Tech Lead

Remote - Munich. Posted 9 days ago

The role

A top-notch engineer who leads from the codebase and owns technical decisions. You will ship every week, lead the team's biggest technical work, and eventually grow into managing the team.

What you will do

Ship code every week
Own technical decisions, specs, architecture, and reviews
Lead the team's biggest technical work
Refine software development processes to maintain high velocity
Improve engineering testing, automation, and code reviews
Take over technical hiring and design technical challenges
Mentor engineers through technical 1:1s
Grow into an engineering management role as the team expands

Required qualifications

8+ years as a software engineer at senior or staff level
1+ years as a tech lead (formal or de facto) for a team of 3+
Shipped AI features to production (retrieval, RAG, agentic workflows)
Built and shipped with Claude Code and Cursor in real production work
Lead system design, including writing specs and owning architecture
Strong OOP fundamentals; Java Spring Boot, Hibernate, or equivalent
Relational database design and SQL optimisation
Experience interviewing engineering candidates
Built something zero to one at a startup or scaled a team through the messy middle
Able to work in European timezone (CET/CEST)
EMEA-based, ideally Germany or UK

Nice to have

Some people management and technical interviewing experience
Designed a technical interview process from scratch
Previous experience at a fully remote company

Benefits

100% remote with a virtual office in Gather
Generous equity package
€1,000/year development budget
Remote workspace support + co-working access
26 days of holidays + local public holidays
Comprehensive health insurance
Annual retreat
MacBook, monitors, headphones

Before you apply

Interview process includes an intro call, interview with CTO, technical interview, AI-assisted build session, and leadership session

About the company

Secfix builds security compliance systems for teams and agents to become and stay compliant with less effort. They are a category leader in Europe using AI to automate compliance processes.