- have an engineering background (you coded professionally, tinker on the side, or can’t resist reading PRs).
- can get what our customer really wants—and feel the thrill of turning that into working software on time.
- understand what software engineers can (and want to) do, and how to motivate them without micromanaging.
- are OK that our revenue comes from customers and you influence it—through estimates, staffing, quality, and relationships 🙂.
- like to make things better (code quality, tooling, ways-of-working, team rituals).
- enjoy a well-defined solution area and becoming an expert with a stable team.
- are comfortable mentoring less-senior colleagues into your path.
- leading 7–15 engineers across 2–4 cross-functional squads serving international accounts.
- owning predictable delivery with your PM: commitments, scope, risks, on-time/on-budget.
- staying hands-on ~1–2 days/week: code/PR reviews, technical design, spikes, unblocking production issues.
- running 1:1s, coaching, hiring & onboarding, and shaping growth plans together with our CTO.
- safeguarding quality: definitions of done, testing strategy, reliability & security basics, incident RCAs.
- collaborating with Solution Architects on estimates and re-use of accelerators/components.
- managing utilisation & staffing with PMO so everyone contributes to billable projects or meaningful backlog work.
- being the main point of contact for your customers and keeping the relationship healthy.
- sharing mistakes and good practices so the next squad goes faster.
- Any engineering background (computer science, engineering, self-taught—great; know what you don’t know and learn fast).
- 3+ years as a Senior Engineer/Tech Lead building cloud apps (GCP preferred), plus 0–2 years leading people (formal or informal).
- Can read a system diagram, challenge an estimate, and spot edge cases before they bite.
- Prefer moving forward over endless meetings.
- Have represented a team to customers and held your ground with stakeholders.
- Speak English fluently.
- German and/or Hungarian.
- Enterprise experience—worked at one, or delivered for one.
- Multicultural team experience (e.g., collaborating with or leading engineers from different cultures—including Indonesian teammates).
- GCP + AppDev/Platform stack: Cloud Run/GKE/Cloud Functions, Cloud Build/Cloud Deploy, Terraform/IaC, APIs & gateways, observability/SRE basics.
- GCP + Data stack: BigQuery, Dataflow/Beam, Pub/Sub, Dataproc/Spark, Composer/Airflow, dbt, Looker; Terraform/IaC basics.
- Flexible hours and hybrid work—home or our Budapest HQ.
- Well & Green financial package for physical & mental health and green commuting.
- Employee counseling for mental wellbeing.
- Training and coaching programs + 100 hours/year of dedicated learning time.
- Private health insurance, snacks, parties, games, dog-friendly office.
- Access to Google Cloud resources.
- Independence and freedom from micromanagement.
- A free environment to try new things.
- A huge mix of personalities you’ll get to work with.
“We have projects from Singapore to San Francisco. Complex challenges mixed with the latest technologies. It’s engineering heaven.”
“We are always first in line to use Google enterprise solutions, so I feel we are pioneers in a pioneering industry.”
“I appreciate our open communication and proactive feedback culture which sets the ground for efficient and enjoyable work.”
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What We Do
Let’s become partners, and move your business to the cloud together! Aliz helps you reach your business goals with Machine Learning and data solutions – powered by Google Cloud. Because of our strong partnership with Google, we have access to the most modern technologies and developments in the industry; and those resources combined with our dedicated, professional team is ensured to give your company a competitive edge. Data has become the most valuable resource – if you use it well. We help you put your company’s data to use, gain valuable insights, predict future trends, and optimise your business to increase ROI. Join those who are already in the cloud, taking full advantage of their automated processes – and make your business even more successful than it is now. We are committed to delivering quality to our clients. To ensure that your company is provided the best possible solution tailored to your business needs, we use cutting-edge technologies, and we’re very proud to be able to call ourselves the only Premier Google Cloud partners in the CEE region. So far we have helped airlines, retailers, telco companies, and many more high-profile clients to make their business more successful. We are specialised in Machine Learning and Big Data – with our analytics and data warehousing solutions, the sky is the limit.
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