Tech Lead, Kertos
Data privacy automation
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Data privacy automation
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
21-100 employees
Company mission
To save companies time, money, and stress - to focus on their actual business.
Role
Who you are
- You have extensive professional experience in building scalable web applications
- You have led engineering teams in fast-growing startups or scaleups before and thrive in fostering personal growth
- You are used to flat hierarchies, because while this is a lead position, we drive our decisions as a team and minimize top-down decisions
- You are a strong communicator and have excellent collaboration abilities to effectively work in cross-functional, agile teams
- Tech and its tools are moving insanely fast and so do we. You should be eager and curious about trying and pushing tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, Raycast and others. We fully support you (and expect you to) in creating a work environment that is ideal for you
- Our tech stack is Django, React with Typescript and GraphQL. Experience here is a plus, but not required
What the job involves
- You are leading one of our product squads at Kertos, the European Champion for Compliance Automation
- You shape our platform by driving our technical decision making, owning our development processes to push the boundaries of automation and innovation
- You combine software engineering and team leadership, bringing our team and product to the next level
- In close collaboration with our CTO, you will work on strategic initiatives, continuously improving the way we work and collaborate
- Take the role of a lead developer, guiding the team in day-to-day technical decisions
- Contribute to our codebase yourself, while supporting your team with reviews, guidance and support where needed
- Contribute to product development by bringing in your ideas to automate workflows, improve suggestions and increase user satisfaction even further
- Take End-to-end ownership while developing technical concepts and owning them across the whole development lifecycle
- Optimize user value by closely living by customer feedback and usage data, maximizing our daily impact
- Lead and guide technical peers in your team in regular 1o1s, supporting their growth and setting them up for success
- Initiate and own strategic projects to improve developer experience, quality, speed of delivery and more as a key component of your work
Our take
As businesses become more data driven, privacy concerns mean that regulations on the proper handling of that data have also increased. The volume of data flowing through most modern companies is extremely hard to manage manually while remaining compliant to laws such the GDPR, which can leave companies liable to fines of up to 20 million Euros per breach. This puts businesses in a position where they have to spend their resources on data compliance instead of their core product.
Kertos exists to fix this with a platform that is able to automatically manage data privacy in a compliant way across an entire business. Able to integrate with most major data silos, databases and SaaS applications, it is capable of yielding up to 80% savings on resources compared to manual privacy operations. This has grown it a customer base including the likes of Gorillas, McMakler and Wellster HealthTech.
In 2023, Kertos raised funds, which is being used to scale the company's operations and invest in product development. Going forward, Kertos will also aim to enter into strategic partnerships to grow its marketing reach and expand its customer base. With an innovative, first-in-class product and significant investor backing, Kertos is well poised to grow into a significant business in the privacy automation space.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2023
$4.7m
SEED
May 2022
$1.2m
SEED
Total funding: $7.1m
Company benefits
- A generous share package in addition to a fixed salary and variable salary based on ARR
- A dynamic and fast-paced work environment
- The chance to work with a cutting-edge technology that is changing the way data privacy operations are managed
- A supportive and collaborative team culture
Company HQ
Maxvorstadt, Munich, Germany
Leadership
Dr. Kilian Schmidt
(Co-founder & CEO)Was previously an advisor to Groillas and Director of Legal & Public Policy for TIER Mobility. Before that was Senior Legal Counsel at Home24.
Alexander Prams
(Co-founder & CTO)Also a Co-founder of Aitaro. Previously was AI Tech Executive at Motius and a freeland C#/.Net Developer.
Johannes Hussak
(Co-founder)Also co-founded HuGe Innovations and Aitaro. Before that was Energy & Innovation Tech Executive and Project Owner at Motius.
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