Tech Lead (all genders)

Work set-up: 
Full Remote
Contract: 
Full time
Experience: 
Senior (5-10 years)
Work from: 
Germany

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Extensive experience in building scalable web applications., Leadership experience in engineering teams within startups or scaleups., Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams., Eagerness to learn and adapt to fast-moving technologies and tools..

Key responsibilities:

  • Guide the team in technical decision-making and day-to-day development.
  • Contribute to the codebase and support team members through reviews and guidance.
  • Own and develop technical concepts throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Drive strategic initiatives to improve developer experience, quality, and delivery speed.

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Kertos https://kertos.io
11 - 50 Employees
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Job description

Kertos Intro
Kertos is one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing compliance startups in Europe. Backed by leading VCs, renowned business angels, and millions in funding from the European Union for our groundbreaking AI technology, we are perfectly positioned to dominate the rapidly growing compliance market.

With customers like Enpal, Grohe, A&O Hostels, and Blacklane, leading companies rely on our innovative platform. The compliance market is growing at 20% annually, and with upcoming regulations like the AI Act, NIS2, and DORA, we are ideally placed to become the European market leader.

At Kertos, we’re not just writing a unique growth story; we also have the rare opportunity to actively shape one of Europe’s core industries. Join our team and help us shape the future of compliance!
Your purpose at Kertos
You are leading one of our product squads at Kertos, the European Champion for Compliance Automation. You shape our platform by driving our technical decision making, owning our development processes to push the boundaries of automation and innovation. You combine software engineering and team leadership, bringing our team and product to the next level. In close collaboration with our CTO, you will work on strategic initiatives, continuously improving the way we work and collaborate. 

What you’ll be doing here: 
  • Take the role of a lead developer, guiding the team in day-to-day technical decisions
  • Contribute to our codebase yourself, while supporting your team with reviews, guidance and support where needed
  • Contribute to product development by bringing in your ideas to automate workflows, improve suggestions and increase user satisfaction even further 
  • Take End-to-end ownership while developing technical concepts and owning them across the whole development lifecycle 
  • Optimize user value by closely living by customer feedback and usage data, maximizing our daily impact 
  • Lead and guide technical peers in your team in regular 1o1s, supporting their growth and setting them up for success 
  • Initiate and own strategic projects to improve developer experience, quality, speed of delivery and more as a key component of your work
The skills, motivation, and mentality you should bring
  • You have extensive professional experience in building scalable web applications 
  • You have led engineering teams in fast-growing startups or scaleups before and thrive in fostering personal growth 
  • You are used to flat hierarchies, because while this is a lead position, we drive our decisions as a team and minimize top-down decisions 
  • You are a strong communicator and have excellent collaboration abilities to effectively work in cross-functional, agile teams
  • Tech and its tools are moving insanely fast and so do we. You should be eager and curious about trying and pushing tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, Raycast and others. We fully support you (and expect you to) in creating a work environment that is ideal for you. 

Our tech stack is Django, React with Typescript and GraphQL. Experience here is a plus, but not required. 
Why Kertos
  • You are Kertos: Don’t like something? Could be done better? You have the freedom to push things forward and contribute to making Kertos a great place to work 
  • Unique opportunity: Join the growing team of one of Europe’s most promising early stages companies and to work directly with our CTO and co-founder Alex
  • European funding in the millions: The EU has funded our AI research with a total of over 2 million euros
  • Regular Feedback: We foster an open feedback culture and support your growth with regular 1-on-1 meetings 
  • Keep growing: To boost your professional and personal growth, we provide you with a Personal Development Budget of 1.500€ per year
  • Mental Health matters: We've partnered with nilo to prioritize your well-being, offering personalized mental health support for all employees
  • For Sports Enthusiasts: We subsidize your Wellpass membership for your physical fitness for a better work-life balance
  • Full flexibility: Whether at our Munich headquarters, Berlin office or home office - we are flexible and you are happy!  
  • Cutting Edge Technology: Leading VCs have invested in our vision to revolutionize how data protection management and compliance measures are handled sustainably 
  • Steep learning curve: With us you get full responsibility from day 1, push topics forward independently and thus learn a lot 
  • Strong onboarding: No idea about compliance and its automation? No problem, we'll turn you into an expert and provide you with an onboarding buddy
  • Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: We are a strong team that supports each other, and we also have a lot of fun together beyond work and across different locations
Sounds like you are the one we’ve been looking for?
Perfect, let's have a chat! Just send in your CV. We are excited to meet you soon.  
In case you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Lena from our People & Culture team. She's happy to answer all your questions.
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About us
Founded in 2021 and backed by investors such as Redstone, 10x Founders, Seed + Speed, and xdeck, we are on a rapid growth trajectory. Today, we are a team of over 45 ambitious talents from 15 nations, united by our mission to transform compliance from a challenge into a seamless standard. With our platform, we help companies implement regulatory requirements effortlessly, cost-effectively, and stress-free. From our offices in Berlin and Munich, we are driving this vision forward – and this is just the beginning.

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Experience

Level of experience: Senior (5-10 years)
Spoken language(s):
English
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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringIndustrial DesignWeb ApplicationsJavaScript LibrariesGraphQLTypeScriptDjango (Web Framework)Lightcast (Software)Database Cursor

Other Skills

  • Decision Making
  • Team Leadership
  • Growth Mindedness
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
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