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

Primetime; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TechBiz Global is seeking a Founding Engineering Team Lead for its client in Berlin. You will lead a small, high-performing team while remaining hands-on, design and review production backend and platform code, and own the engineering roadmap balancing speed, quality and security.

You will act as a technical leader, set architecture direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate with CEO/CPTO on critical decisions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 3+ years leading engineering teams while hands-on.
• 3+ years GoLang experience.
• 3+ years AWS in production environments.
• Strong code quality and architectural review experience.
• Startup or scale-up experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a small engineering team while remaining hands-on.
• Design, build, and review production backend and platform code.
• Own delivery of the engineering roadmap, balancing speed, quality, and security.
• Set architecture direction and enforce engineering standards.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance.
• Collaborate with CEO, CPTO, and product leadership on technical decisions.
• Build security architecture and infrastructure from scratch.
• Improve platform cost efficiency, reliability, and operational maturity.

Skills

Leadership

GoLang

AWS

Software architecture

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Monitoring & observability

Security awareness

Startup mindset

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Job description

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,