Team Lead Tech (m/f/d) (Munich, Germany)

Team Lead Tech (m/f/d)

Introduction

We're hiring an Engineering Team Lead / Tech Lead (m/f/d) in Munich (hybrid, 3 days on-site / 2 days remote) to own the architecture of Peter Park's event-driven, cloud-native SaaS platform — a product used by millions of drivers across Europe. You are the highest technical authority in your squad: a hands-on architect who sets and defends the technical direction while staying close enough to the codebase to maintain deep credibility. Whether you're coming from a Senior/Staff Engineer track or an Engineering Manager background, we care about impact — not titles.

Your Objectives & Role

• Orchestrate Architecture: Lead architectural discussions and guide your squad through complex trade-offs. Own the scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency of our distributed, event-driven infrastructure on AWS.
• Lead by Example: Contribute production-grade code, tackle core features, and run peer code reviews (MRs) that elevate the engineering standard.
• Develop Engineers: Mentor and grow software engineers through continuous feedback, psychological safety, and clear career progression. Shield your team from operational noise so they can do their best work.
• Bridge Strategy & Execution: Translate business goals into actionable technical objectives. Partner closely with Product Managers to balance feature delivery with technical debt reduction.
• Drive Ownership: Foster an entrepreneurial mindset. Help engineers understand the "why" behind architectural decisions and keep customer impact front of mind.

What You Bring

• Hands-On Leadership: You're an established Engineering Manager, Staff Engineer, or Senior Engineer ready to own a team. Disciplinary management experience is a plus, not a requirement.
• Distributed Systems Experience: You've designed, scaled, and owned distributed, event-driven systems in a SaaS or IoT environment. You confidently defend trade-offs around consistency, throughput, and cost.
• Technical Depth: Fluency in Node.js / TypeScript (our primary backend stack) or our IoT stack (C++, Python). You understand AWS cloud architectures well enough to review a senior engineer's work and push it further.
• Agile Fluency: Proficiency with tools like Linear or Jira. You use data to drive team velocity and release frequency.
• People-First Mindset: High emotional intelligence, proactive communication, and the ability to motivate a diverse team with kindness and clarity.
• Stakeholder Communication: Comfortable navigating from engineer-level technical detail to C-level strategic conversations.
• Language: Excellent English (C1+) is mandatory. German is a strong plus.

Our Tech Stack

• Backend: Event-driven microservices — Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript, BullMQ, Prisma
• Frontend: Vue.js in a monorepo (Turbo, pnpm, Storybook)
• IoT: Embedded & edge solutions in C++ and Python
• Cloud & Databases: AWS (Lambda, EKS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3), Terraform
• Orchestration & CI/CD: Kubernetes (EKS) with KEDA & Karpenter, GitLab CI/CD
• Serverless: AWS Lambda, Serverless Framework

Work Set-up

• Munich, Bavaria — hybrid (3 on-site / 2 remote)
• 40h / week, flexible hours
• Permanent contract
• Team: 3-6 people

What We Offer

• Impact: Your architecture decisions directly shape a product used by millions of drivers and major parking facility operators across Europe.
• Career: Choose your track — technical expert path or engineering management path. We invest in your growth as a leader.
• Tooling: Access to all major frontier AI models, MCP servers, and agentic tooling. MacBook M4 Pro (48GB RAM) + 37" curved screen from day one.
• Perks: Company pension plan, JobRad bike leasing, subsidized Deutschlandticket or EGYM Wellpass, corporate benefits.
• Well-Being: Free snacks, subsidized office catering, weekly team lunch.
• Stability: Start-up culture with the financial security of an established, growing company.
• Location: Our modern office in Munich, a vibrant city in the heart of Bavaria.

Our Hiring Process

• We respond within 48 hours
• HR Interview – experience & expectations
• Live Assessment – practical problem-solving
• Tech Challenge – system design, cloud scalability, trade-off discussion
• Leadership Conversation – with a member of our technical leadership
• On-Site Meeting – meet the team in Munich

About Peter Park

Peter Park helps its customers manage and digitize parking spaces simply and efficiently. We replace barriers, paper tickets, and parking discs with barrier-free parking and mobile payment options. Peter Park revolutionizes the daily parking experience through new digital technologies, making life easier for every driver. We build a cloud-native SaaS platform that serves millions of drivers and B2B partners — combining IoT hardware, mobile payments, and real-time infrastructure at scale. We're financially stable, growing fast, and serious about engineering excellence.