Public summary
Seeking an experienced Tech Lead to own and evolve the technical architecture of a complex data and AI product focused on skills intelligence. The role involves leading technical direction, ensuring scalability and security, coaching engineers, and collaborating closely with product and business teams. Candidates should have strong experience in software and platform environments, modern cloud and AI technologies, and fluent professional English skills. Remote work from anywhere in Germany or office presence in Freiburg im Breisgau possible.
Location and work setup
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
- Remote status
- Remote
- German requirement signal
- No German Required Detected
- Detected job language
- English
Responsibilities
Own overall technical architecture of data products, AI services, and platform ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability. Set technical direction and develop roadmaps alongside product teams. Evolve data and AI foundations including graph-based models, data pipelines, and use of LLMs, RAG, and agentic systems. Design APIs and platform services with focus on developer experience. Embed security, DevOps, and engineering excellence into processes. Collaborate with business owners to align strategic and technical decisions. Act as coach and sparring partner to engineering teams, facilitating decision-making and strengthening quality and ownership.
Qualifications
Extensive experience with complex software, data, or platform systems and technical leadership of engineers. Strong system thinking with ability to assess architectural decisions for business impact, scalability, maintainability, and security. Familiarity with modern data-centric architectures, cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), serverless approaches, and AI technologies including LLMs and generative AI. Practical knowledge of DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, and security best practices. Ability to balance technical excellence with pragmatism and time-to-market. Excellent communication skills with professional-level English (minimum C1).