ABOUT THE ROLE
You are an amalgamation of a jack-of-all-trades developer, customer champion, architect and solution designer. The role involves preparing the grounds for engineers to thrive, guiding them, and solving problems. You must have a deep understanding of technology and customer needs, and you’ll be responsible for the success of the Engineering team and the robustness/security of our solutions.
TEAM INTEGRATION
- You report to the CEO.
- You align with the CEO (CPO), the Head of Customer Success, and the CISO.
- You work with the People Team to hire and develop the right team.
ROLE OBJECTIVES
- Constantly meet our SLA, security, privacy and compliance commitments
- Ensure highest impact of our engineering resources through guidance and training
- Fully leverage AI for maximum engineering speed and automation
- Identify technical game‑changers for growth and efficiency
ROLE TASKS
- Software development in various languages (primarily Go, NextJS, Typescript)
- Ensure strong overall organizational performance across delivery, quality, and hiring
- Make clear and effective final decisions on architecture (acting as the tie‑breaker when needed)
- Prioritization in alignment with the CEO and Product Delivery Lead
- Define and continuously evolve the optimal team structure and staffing model
- Establish, maintain, and improve effective engineering processes
- Successfully lead and develop individual contributors into strong technical or managerial team members
- Ensure full ownership of application security, privacy, and compliance commitments
- Create an environment where teams consistently ship high‑quality software, on time, and at scale
- Define staffing requirements and hire team members
- Identify, manage and minimize risks driven by technology (together with CISO), especially regarding information security and privacy
- Technical ownership and management of all products
- Enforce, maintain and evolve our standards throughout the SDLC (e.g., for coding, testing and security)
- Sales/technical meetings with customers where needed to cover for the team
- Managing external suppliers and vendors, deciding on which tools and technologies to use
- Managing cost for our environments and tools, keeping things as lean as possible
- Manage, train and guide engineers
- Create, maintain and deploy the AI adoption strategy fostering the team’s ability to deliver at a faster pace
- Prepare and support security audits together with the CISO
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
- Profound experience in various programming languages and styles, ideally in TypeScript and Go, covering the entire stack. GraphQL knowledge is a bonus.
- Proven track record of building full solutions (vs. parts), ideally in the SaaS space
- Proven track record of working with customers to build/ improve a product
- Multiple years of leadership experience
- Avid problem solver, pragmatic and hands‑on
- Experience with API Gateways, Proxies, and networking in general is a plus, as well as OpenAPI, SOAP, gRPC
- Excellent communication skills in English
- Self‑starter with a clear sense of priorities – no hand‑holding needed
- Focus on getting things done (we’re still a start‑up after all)
- Passionate about building something the world has never seen together with a small, nimble and badass team
- Thrives in a 100% remote environment and enjoys working with a global team
BENEFITS
- Work from wherever you thrive – we’re fully remote and globally distributed. We also provide co‑working space options worldwide if needed.
- Pick your preferred work hardware
- We focus on getting stuff done, and on having fun whilst doing so: work hard, play hard!
- You can make a real difference and find lots of opportunities to grow together with us
- Discretionary PTO: take the time you need to recharge
- Competitive compensation
- Depending on location, we offer healthcare benefits according to local standards
- Team retreats across the globe
Note: This is a full‑time, fully remote position. We are looking for someone who is available to work during European (CET) business hours.
WunderGraph is an equal opportunity workplace; we welcome people from all backgrounds.
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