DevOps Engineer
Founding Engineering Team Lead (HandsOn)
Berlininternshiplead
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Berlin • Cybersecurity & AI Startup • Recently Funded
A newly funded cybersecurity startup in Berlin is looking for a
Engineering Team Lead
to join as a founding team member and help design the core security, identity, and enforcement foundations of a next-generation AI-powered risk management platform.
We are an early-stage startup founded by experienced cybersecurity leaders with backgrounds in Israeli intelligence units.
We are looking for a hands-on
Founding Engineering Team Lead
for a hybrid role based in central Berlin. If you are passionate about cybersecurity and AI, thrive in fast-paced startup environments, and enjoy building complex platforms from the ground up, this is an opportunity to make a real impact.
We’re building a next-generation cyber risk platform that helps enterprises understand, measure, and reduce identity risk at scale. Our goal is to turn complex identity and security data into clear, actionable risk insights that CISOs and CTOs can trust. You will work from scratch on core platform components from day one, shaping how modern enterprises manage and reason about risk using cloud-native systems, AI-driven analysis, and automated enforcement through AI agents.
Tasks
Key Responsibilities
-
Lead and grow a small, high-performing engineering team while remaining
hands-on -
Design, build, and review
production backend and platform code alongside the team -
Own delivery of the
engineering roadmap
, balancing speed, quality, and security -
Act as a
technical leader
by setting architecture direction and enforcing engineering standards -
Contribute
directly to critical features, integrations, and platform foundations -
Establish lightweight
engineering processes
that enable fast execution without bureaucracy -
Mentor engineers through
code reviews
, pairing, and technical guidance -
Contribute
hands-on
in design and build architecture, configure systems, code 70% of the time in GoLang. -
Remove blockers
and unblock delivery across backend, frontend, data, and DevOps -
Collaborate closely with
CEO, CPTO, and product leadership
on technical and execution decisions -
Support
hiring
, onboarding, and technical evaluation of engineers -
Foster a culture of
ownership, pragmatism, and low ego -
Build whole Security platform setup
from scratch -
Partner closely with backend and AI engineers
to design secure service boundaries and deployment models -
Troubleshoot
and resolve complex production incidents across infrastructure, networking, and application layers -
Build PoCs
and validate infrastructure and security design decisions in an early-stage environment -
Support
compliance readiness
by enabling controls, logging, and evidence collection for security frameworks -
Continuously improve
platform cost efficiency
, reliability, and operational maturity -
This role reports directly to
CEO & CPTO
Requirements
Must have skills
-
10+ years
of professional software engineering experience -
3+ years
of experience leading engineering teams
while remaining hands-on -
3+ years
of
GoLang
experience -
3+ years
experience with
AWS
in production environments -
Strong
code quality
bar and experience with architectural reviews -
Ability to context-switch between technical
topics and people leadership -
Strong execution mindset and comfort operating under
ambiguity -
Hands-on coding mentality;
can build things from scratch
including security architecture yourself -
Hands-on experience with
Docker, Kubernetes
(EKS) and containerized workloads -
Experience with
CI/CD pipelines
(GitHub Actions or similar) -
Experience with
monitoring, logging, observability
(Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus) -
Experience with
Coding CoPilots
(Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, AWS CodeWhisperer, Codex, etc.) -
Knowledge of Experience supporting
production SaaS platforms -
High ownership mentality, startup mindset, and ability to
move quickly -
Experience in
startup or scale-up environments -
Low ego, high commitment, and a
true tech startup mentality -
Excellent
English
communication skills
Nice-to-have requirements
-
Previous experience as a founding or
early-stage
Engineering Manager -
Experience in
cybersecurity
, identity, or enterprise SaaS platforms -
Exposure to
DevOps, SRE, or data engineering -
Experience
scaling teams
and systems simultaneously -
Experience with security architecture, identity security, or
security engineering -
Familiarity with
compliance frameworks
(NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001, SOC 2) -
Understanding of
OAuth/OIDC, API tokens, IdP, scopes, SSO, SCIM, roles, RBAC/ABAC, service accounts -
Familiarity with cloud identity and security controls (e.g.
IAM, CloudTrail, Azure Active Directory / Entra ID
) -
Hands-on with SIEM platforms such as
Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or IBM QRadar -
Experience designing
permission models, identity graphs, or access control frameworks -
Knowledge of tokenization,
Zero Trust principles
, least privilege, and continuous verification -
Experience with Security related to
AI/LLM systems, agent logic, or willingness to learn fast -
Familiarity with
AI agent behavior
, LLM security, or agent sandboxing -
Previous experience in
cybersecurity
, identity startups -
You are a fan of
rock or metal
music -
Excellent
German
communication skills
Benefits
Benefits
-
Founding Team Member Equity
— ESOPs in a cybersecurity company -
Competitive Compensation
— salary aligned with market, flexible early-stage arrangements possible -
Founding Team Member Status
— shape the company from day one and own critical technical decisions -
Fresh Funding Secured
— immediate runway to build, hire, and execute fast -
Security Contribution
— contribute to security architecture across identity, AI agents, and enforcement -
High Autonomy
— freedom to design and build without corporate overhead -
Work with a Technical CEO and CPTO
— fast iteration, strong alignment, clear direction -
Cutting-Edge Domain
— identity security, SaaS-to-SaaS access, AI agent governance -
Massive Learning Curve
— quickly gain depth in cybersecurity, identity, and AI systems -
Fast Career Path
— opportunity evolve into leadership as we scale the engineering team -
Berlin Location
— top-tier tech environment with strong cybersecurity and AI ecosystems -
Direct Impact
— your architecture and code become the foundation of the entire platform -
Best Equipment and Tools
- High quality equipment and modern tools to help you do your best work from day one -
Team Offsites -
Regular team offsites designed to build strong connections, alignment, and shared momentum
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