Tech Lead / CTO (m/w/d)

Vogel, a medium-sized business consultancy in Germany, is building an AI-first platform for tax advisory. The role owns the technology that makes Vogel AI-first: the data layer above DATEV, the agent infrastructure on top, and the control layer. The role decides the architecture and stack, works with Operations and Moritz Vogel (chief product officer), leads the engineering team, and reports directly to Moritz Vogel. The role is in person in Munich.

Responsibilities

Build the data layer above DATEV; Choose and build the agent infrastructure (framework, orchestration, versioning, observability); Make integration a capability so that client-specific differences arrive as context the agents read, not as custom code; Ensure reproducibility and control, probabilistic where there is variance and deterministic where there are numbers; Build a control layer so a certified professional can see what an agent did and sign off on it; Build evaluation on decades of audited, completed work; Make the architecture calls: design, stack, build or buy; Hire and lead the engineering team; Make every acquired firm run on the same base; Stay in the code: commit and review

Requirements

Built something that ran in production and was used by people who did not build it, as founding engineer, engineering lead, technical co-founder or in a comparable role; Taken agentic systems into production and know where they break; Integrated against systems that fight back: legacy ERPs, banking backends, badly documented interfaces; Write production code; Work in German; Build in person in Munich; Learn from practitioners and set the highest standard in everything you ship

Nice to have

Experience in a regulated field where mistakes have consequences, such as fintech, banking tech, payments or software for professional services; Knowledge of accounting, tax or DATEV; Technical co-founder of a sold or failed product, or someone who can publicly show what they have built

Benefits

Examensförderung with 25,000 EUR qualification budget and three months of paid leave; 100% coverage of childcare; EGYM Wellpass; Company pension scheme; Job ticket with 90% subsidy; Home office equipment and a device of your choice from the catalog; One book per month from the Vogel canon; AI tools without token limit or budget cap; 28 days of vacation; Daily shared lunch and optional dinner, social events and offsites