Lead Engineer - Service Platform (f/m/d)

About Tangany

Tangany, a leading B2B solution provider for blockchain asset custody based in Munich, is regulated by the German federal financial supervisory authority (BaFin). Our innovative white-label solution leverages a modern blockchain API to enable secure and easy integration of blockchain functionalities for institutional customers, saving them development costs and time.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Lead Engineer - Service Platform (f/m/d) to guide our Cloud Platform Engineering team. This role requires a blend of technical leadership, hands-on expertise, and a strategic vision for our Azure-based cloud-native platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a small but highly effective team of Cloud Platform Engineers, providing technical direction, mentorship, and hands-on leadership.
• Design, manage, and continuously improve Tangany's cloud-native platform on Microsoft Azure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
• Take ownership of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) environments, including cluster architecture, lifecycle management, upgrades, security hardening, capacity planning, and operational excellence.
• Administer and optimize GitHub Enterprise and Azure DevOps services, including repository governance, CI/CD platform capabilities, access management, automation, and developer workflows.
• Establish and evolve comprehensive observability capabilities using Grafana, Prometheus, Azure Monitor, and related tooling, ensuring actionable monitoring, alerting, logging, and performance insights across the platform.
• Collaborate closely with product development teams to improve developer productivity, platform reliability, and overall developer experience through Internal Development Platform (IDP) capabilities.
• Support second-line and ISO teams in meeting IT compliance requirements related to security, risk management, business continuity, incident management, ICT outsourcing, and governance.
• Drive platform reliability and operational excellence through infrastructure-as-code, automation, standardization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Take technical ownership of cloud-based platforms and services, ensuring technical quality, maintainability, scalability, and long-term strategic evolution.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software development, development operations, and release management.
• 3+ years of experience in team leadership.
• Deep understanding of Microsoft Azure cloud architecture best practices: security, reliability, performance efficiency, operational excellence, and costs management.
• Proven experience in building cloud solutions in highly regulated environments.
• Hands-on experience in Terraform, Shell scripting, Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines implementation.
• Enthusiasm for blockchain technologies; blockchain knowledge is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
• Fluent in English (>B2); German is a plus.

Benefits

Flexibility & Work-Life-Balance:

• 30 days of vacation plus ½ day off December 24th and December 31st and additional unpaid leave if needed.
• Two weeks of extra paid vacation for new parents.
• Possibility to work from home or any other place within Germany, or in our office in Munich.
• Possibility to go on a workation for up to 40 days per year.
• Flexible working hours.

Your Development:

• Tailored onboarding plan and feedback talks.
• Learning on the job, blockchain expertise development, knowledge exchange, and individual training.
• Regular feedback meetings twice a year.
• German language courses offered twice a week.

Wellbeing:

• Free yoga classes on Thursdays.
• Ping pong table, after-work drinks on the rooftop terrace, and team events.

Remuneration and Additional Benefits:

• Attractive annual salary in line with market standards.
• Choice of hardware: Mac or Windows.
• Monthly budget via Hrmony for meal allowance, mobility budget, and non-cash benefits (streaming, fitness, shopping, etc.).