Senior Tech Lead — Software Architecture & API Systems (Full‑Time, Remote) full time

Neli Arabi GmbH HQ: Berlin, Berlin, Germany Remote job Feb 14

Job Type: Full‑Time (Remote) — 40 hours/week

Start: Immediate

Commitment: Long‑term

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We are hiring a Senior Tech Lead to take end‑to‑end technical ownership across multiple systems, services, and integrations and to lead a growing engineering team. You will define and evolve an API‑first architecture, set engineering standards, and ensure reliable delivery across backend systems, third‑party integrations, and internal tooling.

  • Evaluation Phase (Trial): 2 months (paid, full‑time)
  • Compensation during Evaluation: $300 USD/month (40 hours/week)
  • After successful evaluation: compensation will be reviewed and adjusted based on demonstrated impact, scope of ownership, and experience
  • The evaluation phase is a mutual assessment. Strong performance may lead to an earlier compensation review.
  • Own and evolve architecture across APIs, backend services, integrations, and system boundaries
  • Lead and mentor developers; drive execution, prioritization, and technical decisions
  • Conduct technical interviews, including live coding and structured evaluations
  • Review and approve code before production; enforce quality gates and best practices
  • Establish engineering standards (coding, PR/review process, Git workflows, documentation)
  • Ensure scalability, performance, security, and operational reliability (monitoring/observability)
  • Oversee release/deployment readiness in collaboration with the team
  • Translate business goals into a practical technical roadmap across systems
  • 7+ years professional software development experience (backend/API‑heavy)
  • Strong expertise in API design and backend/system architecture
  • High confidence in evaluating code quality and guiding engineering excellence
  • Ownership mindset: structured, reliable, decisive, delivery‑oriented

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Requirements
Availability:
Full-time (40 hrs/wk)
Experience levels:
Expert (5+ yrs)
Negotiable rate