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
As a Lead Engineer / Tech Lead at Kertos – the European Champion for Compliance Automation – you’ll lead one of our product squads and play a key role in shaping our platform.
You’ll combine
technical leadership and hands-on coding, making impactful technical decisions, driving our development processes, and pushing the boundaries of automation and innovation.
In close collaboration with our CTO, you’ll work on strategic initiatives, continuously improving how we build, ship, and collaborate — taking both our product and team to the next level.
OUR TEAM SETUPWe work in three cross-functional product squads, each focused on one of our core internal products or solutions:
Squad composition:
- 1 Product Manager, 1 Product Designer, 3–4 Engineers
- Your role: Each squad is led by a Lead Engineer / Tech Lead, reporting directly to the CTO
- Collaboration style: Flat hierarchies, shared ownership, and strong cross-functional teamwork
TECH STACK- Backend: Python (Django)
- Frontend: React.js, TypeScript
- Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, terraform, ArgoCD, Karpenter
- AI: LangChain, LangGraph, Langfuse
- DevOps & Tools: We experiment with cutting-edge tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, Raycast – and encourage you to push for the best setup for your work
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES- Lead with impact: Guide your team in making smart, high-value technical decisions
- Stay hands-on: Spend ~70% of your time coding and contributing to the codebase
- Mentor & grow: Support your engineers through code reviews, feedback, and regular 1:1s
- Innovate: Bring new ideas to automate workflows, improve recommendations, and delight our users
- Own the process: Drive your work from concept to delivery — and see the results in real time
- Boost product quality: Turn feedback and usage data into meaningful improvements
- Shape the developer experience: Initiate projects to improve quality, delivery speed, and collaboration
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 our People & Culture team. We're happy to answer all your questions.
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.
