Tech Lead – Web Platform team (m/f/d)

 

Join us as a Tech Lead – Web Platform (m/f/d) in our Backoffice Platform team and help shape the future of autonomous mobility!

We are the Backoffice Platform Team, a cross-functional team of five engineers, a product manager, a designer, and an agilist. Together we build the foundation for the web application that powers MOIA ‘s autonomous mobility operations and B2B services.  

Our platform enables teams across MOIA to build products & features in the Backoffice with minimal friction. We provide the essential building blocks: Federated GraphQL APIs, user management, UI component library, authentication and authorisation, and build and deployment automation. We run our own serverless AWS infrastructure, embracing "you build it, you run it" principles to ensure reliability, scalability and continuous improvement. 

At MOIA, the Tech Lead is a hands-on leader who leads by example, providing technical direction aligned with company strategy while empowering the team to deliver customer value. Working closely with the Product Manager and Agilist, you balance quality and delivery, foster collaboration, and create an environment that supports continuous learning. You also ensure a safe, ownership-driven culture where team members can contribute to building sustainable, high-quality systems. As part of the Web Platform Team, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive technical excellence and shape the future of our platform, enabling both innovation and reliability in our backoffice products. 

What you will do

• Own and evolve our federated GraphQL architecture, acting as the technical leader in driving GraphQL strategy across the organisation 

• Act as the technical counterpart to Product, co-owning product vision, shaping technical strategy, and making informed trade-offs between customer value, scalability, and platform health 

• Build authorisation and authentication layers for our GraphQL platform – proxies, middleware, and enforcement mechanisms 

• Implement and improve federation patterns across multiple teams and services 

• Lead cross-team onboarding to the GraphQL platform, guiding teams through integration challenges and setting best practices 

• Build and maintain backend services using Node.js and TypeScript on serverless AWS 

• Drive platform improvements end-to-end: identify systemic problems, propose technical solutions, and lead their execution 

• Take responsibility for running your systems ("you build it, you run it") 

What will help you to fulfill your role

• Technical leadership experience, i.e. hands on development while focusing on leading technical excellence 

• Experience partnering with Product to define vision, make trade-offs, and deliver customer-focused solutions 

• Strong experience with GraphQL – you understand federation, schema design, and resolver patterns 

• Strong backend engineering experience with Node.js/TypeScript and distributed systems 

• Strong understanding of security vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10) and ability to identify and mitigate risks in APIs and applications 

• Track record of building and scaling GraphQL APIs in production 

• Strong ownership mindset, with the ability to identify problems, drive solutions autonomously, and deliver them end-to-end 

• Clear and effective communicator, comfortable influencing across highly autonomous, cross-functional teams 

• Good German comprehension skills (minimum B1 level) 

• Fluent in English

Nice-to-haves 

• Deep expertise in Apollo Federation specifically 

• Experience with serverless AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, etc.) 

• Knowledge of GraphQL security and authorisation patterns (field-level permissions, query complexity control, depth limiting, directive-based auth) 

• Experience with AWS Cognito or similar identity management systems 

• Understanding of platform thinking building systems that enable other engineers 

• Experience with DevOps practices: CI/CD, infrastructure as code, monitoring & observability 

• Frontend skills in React/TypeScript 

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds — even if you don’t meet every requirement. If you’re excited about the role and MOIA’s mission, we’d love to hear from you!

Questions? Reach out to the Talent Acquisition Manager Martynas directly.

Our benefits in a nutshell

• Competitive salary (including bonus)  
• Hybrid work setup: Work from home or one of our offices - you and your team decide how often to meet, blending flexibility with collaboration! 
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of flexible work arrangements depending on your needs (parenting, care work, volunteering, etc.) 
• Budget and monthly expense allowance for home office setup 
• Possibility of remote work from outside Germany for up to 6 weeks per year from over 35 countries - learn more in our blog!
• Public transport ticket (fully subsidized "Deutschlandticket") for commuting and travelling throughout Germany and discount on MOIA rides
• Subsidized fitness club membership or bike leasing 
• Learning environment with continuous learning days, job rotation, trainings and workshops, coaching, conferences, books, and language classes 
• Mental health support, 1:1 sessions with external professionals and mental unload workshops 
• 30 vacation days, sabbatical and unpaid leave option 
• Relocation support with service provider (visa, administration, etc.) 
• Dog-friendly offices

For student & internship positions, we have an adjusted set of benefits. You can find them here. 

Be who you are!

We are a member of Charta der Vielfalt and are dedicated to actively fostering a workplace that celebrates and promotes diversity in various aspects such as age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or cognitive ability, and ethnicity. At MOIA, we embrace a culture where people are accepted, respected, valued, appreciated, and included.

In our commitment to promoting diversity and inclusivity, we regularly provide unconscious bias training to all our employees. Furthermore, we continuously strive to enhance our hiring process by ensuring a diverse hiring panel.

Our Future Work model

Since we love to collaborate, it is clear to us that we don't want to become a fully remote company, but we also don't need to spend every day of the week in the office to do a great job.

Our current hybrid work approach focuses on adapting to different needs, including increased flexibility that works best for the teams and the individuals with as much self-determination as possible.

Get more insights on how we work on our blog to find out more about our hiring process or follow us on Instagram for a look inside MOIA. 

Who we are

At MOIA we’re reimagining the future of mobility – safe, autonomous and tailored to the needs of cities and their people. As a tech company with more than 400 employees, we build mobility solutions that truly move cities forward.

We launched our ridepooling service in Hamburg in 2019 and have been part of the city’s public transport system since 2023. Since launch, we have transported over 12 million passengers. Currently, MOIA is evolving from a mobility provider to a tech provider offering a scalable and safe turnkey solution for autonomous driving. 

With office locations in Berlin and Hamburg, our diverse and international team comprising more than 60 nationalities works together toward that shared mission. 

MOIA is more than a technology provider – we are a partner to cities and public transport operators committed to creating more livable spaces and delivering mobility solutions that are reliable, safe and comfortable.

Your application to MOIA

We value authenticity and personal insights in your application responses. While AI tools can be useful, we encourage you to answer the following questions based on your own experiences and understanding. This helps us keep a human touch and better evaluate your unique perspective and match for the role.

To reinforce an unbiased screening process, we kindly ask you not to include your picture, age, address, or any other details unrelated to your qualifications and suitability for the role. Additionally, we anonymize applications during the initial review phase by removing personally identifiable information. This ensures that our evaluation focuses solely on your skills, experience, and potential – supporting a fair and inclusive hiring experience for all candidates.