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 employee empowerment 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 tools
• Building and maintaining common libraries and frameworks that standardize development and deployment
• Integration of safe, observable and compliant practices into platform design
• Leveraging AI and automation to reduce cognitive load, improve quality and scale developer productivity
• Clear communication of changes via changelogs, documentation and internal demos
• Function as technical decision-maker for platform architecture, tool standards and life cycle guidelines

With the guide cap:

• Lead and grow a small team of SRE and backend engineers - conduct 1:1 meetings, assist 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
• Tracking and reporting 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 tools
• Experience in the implementation of life cycle strategies (versioning, migration, deprecation)
• Proven ability to document, communicate and promote platform tools and standards

You are a good candidate if:

• You like to build platforms and internal tools that empower engineers
• You can look forward to end-to-end ownership - architecture, implementation and operation
• 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
• Your team is committed, growing and delivers high quality solutions
• Engineers seek your guidance and feedback loops drive continuous platform improvement
• You measurably reduce the developer workload with management and automation
• Your platform work enables secure, scalable and maintainable systems across the organization

Our offer

To be part of a dynamic, global team building a trusted interface between traditional and digital wealth management.