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Engineering Manager
Backend, Tech Lead
Location
Berlin, Germany
Work type
Hybrid
Employment
Full Time
Experience
3+ years
Compensation
Compensation not disclosed
Posted
1d ago
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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).
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Superchat
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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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