Founding Engineering Team Lead (HandsOn) arbeitnow TechBiz Global GmbH Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 11/1/2026

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

Nice‑to‑have requirements:

• Previous experience as a founding or early‑stage Engineering Manager
• Experience in cybersecurity , identity,