Take ownership of the full lifecycle of team’s products.
Drive technical direction within the team, making architecture and design decisions.
Stay hands-on in development, contributing to the codebase.
Ensure code quality through reviews, best practices, and a strong focus on testing.
Monitor and operate systems in production.
Collaborate with Platform Engineering to adopt and improve shared systems.
Support and mentor engineers within your team.
Contribute to improving engineering standards and decision-making.

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent through experience).
At least 8 years of work experience in the position of Backend Software Engineer in an agile organization, preferably product-led.
Designed or maintained asynchronous, event-driven architectures.
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure — particularly AWS services.
Comfortable working across languages — PHP and Go.
Knowledge of both relational databases and NoSQL stores like Redis.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and broader DevOps practices.
Experience breaking down monoliths and legacy code.
Excellent command of the Dutch and/or English language.

25 vacation days and 13 ATV days
A pension plan
A bonus scheme
Flexibility in working hours but also between remote and office work
Full reimbursement of public transport costs or a mileage allowance and a parking pass
if you work at the office, a cozy office at a top location in Rotterdam
Daily free lunch in our rooftop bistro
Regular social events

Tech Lead

Key skills