Technical Lead (fmx)

About meinUnterricht

meinUnterricht is a leading education technology platform serving tens of thousands of teachers across Germany the broader DACH region and the rest of the world.

Were building the future of digital teaching by providing educators with high-quality learning materials intelligent search and collaborative tools that make lesson planning more effective and enjoyable.

Were looking for a Technical Lead who combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership and people management skills. Youll lead one of our cross-functional engineering teams driving technical excellence while mentoring and growing the team members. This role requires someone who loves writing code but is equally passionate about enabling others to do their best work.

Youll work at the intersection of technology and education making architectural decisions that directly impact how teachers prepare for classes and how students learn.

Technical Leadership

• Lead architectural decisions for a microservices environment built on React and multiple database technologies
• Design and implement scalable solutions across our distributed system (MongoDB MySQL PostgreSQL Neo4j ElasticSearch Redis)
• Drive technical strategy for your teams domain balancing innovation with pragmatic delivery
• Own critical integrations with external services (AWS Zuora subscription management PSPDFKit document engine AI/ML via Bedrock)
• Establish and maintain engineering best practices: code review standards testing strategies CI/CD improvements
• Stay hands-on: actively contribute code conduct thorough code reviews and pair with team members on complex challenges
• Lead technical discovery and spike work for new features or architectural changes

People & Team Management

• Directly manage 3 - 5 engineers with varying experience levels
• Conduct regular 1:1s provide constructive feedback and support career development
• Facilitate team ceremonies and ensure effective collaboration across frontend backend and infrastructure
• Recruit interview and onboard new team members
• Identify skill gaps and create growth opportunities through challenging work and mentorship
• Handle performance management salary reviews and promotions

Hands-On Development

• Write high-quality production code in TypeScript/ ( Express) and React effectively utilizing AI coding assistants (Cursor Claude GitHub Copilot)
• Implement features across the full stack: APIs frontend components data pipelines infrastructure
• Debug complex production issues spanning multiple services and databases
• Optimize performance bottlenecks in document processing search indexing or async workflows
• Contribute to shared infrastructure: Docker configurations monitoring observability

Technical Requirements

• 5 years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role
• Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript (ES6)
• Frontend experience with React(or similar frameworks)
• Distributed systems expertise: experience with microservices architectures message queues async workflows and data consistency patterns
• Database versatility: comfortable working with both SQL and NoSQL databases; bonus if youve worked with graph databases or ElasticSearch
• Cloud infrastructure experience: AWS (S3 CloudFront ECR) or equivalent cloud platform
• DevOps mindset: Docker/containerization CI/CD pipelines monitoring/observability tools
• API design: REST API best practices authentication/authorization (JWT OAuth)

Leadership & People Skills

• Proven people management experience: youve led and grown engineers at different levels
• Strong mentorship abilities: you genuinely enjoy helping others grow and succeed
• Excellent communication: can explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and provide clear actionable feedback to engineers
• Collaborative mindset: you build consensus navigate disagreements constructively and create team alignment
• Growth-oriented: you invest in your teams development and create opportunities for them to learn
• Empathy and emotional intelligence: you understand that great engineering requires trust psychological safety and work-life balance

Nice to Have

• Experience with payment/subscription systems (Stripe Braintree Zuora)
• Exposure to AI/ML integrations or recommendation systems
• Background in education technology or content management systems
• Experience with PDF processing or document annotation systems
• Familiarity with Neo4j or other graph databases
• Knowledge of search technologies (ElasticSearch OpenSearch Solr. Algolia)
• Open source contributions or technical writing/speaking

• Working for an organization with a clear purpose: to make teachers work easier
• A dynamic work environment in a growing company
• A corporate culture based on trust and constant feedback
• Innovation time (10% rule)
• Opportunities for professional development
• Annual budget for your professional and personal development
• Option to work remotely or in our charming office in the heart of Neukölln
• Deutschlandticket or Urban Sports Club
• Anonymous mental health support and psychological counseling through our partner OpenUp
• Contribution to the company pension plan