Tech Lead (d/f/m) - Data, AI & Platform

3 days ago

Remote, GermanyStaff+

Responsibilities

Own the overall technical architecture for the data product, services, and platform.
Set technical direction, align teams and components, and develop the technical roadmap and architectural guardrails.
Evolve graph-based knowledge models, data pipelines, LLM, RAG, and agentic capabilities for production use.
Shape stable, scalable APIs and platform services while improving developer experience.
Embed security, DevOps, and engineering excellence into architecture and development processes.
Identify technical risks and balance scalability, maintainability, technical quality, and time-to-market.
Partner with the product Business Owner to align business, product, and technology decisions.
Coach engineers, facilitate technical decision-making, and strengthen technical ownership and quality.

Extensive experience in demanding software, data, or platform environments and technical responsibility for complex systems.
Experience providing technical leadership to experienced engineers and driving cross-functional technical decisions to completion.
Strong understanding of modern architectures for data-intensive applications, APIs, platforms, and common architecture and design patterns.
Experience with modern cloud and AI technologies, ideally including AWS, Amazon Neptune, TypeScript, Terraform, AWS CDK, LLMs, RAG, LangChain, LangGraph, Langfuse, and AgentCore.
Hands-on experience with data and/or AI products, ideally including LLMs and generative AI in production.
Solid understanding of cloud technologies, DevOps, infrastructure as code, and security by design.
Ability to balance technical excellence and long-term scalability with pragmatism and time-to-market.
Clear, audience-appropriate communication from engineering teams through senior leadership.
Proficient English language skills at minimum C1 level.

Hybrid work with flexible working hours.
Fully remote work is available from anywhere in Germany; the role is also based in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Wide-ranging training and development opportunities.
Space and responsibility to contribute and develop in a supportive, diversity-focused workplace.