Tech Lead – Developer & Platform Engineering

About the role

We're looking for a Tech Lead to head our newly formed Developer Experience team. The team's mission is to improve how engineers build, test, and ship software — reducing friction across the full development lifecycle through better tooling, smarter pipelines, and platform design that makes the right path the easy path.

This is a foundational role — you'll shape the team's direction and be hands‑on in building what matters.

• Design and improve CI/CD pipelines, review workflows, and release processes that reflect how teams actually work today, including with AI‑assisted development.
• Build internal platforms, SDKs, CLIs, and libraries that engineers adopt because they're genuinely useful — not because they're mandated.
• Integrate GenAI into platform tooling thoughtfully, with automated quality checks and feedback loops that make AI‑assisted code safer over time.
• Own the platform roadmap. Balance feature requests, technical debt, and strategic investments using real data — cycle time, deployment frequency, developer satisfaction.
• 6+ years building services and libraries with Java (Quarkus) or Node.js (NestJS).
• 3+ years technical leadership across multiple teams.
• Working experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and Git Lab CI/CD.
• Comfort with AWS and developer productivity tooling.

• Team first mindset. The team above the individuals.
• Our people always first. Everything starts there.
• We deliver frequently, with high quality and security. Yup, that’s right.
• We celebrate success and learn from failures. The key to a healthy balance.
• We are pragmatic and look for simplicity. KISS everywhere.
• We have a positive impact. We deliver results.

Joining Sygnum means being part of a dynamic, global team that is building a trusted gateway between the traditional and digital asset economies. Working at Sygnum, you will experience our fast‑paced, exciting work environment that embraces meritocracy and collaboration and open communication. Alongside our ambitious long‑term mission, we also celebrate milestones and company events as part of our journey to shape Future Finance.

Sygnum offers a comprehensive package of benefits for all team members. They include:

• Attractive combination of market salaries and entrepreneurial incentive scheme.
• Flexible/work-from-home policies.
• Professional development via mentoring and buddy programs.
• One‑month fully paid sabbatical after five years of continuous employment.