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Senior Software Engineer developing web applications and APIs while mentoring a small development team. Working with designers and product managers to deliver user - friendly solutions in Germany.
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Hybrid Tech Lead, Marketplace Platform
Posted 2 weeks ago
About the role
- Tech Lead managing the technical direction and delivery of a new marketplace platform. Leading a dedicated build team while maintaining legacy system oversight during migration.
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical direction and delivery of a new marketplace platform
- Drive a greenfield platform build while maintaining oversight of a legacy system
- Design and review event-driven distributed systems across platform services
- Define API contracts, messaging topology (SNS/SQS), and database schemas (PostgreSQL)
- Establish architecture patterns and evaluate AI-generated code
- Own technical decision-making balancing speed with long-term maintainability
- Lead end-to-end platform delivery from design through production go-live
- Run tight sprint cadences with clear goals and retrospectives
- Set up on-call rotations, incident response processes, and runbook documentation
- Build and lead the new platform team from onboarding through production delivery
- Mentor existing .NET developers transitioning to the TypeScript stack
Requirements
- 6+ years of backend engineering experience, with 2+ years in a tech lead or senior architect role
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js
- Deep experience with event-driven architectures: message queues (SQS, SNS, Kafka), async workflows, idempotency patterns
- Production experience with AWS services: EKS/Kubernetes, Aurora/RDS (PostgreSQL), ElastiCache (Redis), SQS/SNS
- Experience designing and operating distributed systems with proper observability (structured logging, distributed tracing, dashboards)
- Proven ability to run agile delivery: sprint planning, backlog management, retrospectives
- Strong code review culture — can review PRs for correctness, security, and design quality
- Familiarity with .NET 6 / .NET Framework (for legacy oversight during migration)
- Experience with AI pair programming tools (Copilot, Claude, Cursor) and AI-native development workflows
- Experience migrating systems from monolith to microservices
- Contract testing experience (Pact or similar)
- Experience integrating with third-party marketplace APIs (e.g., Shopee, Lazada, Grab, or similar)
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