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: 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