Tech Lead (TypeScript)

Location: Remote / Berlin

Department: Engineering

Tech Lead (TypeScript)

Company

Orcrist is building a next generation data intelligence platform using cutting-edge technologies. We're handling petabyte-scale data with sub-second queries. Our product (OIP) is a Kubernetes‑based platform delivered as B2B SaaS or as a self‑hosted/on‑prem solution, including air‑gapped deployments.

Role

Lead the team that owns OIP’s central surfaces: the Next.js web application, the typed tRPC API, and the Identity & Access Management (IAM) system. You’ll keep a strong hands‑on footprint (around 50%), evolve the platform from MVP to secure, observable, real‑time foundations, and set cross‑team engineering standards that other feature teams build on.

What you'll do

• Own and evolve the core app surfaces: the React web app, the tRPC API, and our real‑time UI and admin consoles.
• Define platform primitives: IAM (authn/authz), multitenancy, and audit logging as reusable building blocks for all teams.
• Architect and implement event‑driven services and typed API contracts in TypeScript/Node.js.
• Write production code ca. 50% of the time on the hardest parts (auth flows, performance fixes, real‑time features).
• Establish SLOs and observability (traces, metrics, logs) and lead incident response for the Core surfaces.
• Lead architecture reviews and ADRs, drive technical decision‑making, and set cross‑team standards.
• Partner with Platform on Kubernetes, CI/CD, and security baselines to ship reliable releases. 

About You

• 7+ years software engineering with TypeScript/Node.js (full‑stack with React).
• Deep Kubernetes experience operating production workloads.
• Cloud experience (GCP, AWS, Azure or similar).
• Led technical teams and major architecture migrations.
• Strong mentorship track record.
• Solid distributed systems fundamentals and event‑driven patterns (Kafka/NATS or similar).
• Experience with security & compliance: OAuth2/OIDC, RBAC/ABAC/policy, multitenancy, and audit logging.
• Experience with observability: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, SLOs, and error budgets. 

Nice‑to‑haves

• Experience in B2B SaaS or government/defense contexts.
• Worked with on‑prem/air‑gapped deployments.
• Open‑source contributions, speaking/writing on technical topics.
• Python coding skills.

What We Offer

• Modern architecture & stack (TypeScript, React, Node.js, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, GCP).
• Remote‑first in Germany with occasional team events in Berlin.
• Home office budget and great equipment.
• 30 days vacation.
• Direct impact on critical missions across private and public‑sector customers.