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About the Role
Lead a small backend engineering team at a Series A messaging and AI software company. This hands-on role balances technical leadership and people development, with about half your time spent designing and building production software.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to architecture, development, code reviews, and important technical projects.
- Lead a team of up to four engineers and support its effectiveness, technical quality, and delivery.
- Partner with product to understand customer problems, shape solutions, scope work, and set priorities.
- Set technical direction while helping engineers build judgment and own decisions.
- Hold regular one-to-ones, give actionable feedback, and support team members' development.
- Remove blockers, manage dependencies, and identify delivery risks early.
- Improve engineering practices and explore useful applications of AI across the development lifecycle.
- Contribute to hiring through technical interviews and candidate discussions.
Requirements
- At least three years of experience as a Senior or Staff Engineer, with recent hands-on backend engineering work.
- Substantial experience with Java, Kotlin, or another JVM language; experience with Kotlin, Quarkus, and AWS is beneficial.
- Experience designing and building production systems, making architecture decisions, and contributing to implementation and code reviews.
- A backend engineering background and experience working in a startup environment with a strong delivery record.
- Experience in a hybrid technical leadership role, leading projects, or beginning a transition into people leadership.
- Clear communication skills, product judgment, fluency in English, and experience with AI-assisted development.
Skills
- Java
- Kotlin
- JVM language
- Quarkus
- AWS
- AI-assisted development
Location
- Berlin, Germany
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- Staff Engineer
Benefits
- Equity is available through a virtual stock option plan.
About the Company
- Series A messaging and AI software company.