Lead Software Engineer (Hands-On + People Lead)

Amsterdam | Up to €110k per annum + benefits

🛠 Java / Kotlin / Spring Boot / Python / AWS / Terraform / Angular

You know that feeling when you inherit a codebase and spend the first six months wishing you could start again?

This is the start again.

A profitable, Amsterdam-based tech company processing millions of transactions daily is building a brand new platform to replace its entire legacy product suite. The architecture decisions haven't been made yet. The patterns haven't been set. You'd be shaping all of it - reporting directly to the CTO with a small, senior team under you.

They've been around for 12+ years, they're commercially strong, and they're not burning through runway hoping things work out. This is a real business with real scale, investing properly in its next technical chapter.

🚀 Greenfield platform build - you'll define the architecture, not inherit it

👥 Lead a team of 4 engineers and grow them into something stronger

🎯 Report directly to the CTO - short feedback loops, real influence

💡 Millions of daily transactions across a globally distributed system

🏢 Amsterdam HQ with a proper team culture - chef-cooked lunches, gym during work hours, 25 days off + your birthday

You'll love this if...

✅ You've led small engineering teams and want to keep shipping, not just managing

✅ You're strong in Kotlin/Java or Python and comfortable across the backend

✅ You've worked with AWS at scale and know your way around IaC

✅ You want to own something meaningful - architecture, delivery, people, all of it

✅ You thrive when there's a blank canvas and real problems to solve

This is one of those roles where your decisions will still be running in production five years from now.

Apply today!

...Because great teams are Built Different.