Tech Lead - Frontend Software Engineer

About us 

Lantern is a pioneering private markets data intelligence platform. 

We’re going to market, at pace, with a truly innovative solution for private market GPs. To support our ambitious plans, we are looking for an exceptional Technical Lead to drive the growth of our innovative private capital software. If you are a motivated and ambitious individual with a passion for software development and a keen understanding of the European Private Capital market, this role might be perfect for you. 

About you 

As a Tech Lead Frontend Software Engineer, you will join a team with ambitious plans to power Private Market data intelligence and insights. Reporting to the Head of Engineering, you will work closely with the CTO, Data Engineering and Data Science teams, Head of Product, and our delivery squads via development partners.

Key Responsibilities 

• Produce high quality code with good test coverage, using modern abstractions and frameworks for building new features and enhancing existing products 
• Support all phases of development from early definition on through specification, architecture and productisation 
• Break down complex systems into components and tasks so you and your colleagues can deliver efficiently 
• Translate business requirements into technical design and specifications 
• Taking a DevOps mindset to ensure your team delivers quality product features 
• Take ownership of code reviews and encourage team members to learn from your experienced feedback 
• Promote best engineering practices 
• Mentor and nurture members of your team and within the engineering team 

Requirements 

• 7+ years of experience building software at a professional level
• Proven experience working in a start-up
• Proven programming skills, with expertise React development
• Strong experience with unit and integration testing
• Ability to build components and pages from Figma designs
• Ability to collaborate with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to understand and break down complex problems 
• Adaptable to change and willing to own any complex task given to you and see it through to production 
• You are a team player. Your ideas are important, but you take a pragmatic approach to solving problems and have a product-first mindset 
• You are a hands-on practitioner with strong craftsmanship 
• Experienced in shipping micro-frontend based applications to production, including knowledge of the CI/CD process (we use GitHub)
  
• Possess leadership qualities and take pride in helping the less experienced grow in their careers 
• Bonus: experience or interest in Python or backend engineering.

Our Tech Stack 

• React
• TypeScript
  
• Next.js
• Tailwind
• Storybook
• Kubernetes