Tech Lead (all genders)

Permanent employee, Full-time · München, Berlin

Kertos Intro

Kertos is one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing compliance startups in Europe. Backed by leading VCs, renowned business angels, and millions in funding from the European Union for our groundbreaking AI technology, we are perfectly positioned to dominate the rapidly growing compliance market.

With customers like Enpal, Grohe, A&O Hostels, and Blacklane, leading companies rely on our innovative platform. The compliance market is growing at 20% annually, and with upcoming regulations like the AI Act, NIS2, and DORA, we are ideally placed to become the European market leader.

At Kertos, we’re not just writing a unique growth story; we also have the rare opportunity to actively shape one of Europe’s core industries. Join our team and help us shape the future of compliance!

Your purpose at Kertos

You are leading one of our product squads at Kertos, the European Champion for Compliance Automation. You shape our platform by driving our technical decision making, owning our development processes to push the boundaries of automation and innovation. You combine software engineering and team leadership, bringing our team and product to the next level. In close collaboration with our CTO, you will work on strategic initiatives, continuously improving the way we work and collaborate.

What you’ll be doing here:

Take the role of a lead developer, guiding the team in day-to-day technical decisions
Contribute to our codebase yourself, while supporting your team with reviews, guidance and support where needed
Contribute to product development by bringing in your ideas to automate workflows, improve suggestions and increase user satisfaction even further
Take End-to-end ownership while developing technical concepts and owning them across the whole development lifecycle
Optimize user value by closely living by customer feedback and usage data, maximizing our daily impact
Lead and guide technical peers in your team in regular 1o1s, supporting their growth and setting them up for success
Initiate and own strategic projects to improve developer experience, quality, speed of delivery and more as a key component of your work

The skills, motivation, and mentality you should bring

You have extensive professional experience in building scalable web applications
You have led engineering teams in fast-growing startups or scaleups before and thrive in fostering personal growth
You are used to flat hierarchies, because while this is a lead position, we drive our decisions as a team and minimize top-down decisions
You are a strong communicator and have excellent collaboration abilities to effectively work in cross-functional, agile teams
Tech and its tools are moving insanely fast and so do we. You should be eager and curious about trying and pushing tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, Raycast and others. We fully support you (and expect you to) in creating a work environment that is ideal for you.

Our tech stack is Django, React with Typescript and GraphQL. Experience here is a plus, but not required.

Why Kertos

You are Kertos: Don’t like something? Could be done better? You have the freedom to push things forward and contribute to making Kertos a great place to work
Unique opportunity: Join the growing team of one of Europe’s most promising early stages companies and to work directly with our CTO and co-founder Alex
European funding in the millions: The EU has funded our AI research with a total of over 2 million euros
Regular Feedback: We foster an open feedback culture and support your growth with regular 1-on-1 meetings
Keep growing: To boost your professional and personal growth, we provide you with a Personal Development Budget of 1.500€ per year
Mental Health matters: We've partnered with nilo to prioritize your well-being, offering personalized mental health support for all employees
For Sports Enthusiasts: We subsidize your Wellpass membership for your physical fitness for a better work-life balance
Full flexibility: Whether at our Munich headquarters, Berlin office or home office - we are flexible and you are happy!
Cutting Edge Technology: Leading VCs have invested in our vision to revolutionize how data protection management and compliance measures are handled sustainably
Steep learning curve: With us you get full responsibility from day 1, push topics forward independently and thus learn a lot
Strong onboarding: No idea about compliance and its automation? No problem, we'll turn you into an expert and provide you with an onboarding buddy
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: We are a strong team that supports each other, and we also have a lot of fun together beyond work and across different locations

Sounds like you are the one we’ve been looking for?

Perfect, let's have a chat! Just send in your CV. We are excited to meet you soon.
In case you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Lena from our People & Culture team. She's happy to answer all your questions.

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About us

Founded in 2021 and backed by investors such as Redstone, 10x Founders, Seed + Speed, and xdeck, we are on a rapid growth trajectory. Today, we are a team of over 45 ambitious talents from 15 nations, united by our mission to transform compliance from a challenge into a seamless standard. With our platform, we help companies implement regulatory requirements effortlessly, cost-effectively, and stress-free. From our offices in Berlin and Munich, we are driving this vision forward – and this is just the beginning.

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