Founding Engineering Team Lead (HandsOn)

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

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Lead and grow a small, high-performing engineering team while remaining hands-on

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Design, build, and review production backend and platform code alongside the team

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Own delivery of the engineering roadmap, balancing speed, quality, and security

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Act as a technical leader by setting architecture direction and enforcing engineering standards

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Contribute directly to critical features, integrations, and platform foundations

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Establish lightweight engineering processes that enable fast execution without bureaucracy

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Mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance

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Contribute hands-on in design and build architecture, configure systems, code 70% of the time in GoLang.

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Remove blockers and unblock delivery across backend, frontend, data, and DevOps

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Collaborate closely with CEO, CPTO, and product leadership on technical and execution decisions

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Support hiring, onboarding, and technical evaluation of engineers

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Foster a culture of ownership, pragmatism, and low ego

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Build whole Security platform setup from scratch

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Partner closely with backend and AI engineers to design secure service boundaries and deployment models

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Troubleshoot and resolve complex production incidents across infrastructure, networking, and application layers

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Build PoCs and validate infrastructure and security design decisions in an early-stage environment

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Support compliance readiness by enabling controls, logging, and evidence collection for security frameworks

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Continuously improve platform cost efficiency, reliability, and operational maturity

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This role reports directly to CEO & CPTO