Founding Engineering Team Lead (HandsOn)

<p><span style="color:#121317">At TechBiz Global, we are providing recruitment service to our TOP clients from our portfolio. We are currently seeking a </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">Founding Engineering Team Lead </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">to join one of our </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">clients</span></strong><span style="color:#121317">' 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.<br></span></p><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">Key Responsibilities:</span></strong></p><ul><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Lead and grow a small, high-performing engineering team while remaining hands-on</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Design, build, and review production backend and platform code alongside the team</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Own delivery of the engineering roadmap, balancing speed, quality, and security</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Act as a technical leader by setting architecture direction and enforcing engineering standards</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Contribute directly to critical features, integrations, and platform foundations</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Establish lightweight engineering processes that enable fast execution without bureaucracy</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Contribute hands-on in design and build architecture, configure systems, code 70% of the time in GoLang.</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Remove blockers and unblock delivery across backend, frontend, data, and DevOps</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Collaborate closely with CEO, CPTO, and product leadership on technical and execution decisions</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Support hiring, onboarding, and technical evaluation of engineers</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Foster a culture of ownership, pragmatism, and low ego</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Build whole Security platform setup from scratch</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Partner closely with backend and AI engineers to design secure service boundaries and deployment models</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Troubleshoot and resolve complex production incidents across infrastructure, networking, and application layers</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Build PoCs and validate infrastructure and security design decisions in an early-stage environment</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Support compliance readiness by enabling controls, logging, and evidence collection for security frameworks</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Continuously improve pl