🚀 Tech Lead / Mini or co-CTO at Waitly

Copenhagen or Nykøbing F – Full-time

Do you want to set the technical direction of a fast-growing SaaS product – while still staying hands-on with code?

Do you dream of becoming a future CTO or even founding your own company?

Then this is the position you should apply for!

Waitly is Denmark’s leading platform for waiting lists in housing. We work with more than 500 housing organizations, serve over 100,000 users, and manage more than 200,000 subscriptions – and we are just getting started. Our ambition is to scale across Europe with an office in Berlin too, and we need you to take our tech setup to the next level.

🎯 Your role

As Tech Lead, you will be the technical authority in our team. Your responsibilities include:

• Building features and writing code

• Taking ownership of architecture and structure across backend and frontend.

• Performing code reviews and ensuring high quality - and providing constructive feedback when things can be improved.

• Driving progress with simple, maintainable solutions.

• Being proactive: clarifying uncertainties early and keeping the team on track.

• Owning our AWS setup and DevOps processes to ensure a robust and scalable infrastructure.

You will act as the bridge between the development team and our CTO, who is increasingly focused on strategy and long-term direction.

🛠 Our tech stack

We work with a modern stack across B2C and B2B:

Backend

• Laravel / PHP, NodeJS

• Hosting: AWS

Frontend

• NuxtJS, Nuxt UI, VueJS, Tailwind

• DatoCMS

• Hosting: Netlify + AWS

Microservices & integrations

We work with microservices - both separate products (Website, B2C portal & B2B portal) and services for special functions (data transformation, integrations hub, etc.). We also integrate with a variety of external systems within payments, data, and communication (newsletter, CRM, etc.).

🔍 We are looking for someone who

• Has a proven track record of leading software development and setting/implementing scalable architecture standards

• Has strong experience as a backend developer with Laravel/PHP, NodeJS

• Can challenge frontend structure, component reuse and help define the good user experience

• Takes responsibility for code quality and provides constructive feedback.

• Has experience with AWS and DevOps (CI/CD, operations, scaling).

• Uses AI as a natural part of your workflow and is eager to experiment with new tools to push efficiency and quality.

• Is ready to show us in the interview how you actively use AI to boost your coding, testing, or documentation workflows.

• Is curious, ambitious, and ready to step into a Tech Lead role – or already has Tech Lead experience.

• Sees yourself in a future CTO or founder position and is hungry to build something big

🤝 Workplace & culture

You will be based at either our office in Copenhagen or Nykøbing F, where we work closely together as a team. Both offices are within a 10-minute walk from the nearest station.

We offer flexibility to combine office and remote work - we care more about progress and solutions than about fixed hours.

We value an informal culture with a short distance from idea to action. You’ll join a team where we challenge each other professionally but also enjoy working together.

💡 What we offer

• A central role in a scaleup on the path to international expansion.

• Significant influence on architecture, processes, and code quality.

• Close collaboration with the CEO and CTO – with a real opportunity to grow into a role with greater technical ownership, strategic influence, and possibly co-founder status.

• Freedom to experiment with AI and implement the tools and processes you believe create the most value.

• A competitive compensation package with the possibility of warrants.

See our two other open positions at Waitly's linkedin (Sr. Frontend & Sr. Backend)