Tech Lead

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Build up a new backend team: help shape team setup, hiring, onboarding, and ways of working
Lead and develop engineers through mentorship, feedback, and a culture of quality and ownership
Stay hands-on: design, implement, and ship backend features in our core product (you’ll code regularly)
Own technical decisions end-to-end: architecture, system design, APIs, data modeling, and engineering standards
Drive delivery in a cross-functional feature setup (Product, Frontend, Customer Success) aligned with company goals
Improve reliability and performance of production systems (observability, scalability, maintainability)
Establish strong engineering practices: code reviews, testing strategy, CI/CD quality gates, pragmatic documentation

7+ years of backend development experience with Java/Kotlin and Spring (preferred), or equivalent experience in the JVM or .NET ecosystem
Proven experience building and operating production backend systems (performance, reliability, clean architecture)
Strong system design skills: API design, data modeling, distributed systems fundamentals
Experience leading engineers (people leadership, mentoring, feedback, enabling others to deliver)
A pragmatic, structured mindset: you balance speed with long-term maintainability
Strong communication skills and proficiency in English for an international team
Experience with cloud platforms, observability stacks, and modern deployment setups
Experience scaling teams or introducing standards/processes in a growing product organization

A high-impact role in a product-driven company that’s scaling fast
Flat hierarchies and room to shape the product and engineering culture
Hybrid work setup with flexible home office options
Team lunches, coffee/snacks, fun team eventsand optional German language classes
Extra vacation days: your birthday, Christmas, Easter, and (in Austria) all bridge days (Fenstertage)
A diverse, international team of about 60 experts from software, math, and different industries
Compensation based on skills and experience. For this role, the minimum salary is 75.000 gross/year.