Product Engineering Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Deliver a significant AI-related feature in collaboration with the team within the first month.

• Enhance the engineering team's efficiency by refining tooling, code review, testing, task allocation, and development workflows.

• Partner with engineers to conduct technical one-on-ones.

• Oversee technical interviews and establish a self-sustaining interview process.

• Develop technical challenges, conduct screening sessions, and make hiring decisions.

• Take ownership of technical decisions, specifications, architecture, and reviews for key projects.

• Deliver weekly and spearhead the team's most significant technical initiatives.

• Enhance practices related to testing, automation, code review, and security assessment.

• Uphold a zero-bug policy and ensure accountability for bug resolution.

• Mentor engineers and facilitate their technical development.

• Transition into people management, encompassing one-on-ones and growth discussions, as the team expands.

• Refine software development processes and optimize the cycle time from specification to production.

• Collaborate directly with the co-founder and CTO.

• Develop AI capabilities, including agentic workflows, intelligent evidence gathering, and context-aware policy generation for Secfix's security compliance platform.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of experience as a software engineer at a senior or staff level.

• At least 1 year of experience as a tech lead (either formally or informally) for a team of three or more.

• Experience shipping AI features to production, including retrieval, RAG, or agentic workflows.

• Proven track record of building and deploying solutions using Claude Code and Cursor in real-world applications.

• Proficient in leading system design, writing specifications, owning architecture, and steering projects to production.

• Strong foundation in OOP principles; experience with Java Spring Boot, Hibernate, or similar technologies.

• Knowledge of relational database design and SQL optimization.

• Experience conducting interviews for engineering candidates.

• Background in building products from the ground up at a startup or scaling a team through challenging phases.

• Capable of working within the European time zone (CET/CEST).

• Based in the EMEA region, preferably Germany or the UK.

• Possess a sense of product taste and maintain high-quality standards.

• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development.

• Previous experience in a startup environment.

• Strong proactive written communication skills.

• Reside in EMEA and available to travel to Germany every 6–8 weeks.

• Nice to have: experience in people management and technical interviewing.

• Nice to have: experience designing a technical interview process from the ground up.

• Nice to have: prior experience working at a fully remote company.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity: Generous package — we are all owners here.

• Development budget: €1,000 per year.

• Remote workspace support plus access to co-working spaces.

• 26 vacation days plus local public holidays.

• Comprehensive health insurance coverage.

• Annual retreat for team bonding.

• Latest technology: MacBook, monitors, and headphones.

• Remote work facilitated through a virtual office in Gather.

• Paid travel to Germany every 6–8 weeks.