongly encourage you to apply even if you don't check every single box. We are looking for potential and unique contributions. Tell us how you can help us achieve our mi
ssion!
What You'll Be Doing (Leading Tea
m Syncs)As the Team Lead for Team Syncs, you will manage, mentor, and contribute to a team focused on the backbone of our platform—data connectivity and in
tegrity.People Leadership & Alignment (Th
e Coach)Manage and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous impr
ovement.Collaborate closely with the team’s Product Manager to set clear goals and priorities for data synchronization and API deve
lopment.Partner with Team #1 of your fellow TLs to maintain a well-aligned Engineering dep
artment.Live the Silverfin values and be a role model for yo
ur team.Technical Contribution (The
Player)Actively contribute to the team's codebase, dividing time between technical work and people man
agement.Oversee the development and maintenance of integrations with external bookkeeping APIs, ensuring reliable and accurate da
ta flow.Guide the team in maintaining our public Sync API, enabling third parties to build seamless bookkeeping integrations with Si
lverfin.Help the team refine algorithms and financial calculations necessary for data accuracy and correctness within the p
latform.Help with discovery and delivery of the best solutions for customer and business cha
llenges.
What We're L
ooking ForEssential Re
quirements2 years of experience leading a team, including direct people m
anagement.Recent hands-on experience as a Senior Software
Engineer.Expertise with or willingness to quickly learn and work with Ruby
on Rails.Enthusiasm and familiarity with AI tools for software de
velopment.Ability to communicate clearly in English, both verbally and i
n writing.Work hours have some overlap with EU business hours (local timezone within CE
T +/- 3h).Willingness and ability to travel 3 to 4 times per year for team and compa
ny events.Helpful Experience (Nice
-to-Haves)Experience with API design and building resilient, third-party integrations (highly relevant for Te
am Syncs).Experience in a fully remote working en
vironment.Experience working with large datasets and ensuring data
integrity.Experience in Fintech or with accounting/financial knowledge (highly relevant for the team's
function).Experience with JavaScript fra
mework(s).
What Makes Silverfin En
About the Company
Silverfin is the cloud platform that makes accountancy firms more successful. It improves the efficiency, competitiveness and profitability of compliance services, and powers the development and delivery of advisory services. Silverfin takes financial data directly from client systems and hosts it securely in a single cloud Structured Data Hub. Then templates standardise, and automate, accounting workflows and use the data hub to make compliance easy, fast, and accurate. But that's only half the story. Leading firms use Silv...
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