Founding Engineering Team Lead (HandsOn)
TechBiz Global GmbH
Berlin, Berlin, GermanyPosted 13 days agoDiscoveredMatch locked
ExperiencedEngineering
About the role
At TechBiz Global, we are providing recruitment service to our TOP clients from our portfolio. We are currently seeking a
Founding Engineering Team Lead
to join one of our
clients
' team in Berlin. If you're looking for an exciting opportunity to grow in a innovative environment, this could be the perfect fit for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a small, high-performing engineering team while remaining hands-on
- Design, build, and review production backend and platform code alongside the team
- Own delivery of the engineering roadmap, balancing speed, quality, and security
- Act as a technical leader by setting architecture direction and enforcing engineering standards
- Contribute directly to critical features, integrations, and platform foundations
- Establish lightweight engineering processes that enable fast execution without bureaucracy
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance
- Contribute hands-on in design and build architecture, configure systems, code 70% of the time in GoLang.
- Remove blockers and unblock delivery across backend, frontend, data, and DevOps
- Collaborate closely with CEO, CPTO, and product leadership on technical and execution decisions
- Support hiring, onboarding, and technical evaluation of engineers
- Foster a culture of ownership, pragmatism, and low ego
- Build whole Security platform setup from scratch
- Partner closely with backend and AI engineers to design secure service boundaries and deployment models
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production incidents across infrastructure, networking, and application layers
- Build PoCs and validate infrastructure and security design decisions in an early-stage environment
- Support compliance readiness by enabling controls, logging, and evidence collection for security frameworks
- Continuously improve platform cost efficiency, reliability, and operational maturity
- This role reports directly to CEO & CPTO
Must have skills
•
10+ years
of professional software engineering experience
•
3+ years
of experience leading engineering teams
while remaining hands-on
•
3+ years
of
GoLang
experience
•
3+ years
experience with
AWS
in production environments
- Strong
code quality
bar and experience with architectural reviews
- Ability to context-switch between technical
topics and people leadership
- Strong execution mindset and comfort operating under
ambiguity
- Hands-on coding mentality;
can build things from scratch
including security architecture yourself
- Hands-on experience with
Docker, Kubernetes
(EKS) and containerized workloads
- Experience with
CI/CD pipelines
(GitHub Actions or similar)
- Experience with
monitoring, logging, observability
(Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus)
- Experience with
Coding CoPilots
(Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, AWS CodeWhisperer, Codex, etc.)
- Knowledge of Experience supporting
production SaaS platforms
- High ownership mentality, startup mindset, and ability to
move quickly
- Experience in
startup or scale-up environments
- Low ego, high commitment, and a
true tech startup mentality
- Excellent
English
communication skills
Nice-to-have requirements
- Previous experience as a founding or
early-stage
Engineering Manager
- Experience in
cybersecurity
, identity, or enterprise SaaS platforms
- Exposure to
DevOps, SRE, or data engineering
- Experience
scaling teams
and systems simultaneously
- Experience with security architecture, identity security, or
security engineering
- Familiarity with
compliance frameworks
(NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001, SOC 2)
- Understanding of
OAuth/OIDC, API tokens, IdP, scopes, SSO, SCIM, roles, RBAC/ABAC, service accounts
- Familiarity with cloud identity and security controls (e.g.
IAM, CloudTrail, Azure Active Directory / Entra ID
)
- Hands-on with SIEM platforms such as
Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or IBM QRadar
- Experience designing
permission models, identity graphs, or access control frameworks
- Knowledge of tokenization,
Zero Trust principles
, least privilege, and continuous verification
- Experience with Security related to
AI/LLM systems, agent logic, or willingness to learn fast
- Familiarity with
AI agent behavior
, LLM security, or agent sandboxing
- Previous experience in
cybersecurity
, identity startups
- You are a fan of
rock or metal
music
- Excellent
German
communication skills
Benefits
•
Founding Team Member Equity
— ESOPs in a well funded cybersecurity company.
•
Competitive Compensation
— salary aligned with market, flexible early-stage arrangements possible.
•
Founding Team Member Status
— shape the company from day one and own critical security technical decisions.
•
Fresh Funding Secured
— immediate runway to build, hire, and execute fast.
•
Security Contribution
— contribute to security tech architecture across identity, AI agents, and enforcement.
•
High Autonomy
— freedom to design and build without corporate overhead.
•
Work with a Technical CEO and CPTO
— fast iteration, strong alignment, clear direction.
•
Cutting-Edge Domain
— identity security, SaaS-to-SaaS access, AI agent governance.
•
Massive Learning Curve
— quickly gain depth in cybersecurity, identity, and AI systems.
•
Fast Career Path
— opportunity evolve into higher leadership as we scale the engineering team
•
Berlin Location
— top-tier tech environment with strong cybersecurity and AI ecosystems.
•
Direct Impact
— your architecture and code become the foundation of the entire platform.
•
Best Equipment and Tools
- High quality equipment and modern tools to help you do your best work from day one.
•
Team Offsites -
Regular team offsites designed to build strong connections, alignment, and shared momentum.
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Skills
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