Lead Software Engineer - Player-Coach (Node/React) | Remote

Portage Ventures GP Inc.; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/Remote options

28 days leave

Brussels workspace

Team events

Inclusive culture

Impactful work

Job summary

Qover is a leading insurtech scale-up based in Brussels, looking for a Lead Software Engineer to head a core product engineering team. You will stay close to code, customer problems, and operational reality, guiding delivery and quality while shaping AI-assisted engineering practices.

You’ll collaborate with Product and Design, mentor engineers, and help power embedded insurance experiences for global brands.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building and operating production systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead one product engineering team as a people leader and technical player-coach.
• Own engineering outcomes end-to-end from discovery to deployment and improvements.
• Collaborate with PM and Design to align roadmap and execution.
• Mentor engineers and drive high-trust, high-performance culture.

Skills

Technical leadership

Production systems

Distributed systems

API design

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

Cloud (GCP)

Docker/Kubernetes

People leadership

AI-native engineering

Insurance/fintech domain

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

MongoDB

React

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Job description

Qover is a leading insurtech scale-up based in Brussels, looking for a Lead Software Engineer to head a core product engineering team. You will stay close to code, customer problems, and operational reality, guiding delivery and quality while shaping AI-assisted engineering practices.

You’ll collaborate with Product and Design, mentor engineers, and help power embedded insurance experiences for global brands.