Tech Lead / CTO (m/w/d)

The role

You will own the technology that makes Vogel AI-first by building the data layer above DATEV, agent infrastructure, and a control layer. You will decide the architecture and stack, hire and lead the engineering team, and ensure technology scales with every acquisition.

What you will do

• Build the data layer above DATEV
• Choose and build the agent infrastructure including framework, orchestration, versioning, and observability
• Build a layer for client system integration to avoid custom code
• Build a control layer for professional sign-off and traceability
• Build evaluation on decades of audited, completed work
• Make architecture calls regarding design and stack
• Hire and lead the engineering team
• Ensure acquired firms land on the same technological base
• Commit and review code

Required qualifications

• You have built something that ran in production and was used by people who did not build it, as founding engineer, engineering lead, technical co-founder or in a comparable role
• You have taken agentic systems into production and know where they break
• You have integrated against systems that fight back: legacy ERPs, banking backends, badly documented interfaces
• You write production code
• You work in German

Nice to have

• Experience in a regulated field like fintech, banking tech, payments, or software for professional services
• Knowledge of accounting, tax or DATEV
• Technical co-founder of a sold or failed product, or someone who can show publicly what they have built

Benefits

• Examensförderung with 25,000 EUR qualification budget and three months of release from work
• 100% coverage of childcare costs
• EGYM Wellpass
• Company pension scheme
• Job-Ticket with 90% subsidy
• Home office equipment and a device of your choice from a catalog
• One book per month from the Vogel canon
• AI tools without token limits or budget caps
• 28 days of vacation
• Daily lunch provided
• Dinner provided without expectation
• Social events and offsites

Before you apply

• The application process includes a written task with eight questions
• The process includes a half-hour interview, a joint working session on a real problem, and an on-site meeting with the team
• A different background starts at a different market price and converges after twelve months of proven performance

About the company

Vogel is one of Germany's leading mid-sized consultancies, second-generation owner-managed since 1959, building a leading consulting platform for the mid-sized sector.