Lead Software Engineer (m/f/d)
Location: Munich
Department: Responsible for the Tech & Infrastructure
Reports to: CEO
Headcount: Company wide: 10 FTE, Tech Department: 2 Sr. Engineers
Your Mission:
Our customer is a B2B SaaS company that protects any product on the internet (Remove.tech).
Remove.tech grew from 0 to 800k in ARR within 1,5 years and is a bootstrapped remote company founded in Vienna, Austria.
The founders are looking for a founding engineer / CTO who is proactively driving the Technology side of the company in order to scale to 10 Mio ARR within the next 5 years, bootstrapped.
Your first half-year might look like this:
After 1 month you’ll
Finished the company onboarding
Have met your entire team and understood the product and how our customers are using it
Spent time shadowing your team, the founders and talked to customers directly
understand the company strategy, mission, value proposition and 2025 targets
After 3 months you’ll
Have identified low-hanging fruits based on your discovery and previous experience and implement short-term wins
Have built a foundation of trust with your peers and team to be able to take ownership of decisions
Having a rough plan on the tech strategy to deliver 10x growth in 5 years based on the time you spend with customers, your team and the founders
Spent time with customers, bi-weekly
Understood the tech infrastructure and code
Ship code weekly
After 6 months you’ll
Have a clear tech strategy in mind to achieve 10x growth in 5 years
Proactively shape the company's direction, goals and objectives on the tech side
Have re-structured the code base and took full ownership of all tech-contributing activities
Spend time with customers, bi-weekly
Your Responsibilities
Develop and implement technology strategies to grow from EUR 1 to 10M in ARR within 5 years.
Lead and coordinate all technical functions striving for customer centricity and profitable growth and build a team of strong independent senior engineers or juniors with high potential.
Understand the requirements of existing customers to ensure their needs are being met and meet with customers bi-weekly
Build a standarized and high quality code base to ensure a high valuation of the company through a scalabale tech stack, code base and team. We could be acquired and you would benefit from the share value.
Contribute to hiring by clearly articulating expectations of how top candidates look like and help to evaluate and close them
Your profile
Proven experience in building outstanding products, ideally in a B2B SaaS start-up.
6+ years of relevant work experience; min. 5 years in coding
Hands-on attitude with a desire to take ownership of tasks and responsibilities;
Proven experience in customer centric and agile environments
Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities
Desire to work in fast-paced scale-up and passion to work with digital products and services
Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to translate insights into actionable technical strategies and operational plans.
Excellent leadership and people management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate cross-functional teams to achieve technical goals.
Experience in developing and implementing devops processes.
What you’ll get:
Being part of our supportive, curious, hands-on and independent culture.
Joining a independent bootstrapped start-up in the B2B SaaS field.
An entrepreneurial company culture with flat hierarchies
Remote, flexible in working from other countries or locations.
State of the art hardware and software.
About Us
pplwise supports leading, fast-growing companies across Europe in delivering on their growth plans. Our services include Recruiting as a Service & Executive Search specializing in the support of technology companies during their growth phases.
We work with publicly traded companies like Uber or JustEatTakeaway, Unicorns like Clark, TIER or Taxfix and countless start-ups and scale-ups funded by top venture capital funds like Sequoia Capital, HV Capital or Cherry Ventures.
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Join us as a Lead Software Engineer at Remove.tech, a fast-growing B2B SaaS company located in the heart of Munich. This is a unique opportunity to take the reins of our tech strategy and lead our small but ambitious team toward explosive growth. Imagine being a key player in a company that skyrocketed from zero to 800k in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in just 1.5 years! As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll work closely with the CEO and fellow engineers, diving into our innovative product that safeguards products online. Your mission will revolve around developing and implementing technology strategies that bolster our growth from 1 million to an impressive 10 million ARR in the next five years. Your journey will start with onboarding and understanding our industry, customers, and team dynamics. Within three months, you’ll not only identify opportunities for improvement but also begin establishing a trusting environment where your peers can thrive. By the end of the six months, you’ll have laid a robust foundation for our tech strategy, taking full ownership of our codebase and tech operations. Your experience in B2B SaaS product development and an agile mindset will put you in a pivotal position to guide our team towards achieving our ambitious goals. If you thrive in fast-paced environments and are passionate about inspiring a team while making a direct impact on the business, we would love to have you onboard!
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