Software Engineer: Tech Lead (f/m/d)

Even great products require remarkable presentations to win on the digital shelf. CELUM solves this challenge with its unique SaaS Content Supply Chain Management Platform. CELUM’s software enables Marketing, Brand and Product teams to build engaging experiences through creating, approving, managing, and distributing content to every required channel, and to understand the content’s impact. - we make content work!

You’ll be the person who turns “this would be great for customers” into “it’s live, it’s reliable, and we can iterate fast.” This role is product-first. You work closely with Product, Design, and QA, and you help the team make strong technical decisions that support shipping, learning, and scaling.

Here’s what you’ll take ownership of in this role:

• Lead technical execution for a product area across discovery, delivery, and iteration.
• Translate product requirements into scalable, maintainable implementations.
• Drive engineering standards around reviews, testing strategy, performance, security, and reliability.
• Mentor engineers through feedback, pairing, and practical guidance.
• Align cross-functionally on dependencies, APIs, and release planning.
• Reduce technical debt continuously so the platform stays easy to change.

Must-have

• Several years of professional software engineering experience
• Several years in a technical leadership role
• Strong experience with Kotlin, Typescript, SQL, and Spring Boot in a product or SaaS environment.
• Strong software architecture and system design experience, with the ability to design scalable, reliable SaaS systems.
• Ability to identify simple, effective solutions to complex technical problems
• Experience building and maintaining REST APIs and working across system boundaries.
• Strong engineering fundamentals such as clean code, reviews, testing, debugging, and performance mindset.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to align technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Professional fluency in English, both written and spoken

Nice to have

• Cloud and ops experience such as Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and Cloudflare.
• Search and data tooling like Elasticsearch or Apache Solr.
• Experience with messaging and event-streaming systems (e.g., Apache Kafka or similar)
• Experience building systems using serverless technologies (e.g., AWS Lambda or similar).
• General frontend development knowledge

• An annual salary of at least EUR 75.000 if all requirements are met (higher salary is possible if requirements are exceeded).
• Benefit from an annual subsidy of up to 461 EUR for public transportation (Wiener Linien, Linz AG, ÖBB, etc.) to make your commute to work environmentally friendly and smooth.
• Come to our office in the heart of Vienna with excellent public transport connections (U1 and U4)
• Use our pool cars and e-scooters for private purposes as well.
• Stay fit and have fun with our extensive fitness offers and monthly yoga classes.
• Experience a flexible work environment with a fixed workspace and up to 3 days of home office (presence days are Tuesday and Wednesday).
• Become part of the CELUMian community where we have each other's backs and celebrate together at regular events or our Workation. 
• Bring your sense of humor! We have fun :-) most of the time...at least a little bit...no, seriously, we are funny. We swear!