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.

They’re building a next-generation cyber risk platform that helps enterprises understand, measure, and reduce identity risk at scale. Their 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.

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

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

• Founding Team Member Equity
• ESOPs in a well funded 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 security technical decisions.
• Fresh Funding Secured
• immediate runway to build, hire, and execute fast.
• Security Contribution
• contribute to security tech 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 higher 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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