Tech lead Jobs in Hürth

Empower businesses to succeed! Sastrify safeguards your digital supply chain with state of the art software management. Our AI-powered platform eliminates Shadow IT, automatically assesses vendor risk, and provides required documentation and monitoring along compliance frameworks like NIS2, ISO and DORA. We support IT leaders in measuring and managing secure AI adoption within their organizations.

Launched in 2020 and backed by leading venture capital investors like FirstMark (also supported Airbnb, Shopify, and Pinterest), we already serve hundreds of clients globally (such as TeamViewer, sennder or On).

Joining Sastrify means being part of a fast-paced, forward-thinking team where your work will make a real difference.

We're looking for a Tech Lead who acts as the primary technical counterpart to our Head of Product. This is a high-impact, hands-on role (70%+ coding) designed for a seasoned engineer who loves the craft of building software as much as the "why" behind product decisions. You will bridge the gap between product discovery and technical execution, ensuring our roadmap is ambitious yet technically sound.

You'll report directly to our CTO and work as the voice of engineering in product discussions. As we scale, you'll have the opportunity to build and lead a small team of engineers who will report to you.

Ready to shape the future of SaaS management? Let’s do it together! You'll be working with Max Messing, CTO and Lars Klein, Head of Product.

What you’ll do as our Tech Lead (m/f/d)

• Product Partnership: Collaborate daily with the Head of Product to translate vision into a robust technical roadmap. You'll be engineering's voice in product discovery.
• AI-Native Development: Pioneer AI-native workflows, leveraging AI tools to accelerate team velocity. Lead the charge in integrating LLMs, agents, and automation into the Sastrify platform.
• Hands-On Execution: Lead by example. Write high-quality, production-ready code across the full stack (React/Node.js). Tackle the most complex technical challenges yourself.
• Technical Evolution: Evolve our full-stack architecture pragmatically, ensuring our environment remains performant and cost-effective as we scale.
• Technical Feasibility: Evaluate new feature requests for technical risk and effort. Provide high-level estimates and alternative paths to achieve business goals.
• Data & Integration Strategy: Drive the technical strategy for integrating with diverse, high-volume customer data sources, ensuring robust data ingestion, reliability, and architectural transparency to deliver maximum user value.
• DevOps Excellence: Advocate for and implement best practices in IaC (Terraform) and CI/CD. Keep deployment cycles fast and reliable.
• Mentorship & Quality: Drive technical excellence through deep code reviews, pair programming, and setting standards for documentation and testing.
  

Our Tech Stack

• Front-End: TypeScript, React.js, React Query, Storybook
• Back-End: Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL (via TypeORM)
• Infrastructure: Serverless Framework, AWS Lambda, Terraform
• AI/LLM: AI SDK, LangChain.js, Agents SDK for building AI-native features
• Workflow: Fully automated CI/CD with daily production deployments

Requirements

• Experience: 8+ years in software development, with 3+ years in a senior or staff-level role within a high-growth SaaS environment
• Full-Stack Mastery: Expert-level TypeScript/Node.js/React. Equally comfortable optimizing a React component and debugging a PostgreSQL query
• Cloud-Native: Deep AWS Serverless experience (Lambda, EventBridge, etc.) and Terraform
• Product Fluency: You think in user value, not just code. You can explain complex technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders
• Execution Focus: Proven track record taking products from concept to production at scale
• Communication: Fluent English and the ability to influence without formal authority
• Remote (EMEA, GMT±2) | Ideally DACH region with occasional Cologne office presence

Benefits

• Build strong technical and market expertise in the high-growing SaaS market.
• Full responsibility from day one.
• Work with our amazing international team.
• 30 days of vacation.
• Flexible working hours.
• Learning budget.
• State-of-the-art equipment and equipment budget.
• In-person Gatherings.
• Mental health support.

Application Process

• Interview with Talent Acquisition Manager
• Interview with the Hiring Manager
• Technical Interview with Team
• Interview with one of our Founders
• Reference Check

The contact person for this role is Frieda Möcker, Head of People & Culture. Feel free to reach out to her with any questions!

As an equal employment opportunity employer, Sastrify is committed to promoting an inclusive work environment. We want all of our employees to feel valued, appreciated, and free to be who they are at work, regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status.