Software Engineering Team Lead (Kubernetes)

Location: Remote from Germany

Company

hirify.global is an early-stage, product-led company building mirrord, an open-source Kubernetes development platform that lets developers and AI coding agents run code against live clusters before deployment. The product is used by thousands of developers worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies.

What you will do

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of cloud integration features such as queue splitting and database branching.
• Stay hands-on in the codebase and work with Kubernetes, cloud services, databases, message brokers, and related platforms.
• Set technical direction, maintain engineering standards, prioritize work, unblock engineers, and execute the roadmap.
• Drive effective use of AI across the team.
• Hire and mentor engineers as the team grows.
• Partner with Product, Solution Engineering, and users to drive adoption and expansion.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of experience leading engineering teams.
• At least 4 years of professional experience writing production-grade code in Rust, preferably, or C++ or C.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Understanding of Kubernetes and cloud-native environments.
• Strong systems-level thinking and ability to debug complex, distributed environments.
• Comfort working asynchronously in a remote-first startup environment.

Nice to have

• Experience building developer tools.
• Experience building Kubernetes operators or other components interacting with the Kubernetes API.
• Familiarity with backend infrastructure tooling, including data stores, message brokers, and GitOps tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first, async-friendly work environment with few meetings.
• Work on open-source infrastructure at the intersection of local development and cloud infrastructure.
• Small, high-caliber team with direct impact on thousands of developers and major companies.
• Competitive salary and stock options.
• Culture that respects personal time.