Chief Software Architect & Engineering Leader

STELLAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS; West-Vlaanderen; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellar Telecommunications seeks a Head of Software Engineering to own the architecture and technical execution of the STEER Suite, from edge devices to the management platform. This hands-on leadership role requires building and guiding a distributed international team while shaping engineering practices in a hybrid office/home setup.

You will collaborate with the CPTO, drive AI-assisted development, mentor engineers, and own sprint cadence, backlog triage and delivery across the stack.

Qualifications

• Significant software engineering experience with architecture/leadership roles.
• Experience leading small to mid-size teams and owning architecture decisions.
• Willingness to drive AI-assisted development; hands-on preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and technical execution of the STEER Suite across edge devices to management platform.
• Lead and mentor an international, distributed software team; manage sprint cadence and backlog.
• Define build, release, and deployment processes; uphold coding standards and technical debt management.

Skills

Tech leadership

Distributed teams

Linux

Networking fundamentals

CI/CD

Documentation

English proficiency

Tools

Python/Django

REST APIs

OpenWrt/Linux

Job description

Stellar Telecommunications seeks a Head of Software Engineering to own the architecture and technical execution of the STEER Suite, from edge devices to the management platform. This hands-on leadership role requires building and guiding a distributed international team while shaping engineering practices in a hybrid office/home setup.

You will collaborate with the CPTO, drive AI-assisted development, mentor engineers, and own sprint cadence, backlog triage and delivery across the stack.