Tech Lead/Engineering Manager, Berlin
Up to 100,000 EUR
Permanent Employment basis. 100% Remote within Germany (optional Berlin hub access + 90 days work abroad)
We are partnering with an established, profitable German digital health scale-up dedicated to hybrid rehabilitation and holistic recovery programs. Following steady growth and sustained profitability, they are seeking an experienced Tech Lead / Engineering Manager to guide their high-impact Patients & Co-Pilot squad.
This is a true player-coach role (approx. 60% leadership & mentorship, 40% hands-on delivery) overseeing 4 senior software engineers, alongside dedicated Product, Design, and DevSecOps peers. You will steer a unified multi-channel architecture across iOS, Android, and Web using React Native and React, navigating white-label multi-tenant delivery, OTA updates, and cutting-edge AI-assisted engineering workflows. Fully remote anywhere in Germany with attractive flexibility.
Lead a dedicated, high-performing squad responsible for the core patient-facing applications of an established digital health platform. As Tech Lead / Engineering Manager, you will serve as the architectural and people anchor for several talented Senior Software Engineers, collaborating closely with Product Management and Product Design to deliver accessible, high-reliability mobile and web experiences.
Operating in a 60/40 player-coach capacity, you will drive technical excellence across React Native and React web architectures, coordinate multi-tenant white-label deployments from a single monorepo, and establish seamless Over-The-Air (OTA) and store release cycles. Crucially, you will foster a supportive, low-ego engineering environment while actively championing modern AI-assisted engineering practices across the squad.
Essential duties and responsibilities:
- Provide empathetic people leadership, coaching, and regular 1:1 mentorship to a squad of experienced Senior Software Engineers.
- Lead architectural decision-making and hands-on implementation across patient-facing React Native (mobile) and React (web) applications.
- Manage complex multi-channel delivery, orchestrating white-label variations, feature flagging, and Over-The-Air (OTA) release cadences alongside App Store / Google Play updates.
- Champion software quality, test automation, and robust state management to ensure seamless, accessible user experiences for recovering patients.
- Foster an AI-first engineering culture by practically embedding modern coding LLMs (Cursor, Claude, Copilot) and agentic workflows into daily development cycles.
- Partner closely with Product Managers, UX/UI Designers, and DevSecOps to balance rapid feature iteration with long-term architectural stability.
Other requirements:
- Proven track record in engineering leadership (Tech Lead, Team Lead, or Engineering Manager) with experience mentoring autonomous senior engineers.
- Deep commercial hands-on experience in modern TypeScript, React Native, and React web ecosystems.
- Proven experience managing multi-tenant, white-label, or multi-platform codebases (monorepo architectures, OTA updates, feature flags).
- Disciplined approach to automated testing, quality assurance, and CI/CD automation.
- Genuine enthusiasm for and active day-to-day use of AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot) to boost team velocity and code quality.
- Clear, empathetic communication style with the ability to bridge technical complexity with product goals.
- Based in Germany (full working rights) with professional English fluency.
What the company offers:
- Impactful Mission: Build certified digital therapy and rehabilitation software that directly improves the physical recovery and wellbeing of thousands of patients.
- Sustainable Scale-Up Stability: 10 years in the market, VC-backed roots, and solidly profitable, operating with the agility of a scale-up without fundraising treadmill pressures.
- True Work-Life Balance & Flexibility: 100% remote within Germany with flexible working hours, zero on-call rotations, and up to 90 days of work-from-abroad flexibility annually.
- High Innovation Culture: Active company-wide AI ambassador programs, internal hackathons, and strong dedicated personal development budgets.
- Open, Psychological Safety Culture: Low ego, collaborative leadership, regular team offsites, and modern office access in Berlin whenever you wish.
If you are an experienced mobile/fullstack engineering leader looking to combine hands-on architecture with purposeful leadership in digital health, we would love to connect for a confidential conversation.
Please get in touch with Paul Turner on +44 203 8544 8002 or email paul.turner@digitechsearch.com