Product Engineering Lead

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🌐 Germany, United Kingdom – Remote

🇩🇪 Germany – Remote 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Secfix is a company that specializes in automating compliance processes for businesses to help them achieve and maintain security standards such as ISO 27001, TISAX, and GDPR. By utilizing integrations with cloud providers, SSO, HR systems, and ticketing tools, Secfix streamlines the compliance workflow, reducing manual effort by up to 90%. The platform offers features like automated checklists, risk management, vendor management, and policy management, making it easier for startups and SMEs to stay secure and compliant. Secfix is particularly beneficial for small companies seeking ISO 27001 certification, offering support to ensure a smooth and fast compliance journey. The company is based in Europe and prioritizes data protection with GDPR compliance and strict data encryption policies.

📋 Description

• Ship a meaningful AI-related feature alongside the team during the first month • Make the engineering team faster by improving tooling, review, testing, work allocation, and development processes • Pair with and conduct technical 1:1s with engineers • Take over technical interviews and build an interview process that runs independently • Design technical challenges, run screens, and make hiring decisions • Own technical decisions, specifications, architecture, and reviews for major projects • Ship weekly and lead the team's largest technical work • Improve testing, automation, code review, and security review practices • Maintain the zero-bug policy and accountability for bug resolution • Mentor engineers and support technical growth • Progress into people management, including 1:1s and growth conversations, as the team grows • Refine software development processes and optimise cycle time from specification to production • Work directly with the co-founder and CTO • Build AI capabilities including agentic workflows, intelligent evidence collection, and context-aware policy generation for Secfix's security compliance platform

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years as a software engineer at senior or staff level • 1+ years as a tech lead (formal or de facto) for a team of 3+ • Shipped AI features to production, including retrieval, RAG, or agentic workflows • Built and shipped with Claude Code and Cursor in real production work • Ability to lead system design, write specifications, own architecture, and drive projects to production • Strong OOP fundamentals; Java Spring Boot, Hibernate, or equivalent • Relational database design and SQL optimisation • Experience interviewing engineering candidates • Built something zero to one at a startup or scaled a team through the messy middle • Able to work in the European timezone (CET/CEST) • EMEA-based, ideally Germany or UK • Product taste and high quality standards • Hands-on AI-assisted development experience • Startup experience • Proactive written communication • Based in EMEA and able to come to Germany every 6–8 weeks • Nice to have: people management and technical interviewing experience • Nice to have: designed a technical interview process from scratch • Nice to have: previous experience at a fully remote company

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity: Generous package — we're all owners here • Development budget: €1,000/year • Remote workspace support + co-working access • 26 days + local public holidays • Comprehensive health insurance • Annual retreat • MacBook, monitors, headphones — the latest • Remote work with a real virtual office in Gather • Germany travel every 6–8 weeks is paid

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