.NET Tech Lead

Twipe; Vlaams-Brabant; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Twipe in Leuven, Belgium, is seeking a .NET Tech Lead to own and shape the backend architecture while staying hands-on with development. You will lead the backend engineering standards, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Product and Customer Success to deliver high-quality software.

You will drive integrations, ensure code quality, and promote secure coding and automated testing practices, contributing to scalable, reliable systems used by major publishers.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of backend engineering with .NET/C#.
• Experience taking technical ownership of backend systems.
• Mentoring engineers and leading code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of the .NET backend, including architecture and design decisions.
• Stay hands-on in the code and contribute to complex features.
• Lead engineering best practices across the backend.
• Collaborate with Product, Customer Success, and engineers to design and deploy solutions.
• Coach backend engineers through technical guidance and reviews.

Skills

.NET/C#

Mentoring

Architecture decisions

Code reviews

Team communication

Problem solving

Backend engineering

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

CI/CD

DevOps practices

Cloud platforms

Infrastructure as code

Job description

Twipe is a mediatech scale-up based in Leuven, Belgium working with leading newspaper publishers in Europe and the US to grow their digital subscribers and sustain quality journalism. We offer cloud based digital edition publishing, analytics, and personalization solutions. Our innovative solutions accelerate the growth of newspapers including Le Monde, The Telegraph and DuMont.

To inspire our industry, we gather and analyse industry knowledge and share insights with our growing Future of News publishers’ community.

Why are we hiring?

We are scaling our backend platform to support the next generation of growth, performance, and reliability. As a .NET Tech Lead, you will take technical ownership of our .NET backend, shaping its architecture and engineering standards while remaining hands-on in the code. You will lead technical decisions, tackle complex engineering challenges, and mentor the team to build scalable, maintainable, and high-quality software.

What do you do?

• Take technical ownership of our .NET backend, including architecture, system design, performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Stay hands-on in the code, contributing to complex features and solving challenging technical problems.
• Lead technical decisions and establish engineering best practices across the backend.
• Collaborate with Product, Customer Success, and fellow engineers to design, build, test, and deploy high-quality solutions.
• Coach and mentor backend engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Ensure our codebase remains clean, maintainable, well-tested, and well-documented.
• Drive integrations with external systems, including authentication, authorization, APIs, and content distribution.

How do you make a difference?

• You enjoy problem-solving and know how to decompose a problem to solve it in a structured way.
• You raise the bar and strive for excellence in all your initiatives.
• You have a strong work ethic and a real “can do” attitude; you like to get things done.
• You have a growth mindset. You’re constantly striving to learn new things and improve.
• You follow industry news, regularly tinker with new technologies, and read books and blogs to keep your skills sharp.
• You are a team player and strong communicator, able to coach and inspire others.

Your track record:

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience, with strong expertise in .NET/C#.
• A Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Experience taking technical ownership of backend systems and driving architectural and design decisions.
• A track record of mentoring engineers, leading code reviews, and raising engineering standards within a team.
• Experience building and evolving large, complex systems with high availability, scalability, and performance requirements.
• Strong experience with relational databases and cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and modern DevOps practices.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, secure coding practices (OWASP), automated testing, and maintainable software design.