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Superchat•Messaging & AI Platform

Engineering Manager

Backend, Tech Lead

Location

Berlin, Germany

Work type

Hybrid

Employment

Full Time

Experience

3+ years

Compensation

Compensation not disclosed

Posted

1d ago

Summary and responsibilities

Role overview

Summary

This is a hands-on leadership role where you will spend approximately half your time designing and building software and the other half enabling your team of 3-4 engineers. You will work directly on architecture, development, and important projects while fostering an environment for your team to deliver excellent products.

Tech Lead (Backend-Leaning) – Superchat

Location: Berlin, Germany (Hybrid: Prenzlauer Berg office, 2 WFH days/week)

Company: 100 people, profitable, €18M raised, serving 10,000+ businesses globally

About the Role

Superchat is rebuilding business messaging through unified multi-channel communication (WhatsApp, SMS, email, Instagram) and production AI agents. We are looking for a hands-on, backend-leaning Tech Lead to lead a squad of 3–4 engineers and own technical architecture and execution for core product domains.

This is a 50/50 split role: roughly half your time is spent writing code, reviewing PRs, and driving architecture, while the other half is dedicated to people enablement, delivery coaching, and team leadership.

What You’ll Do

• Architecture & Development: Spend ~50% of your time designing scalable backend systems, writing production code, conducting reviews, and tackling complex engineering challenges.

• People Leadership: Lead 3–4 engineers; run weekly 1:1s, provide actionable feedback, foster technical growth, and conduct hiring interviews.

• Product Collaboration: Partner with your Product Manager to shape requirements, scope milestones, remove blockers, and balance technical health with fast startup velocity.

• Tech Strategy & Standards: Establish technical clarity, mentor engineers in decision-making, and integrate AI-assisted developer workflows (e.g., LLM tooling) across the SDLC.

• Key Stakeholders: Partner closely with your Director of Engineering, PMs, and engage directly with the CTO and CPO in a flat, lean hierarchy.

Tech Stack

• Backend: Kotlin, Quarkus, JVM ecosystem, AWS

• Frontend / AI: TypeScript, React, Next.js, LangGraph for AI workflows

Who We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of experience as a Senior or Staff Backend Engineer with strong JVM experience (Kotlin & AWS are major advantages).

• 2+ years of technical leadership experience (Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, or architectural lead).

• Hands-on mindset: Passionate about continuing to write code and design systems rather than transitioning to pure people or ticket management.

• Collaborative multiplier: Focuses on raising overall team velocity and capability instead of being an architectural bottleneck or solo hero.

• Product empathy: Pragmatic, customer-focused problem solver who communicates technical trade-offs clearly to both engineers and business stakeholders.

• AI-forward: Actively utilizes AI tools in daily development workflows.

• In-person presence: Willing to work in our Berlin office under a hybrid arrangement (not open to fully remote).

Why Join Superchat?

• Profitable, high-growth environment operating at scale (millions of daily messages).

• Squad-based autonomy with true end-to-end domain ownership.

• Flexible dual career ladders (reversibility between IC and management paths).

• Comprehensive perks: Urban Sports Club / Dance / BVG subscription, €500 annual learning budget, high-spec equipment, and structured relocation support to Berlin.

• Vibrant office community (regular social events, sports, and team meetups).

Updated 1d ago

Candidate fit

Skills and qualifications

Additional skills

Backend Engineering • 1+ yrs
JVM Ecosystem • 1+ yrs
Java • 1+ yrs
Kotlin • 1+ yrs
AWS • 1+ yrs
Leadership • 1+ yrs
Architecture • 1+ yrs
Communication • 1+ yrs

Experience

3+ years

How this role is positioned

Role classification

Job domains

Engineering

Industries

Software & SaaS

Employment

Full Time

Contract duration

Permanent

Hiring type

Direct

Global hiring

Location specific

Offer details

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

Compensation not disclosed

VisibilityShared on listing
CurrencyUSD
PeriodYearly

Benefits and perks

Relocation Assistance

Location, schedule, and role shape

Work setup

Work conditions

Primary locationBerlin, Germany
Work typeHybrid
Global hiringNo

Bandwidth profile

peopleHigh • 9/10
physicalLow • 2/10
cognitiveHigh • 8/10
executionHigh • 8/10
creativityMedium • 7/10
uncertaintyMedium • 6/10
communicationHigh • 9/10

Context on the employer

Company snapshot

Company

Superchat

Team size

Growing team

Location

Berlin, Germany

At Superchat, we're rebuilding how businesses talk to their customers. The phone call, the contact form, the support ticket: all of it is being replaced by messaging and AI. We're building the platform that runs underneath.

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Engineering Manager

Berlin, Germany • Full Time