
Science. Engineering. Art. leonardo is a leading impact-driven software partner for impact funds, DFIs and SMEs. We enable organisations to measure, verify, and report their impact confidently. As a spin-off from TU Munich we combine scientific standards with a great software product that drastically simplifies the complex task and includes AI-powered impact verification.

Science. Engineering. Art. leonardo is a leading impact-driven software partner for impact funds, DFIs and SMEs. We enable organisations to measure, verify, and report their impact confidently. As a spin-off from TU Munich we combine scientific standards with a great software product that drastically simplifies the complex task and includes AI-powered impact verification.
Headquarters: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Product: AI-powered impact measurement SaaS for primary data collection, validation, analysis and reporting
Founding year: 2023
Team size: ~15 employees
Funding: Two pre-seed rounds (most recent: Mar 1, 2024)
Impact measurement, validation and reporting for investors, funds, NGOs and SMEs
2023
SaaS; Impact measurement / ESG reporting
Reported pre-seed round
Most recent pre-seed round closed Mar 1, 2024
“Disclosed investors include Global Millennial Capital and BM H Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen”
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leonardo is a B2B SaaS solution that helps organisations measure sustainability impact. We combine scientific standards and engineering excellence to drastically simplify the complex task of impact measurement. leonardo's suite of software tools enable organisations to measure, analyse, verify and report on impact, while remaining compliant to regulatory standards. We partner with organisations and businesses of any size from project developers on the ground, to capital providers and impact funds. Our goal is to tackle the world's most pressing problems by making meaningful impact data accessible.
We're looking for a Lead Software Engineer to be the head of the spear that is our development team. This is a full-time hybrid position ( ) located in Frankfurt am Main, with the flexibility of working from home up to 10 days a month. You're a startup person through and through – you enjoy faced paced work, tight deadlines, figuring things out, quick turnarounds, and small and talented teams. You will be responsible for architecting, developing, optimising and maintaining the leonardo software to continue to effectively deliver critical impact data. You will collaborate closely with other developers, architects, designers, data scientists, sustainability experts and product managers to ensure the software and systems meet current and future business needs. You're a will be coding 80% of the time and will undergo a rigorous live coding test as part of your interview process – we are not looking for an Engineering Manager.
Tasks
Lead a growing development team, incl. coaching other developers to upgrade the overall skill level of the team
Make key technical & architectural decisions to ensure a high standard of security, efficiency and scalability
Hands-on development of the leonardo web application
Perform FE and BE code reviews and ensure best practices and high code quality is maintained
Research & recommend new technologies that will meet business requirements
Optimize code and algorithms to boost performance
Setup and optimize DevOps processes
Attend meetings with stakeholders and clients to provide technical feedback
Deployment of ML models
Collaborate with the Product, Design and ML teams to provide estimates and inputs on the difficulty & limitations of features
Requirements
Minimum 7 years of experience in software development
Experience in leading, hiring, and mentoring a development team
Advanced knowledge in: Next.js, React.js, Node.js, TypeScript, Test Driven Development, DevOps, AWS Services
Experience with both monolith and microservices architectures
Fluent in spoken and written English
Comfortable communicating ideas or deliverables to the team and clients
Bonus: Familiarity with MLOps, particularly experience with pipelines that require large language models or computer vision
Benefits
Centrally located office in Frankfurt am Main
Flexible working hours and a hybrid working model
30 days paid leave per year
Personal and professional development opportunities
Opportunity to build and influence the product and dev team
An international team
Join our team at leonardo and make a meaningful impact in tackling the world's pressing problems. Apply now for the Lead Software Engineer position!