Development Team Lead

Ireckonu - Hotel Middleware & CDP+; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work location

Development budget

Team events and outings

Daily healthy lunch

Remote working opportunities

Special weekly lunches

Job summary

Ireckonu - Hotel Middleware & CDP+ in Amsterdam is seeking a Development Team Lead. This role focuses on driving delivery and enhancing core products while ensuring high quality. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of experience in software development, strong technical expertise in C#, and familiarity with Azure cloud and SOLID principles. You will lead a team, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to manage project delivery effectively. The position offers flexibility, learning opportunities, and a dynamic office culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial software development experience.
• Strong understanding of SOLID design principles.
• Experience leading a team is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery within the squad, ensuring work is completed.
• Break down epics into clear technical tasks.
• Ensure high-quality delivery including development and testing.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and discussions.

Skills

C#

SOLID design principles

Entity Framework

.NET Core 2+

.NET Framework 4.7+

Azure cloud platform

Service bus/queuing framework

Job description

Mission

We’re looking for a hands‑on Development Team Lead to drive delivery, technical execution, and team performance within one of our squads. You’ll play a key role in enhancing and innovating our core products, while ensuring predictable delivery and high engineering standards.

You will collaborate closely with Chapter Leads, Technical Business Analysts, and Project Managers, work on complex features, and guide your team in a hands‑on, agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery within the squad, ensuring committed work is completed within the sprint
• Break down epics into clear technical tasks and guide the team through execution
• Validate technical feasibility and ensure work is ready before development starts
• Collaborate with Project Managers on planning, scope, and timelines, while protecting team capacity
• Ensure high-quality delivery, including development, testing, and release readiness
• Align implementation with chapter standards and technical guideline
• Identify risks, blockers, and dependencies early and drive resolution
• Take ownership of the technical direction within the squad
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and day-to-day guidance
• Drive team performance, engagement, and continuous improvement

About You

• Ideally 5+ years of commercial software development experience and strong understanding of SOLID design principles.
• Experience in C#
• Experience with Entity Framework, .NET Core 2+ and/or .NET Framework 4.7+
• Experience with Azure cloud platform (apps, databases, services, etc.)\Experience with a service bus/queuing framework (ASB, RabbitMQ, MassTransit, Kafka, etc.)
• Experience in a team lead role is a strong plus
• Experience in front-end technologies is a strong plus

We are looking for someone who combines strong technical expertise with leadership capabilities. You have experience working on complex systems and are comfortable taking ownership of delivery within a team. You communicate clearly, collaborate effectively with different stakeholders, and maintain a structured approach to building scalable solutions. You take responsibility for both the quality of the work and the performance of the team, and you actively contribute to improving how the team operates.

About Us

Ireckonu is on a mission to be the world’s most trustworthy Customer Data Platform, empowering hotels with truly reliable insights and streamlined software to create unforgettable guest experiences. We are proud to be trusted by CitizenM, Okura, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group and many more. By joining Ireckonu, you become part of a diverse, international team where you’re empowered and challenged to grow, and where we celebrate our wins together.

Benefits

• Prime location & flexibility: Our office is located inside the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. While we value bringing people together because we believe that boosts our best work, we also offer the possibility to work from home 2 days per week.
• Development: We are committed to making sure to grow our colleagues together with the company and provide an annual learning and development budget. We believe in continuous learning and development.
• Dynamic & collaborative culture: We work together and celebrate together. With your annual company events and team outings, we make sure to keep our team spirit high.
• Daily lunch: We care about our colleagues and to create an optimum working environment, we provide a healthy and hearty lunch every day.
• Remote working: Our business revolves around hospitality. We provide the possibility to work remotely 3 weeks a year and combine work with travel or spending time with your loved ones abroad.
• Special Fridays: Every Friday, we order a special lunch and get together at the end of the day to enjoy beers from our in-house beer tap to have a nice start to the weekend!
• We have an in-house racing simulator and a dog-friendly office with 2 office dogs, Loki and Pepper, who spread joy, tail wags and top-tier emotional support.