You can still make an impact on your career for 2026 with an exciting starrt up based in Germany which is at the cutting edge of next gen VoIP technology with an outstanding team
VoIP Engineer Team Lead. Based Germany
EA has been mandated to hire an exceptional engineer for a greenfield infrastructure role at a fast-scaling Agentic AI platform. You wont inherit someone elses stack — youll develop and create the platform. The company is backed by Top-tier European and global investors
The opportunity
This is a significant hire for someone who thinks like a founder. Youll be the technical voice for the company - shaping the architecture, driving infrastructure from build through to production at scale, and leading with a hands-on approach and strategic clarity.
If you are the person to lead from the front - then this could be the role for you..
Core technology — must-have
FreeSWITCH Deep production ownership required
Kamailio SIP proxy & routing at scale
SIP protocol expertise
What youll do
* Own the telephony infrastructure and work at the intersection of ai and telephony
* Design, build and scale a FreeSWITCH and Kamailio stack capable of handling high-throughput, low-latency call volumes for global enterprise clients.
* Integrate the voice layer directly with large language models and agentic AI systems. Youll be solving problems most engineers havent encountered yet.
* Lead architecture decisions, drive engineering standards and mentor future hires as the team scales.
Youll likely come from Real-time communications or VoIP infrastructure
* You have run FreeSWITCH and/or Kamailio in demanding, high-availability environments.
* Experience of AI-powered voice or conversational AI platforms
* Youve worked where telephony meets LLMs either call automation, voice assistants, or contact centre AI. You have the helicopter view.
* 5+ years of hands-on VoIP engineering
Remote work:
This role supports remote working from locations in Europe countries within a 2 hour flight time to Germany. The engineering culture is highly motivated, technically challenging and focused on a platform designed for scale.
If this sounds interesting or for someone you know contact me at mike@exec-assignments.com .