What do e-commerce, millions of daily users and some pretty ambitious tech challenges have in common? This is exactly where you come in.
Our client is an established digital e-commerce company with around 350 employees and an international focus. The business model has long been more than a classic online shop: it’s about digital products, broad reach, complex platforms and the question of how to turn a good idea into a product that really works in everyday life.
Here, the security of a successful company meets the speed of a modern tech environment. New business models are being developed, start-ups are supported and technologies are being explored that will help shape the digital business of tomorrow.
For you, this means: You won’t be handed a finished tech world that only needs to be managed. You can help shape the architecture, develop teams, use AI in meaningful ways and build things that make a visible difference.
Benefits
- 30 days of vacation plus unlimited additional vacation days
- Hybrid working and workation opportunities - typically 3 days per quarter in the office, travel expenses are covered
- €1,500 annual professional development budget
- €30 monthly mobility allowance plus bike leasing
- Company pension scheme
- EGYM WELLPASS for €25 personal contribution per month
- A high level of trust, ownership and freedom to make decisions
Your responsibilities
- Lead and develop a product-oriented backend engineering team
- Take responsibility for core B2B platform services
- Make and drive architectural decisions together with the team
- Stay hands-on, write code yourself and solve complex technical challenges
- Own microservices based on the “You build it, you run it” principle
- Develop secure, scalable and maintainable solutions with real business impact
- Work closely with Product Management and internal stakeholders
- Align APIs, interfaces and architecture across multiple teams
- Drive AI-assisted development and new engineering approaches within the team
Your profile
- Experience leading and developing engineering teams
- Empowering leadership style: trust instead of micromanagement
- Very good knowledge of Kotlin and Spring Boot
- Experience with MongoDB and/or PostgreSQL
- Confident working with microservices, Kubernetes and production systems
- Experience with REST APIs and event-driven architectures, ideally Kafka
- Interest in AI-assisted development; experience with agentic AI practices is a plus
If you’re looking for a job where “Team Lead” doesn’t mean distributing tickets and moderating meetings, but actually bringing people, technology and product together, you should take a closer look at this role.
