Tech Lead, DevEx Platform (80-100%)

Job description

About the role

As a Tech Lead on our Platform team, you will combine technical leadership with people management to make technology faster, safer and more enjoyable. You will lead a small team of SRE and backend engineers and treat the platform as a product - balancing roadmap execution, developer experience and operational resilience.

Tasks

With the technical cap:

• Own internal platform roadmap and backlog - priorities aligned with strategic goals, developer feedback and long-term sustainability;
• Drive the design and delivery of internal platforms, CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling;
• Development and maintenance of common libraries and frameworks that standardize development and deployment.

With the guide cap:

• Lead and grow a small team of SRE and backend engineers - conducting 1:1 meetings, assisting with onboarding, goal setting and performance feedback;
• Drive platform adoption across engineering teams through training, documentation and developer engagement;
• Leading the backend guild and promoting consistent standards across teams;
• Partner with tech leads, engineering managers and architects to align platform direction with organizational needs;
• Champion a culture of ownership, psychological safety and continuous improvement;
• Track and report on platform impact metrics such as adoption rates, developer satisfaction (NPS) and operational stability.

Requirements

• Experience in leading platform or development productivity initiatives across teams;
• Strong background in Java (Quarkus) or Node.js (Nest.js), with Kubernetes, Terraform and GitLab CI/CD;
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS), microservices and developer tooling;
• Experience in the implementation of lifecycle strategies (versioning, migration, deprecation);
• Proven ability to document, communicate and promote platform tools and standards.

You are a good candidate if:

• They like to develop platforms and internal tools that empower engineers;
• You can look forward to end-to-end ownership - architecture, implementation and operation;
• You balance technical strategy with mentorship and team delivery;
• you care intensively about quality, developer experience and security.

What success means:

• Developers rely on your tools and templates to deliver faster and more securely;
• Platform services are stable, observable and secure-by-default;
• Their team is committed, growing and delivers high-quality solutions;
• Engineers seek your advice and feedback loops drive continuous platform improvement;
• Measurably reduce developer toil in management and automation;
• Their platform work enables secure, scalable and maintainable systems across the organization.

Our offer

To be part of a dynamic, global team that creates a