Team Lead Tech (m/f/d)

Introduction:

We are looking for an empathetic, strategic, and technically grounded Team Lead Tech (m/f/d) to act as a hybrid "Player-Coach" for our squad. Simply put: You are the highest technical authority in your team. You set and defend the architectural direction while staying hands-on enough to maintain deep technical credibility and serve as a stabilizing anchor ("The Lighthouse") for your team.

Your Objectives & Role:

• Orchestrate Architecture: Lead high-level architectural discussions and guide your squad through complex trade-offs. Defend the scalability, quality, and stability of our event-driven cloud infrastructure.
• Lead by Example: Stay close to the metal. Actively contribute production-grade code, tackle core features, and conduct peer Merge Request reviews to elevate engineering standards.
• Empower High-Performing Teams: Cultivate talent with deep empathy. You will develop and mentor engineers, fostering an environment of continuous feedback, psychological safety, and growth. By shielding your team from operational noise, you enable deep focus while consistently raising the bar for excellence across the department.
• Bridge Strategy & Execution: Translate high-level business goals into actionable technical objectives. Partner with Product Managers to balance feature delivery with technical debt reduction.
• Instill Ownership: Drive an entrepreneurial spirit within your squad. Help engineers understand the "why" behind every line of architecture and keep customer impact at the center of their work.

Your Expertise, Skills & Mindset:

• Real Seniority: We value direct business impact and a drive for continuous improvement over a flat number of years. We welcome established Engineering Managers or Senior/Staff Engineers ready to step into leadership. Disciplinary experience is a plus, not a must.
• Production Track Record: You have designed, owned, and scaled distributed, event-driven systems at a meaningful scale (ideally within a fast-paced SaaS or IoT scale-up environment). You confidently defend architectural trade-offs (consistency, throughput, cost).
• Technical Fluency: You are fluent in our primary backend stack (Node.js/TypeScript) or our IoT environment (C++, Python) and understand cloud architectures (AWS). You possess the technical depth to review a senior's MR, constructively challenge their logic, and help them improve.
• Agile Native: You have deep proficiency with project management tools (Linear, Jira) and agile methodologies. You know how to use data to improve team velocity and release frequency.
• People-First Mentality: You possess high emotional intelligence (EQ). You are proactive, empathetic, and capable of motivating a diverse team. You hold yourself and others accountable with kindness and clarity.
• Operational Rigor: You are structured and conscientious. You can manage complex stakeholders and communicate effectively with both engineers and C-level executives.
• Communication: Excellent English communication skills (C1+) are mandatory. German proficiency is a strong plus.

Technologies We Work With:

We embrace modern, cutting-edge technologies to build robust and scalable solutions.

• Backend: Event-driven microservices in NodeJS (NestJS).
• Frontend: Monorepo powered by Turbo, pnpm, changesets, and Storybook, primarily using Vue.js.
• IoT Stack: Embedded and edge solutions in C++ and Python.
• Frameworks/Libraries: Adoption of TypeScript, NestJS, BullMQ, and Prisma for backends in an opinionated monorepo approach.
• Databases: Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, S3.
• Orchestration & CI/CD: We manage our container orchestration with Kubernetes (EKS), using Keda and Karpenter for dynamic autoscaling. Our CI/CD is powered by GitLab.
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform for AWS provisioning.
• Serverless: Leveraging AWS Lambda and the Serverless framework for high-throughput endpoints.

Work Setup:

• Hours : 40 hours per week (based on trust).
• Home Office Policy: Enjoy a hybrid model with 3 days in the office / 2 days remote.
• Contract : A permanent contract for long-term stability
• Location : Our modern office in Munich, a vibrant city in the heart of Bavaria.

What We Offer:

• Impact: direct influence on a product used by millions of drivers and major facility owners across Europe.
• Growth: A clear management track or expert track career path. We invest in your development as a leader.
• Culture: A team that values "Delight," ownership, and moving fast.

Our Recruiting Process:

1. Initial Contact: We’ll get back to you within 48 hours.
2. HR Interview: Discuss your experience and expectations with our HR team.
3. Live Assessment: Showcase your adaptability by solving a practical problem in an unfamiliar context
4. Tech Challenge: A collaborative deep-dive into system architecture, cloud scalability, and handling technical trade-offs.
5. Leadership Conversation: A deep dive into the role and expectations with a member of our technical leadership.
6. On-Site Meeting: Visit our Munich office, meet more of the team, and experience our culture firsthand!

What are the benefits of working at Peter Park?

We believe in supporting our team with an environment that fosters growth, well-being, and a great work-life balance.

• Your perks: company pension plan, corporate benefits, and JobRad bike leasing, plus, you can choose between a subsidized Deutschlandticket or an EGYM Wellpass membership.
• Your flexibility: flexible working hours and the option to work remotely from within the EU.
• Your setup: an onboarding experience that gets you up to speed right away, height-adjustable desks, and modern Apple equipment (MacBook (M4 Pro, 48GB Ram) and a 37-inch curved screen) for the perfect start from day one. Plus access to all major frontier AI models, MCP servers, and the agentic tooling you need to do your best work.
• Your well-being: a healthy energy boost with free snacks (fruit, nuts, muesli), subsidized office catering, and a weekly team lunch.
• Your fit: a lived start-up mentality in a financially secure and stable environment.

Ready to build the future with us?
Apply today and let’s make something great together.

About us

Peter Park revolutionizes parking lots by digitizing them. Our mission is to replace physical barriers with cutting-edge computer vision technology, paper-based receipts with interactive touch screen terminals, and traditional payment methods with smartphone integration and cloud microservices. We aim to integrate every parking lot into the digital mobility ecosystem, offering a range of secondary services to optimize parking capacity utilization.

As of now, Peter Park operates over 500 edge devices across Europe, facilitating thousands of parking and payment transactions per hour. Our physical infrastructure relies on distributed, Python and NestJS-based backend services hosted on AWS.