Engineering Lead (Finance & Internal Tools)

Graduate; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work

Top tools and equipment

Entrepreneurial culture with room to成长

Off-sites and team events

Team lunches and surprise events

Pension scheme

ClassPass corporate membership

Job summary

Workwize is seeking a senior engineering leader to head the finance and operations systems. You will mentor engineers, shape the team's delivery, and work closely with the Product Manager and Engineering Manager. You will stay hands-on with code reviews and design while guiding the team.

The role emphasizes quality, security, and scalability in a FinTech-adjacent SaaS environment. Strong English communication, and experience with Laravel, Node.js, React, Filament and MySQL are valued.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a software engineer with 1–2 years managing engineers
• Experience handling performance issues with clear feedback
• Leadership that balances directing and coaching
• Confidence to present to senior stakeholders
• Hands-on with modern web stack: Laravel, Node.js, React, Filament, MySQL
• Track record delivering B2B web products end-to-end
• Daily use of AI tools in development
• Strong written and spoken English

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow engineers through 1:1s, feedback, and growth plans
• Set and uphold performance expectations
• Own delivery of the team's roadmap and visibility of progress
• Plan roadmap and quarterly goals with Product, Ops and Finance
• Run planning, refinement and retros, and represent the team in cross-team talks
• Maintain high standards in code review, testing, security, and incident follow-up
• Hire new engineers for the team
• Set best practices for using AI tools in development

Skills

People management

Performance feedback

Leadership

Stakeholder comms

Web stack

AI in development

B2B SaaS

English proficiency

Tools

Laravel

Node.js

React

Filament

MySQL

Job description

About Workwize

Workwize helps companies equip their remote and global teams with IT equipment. Our SaaS platform takes care of buying, delivering, managing and returning laptops and other devices in more than 100 countries. Today more than 50,000 users and 120,000 devices are managed through Workwize.

About the role

You will lead the team that builds the systems behind our finance and internal operations. That means billing, invoicing and the internal tools our Operations and Finance teams use every day. The team is small but has a big impact. Mistakes here are expensive, so quality and good judgement matter.

You lead the engineers, work closely with the team's Product Manager and report to the Engineering Manager. You also work directly with senior leadership. You own the people, the way the team works and the delivery of the roadmap. You stay close to the code: about 30 to 40% of your time goes to code reviews, technical design and some hands-on work.

What you will do

• Lead and grow your engineers through 1:1s, clear feedback and growth plans
• Set a clear bar for performance, and act early when someone is not meeting it
• Own delivery of the team's roadmap and keep progress, risks and blockers visible
• Plan the roadmap and quarterly goals with Product, Operations and Finance, including what we say no to
• Run planning, refinement and retros, and represent the team in talks with other teams
• Keep standards high on code review, testing, monitoring, security and incident follow-up
• Hire new engineers for your team
• Set good habits for using AI tools in development

What you bring

• 5+ years as a software engineer, including at least 1 to 2 years managing engineers with direct reports
• Experience handling performance issues: setting expectations, giving hard feedback and supporting someone who is struggling
• A leadership style that can switch between directing and coaching, depending on the situation
• Confidence to explain and defend your point of view to senior stakeholders
• Hands-on experience with a modern web stack. We use Laravel (PHP), Node.js, React, Filament and MySQL. You don't need to know all of them, because strong engineers learn them fast
• A track record of delivering B2B web products end to end, working with non-technical colleagues
• Daily use of AI tools in your development work
• Clear written and spoken English (Dutch is not needed)

Nice to have

• Experience in FinTech, or with finance and billing systems (invoicing, order-to-cash, tax, or accounting and ERP integrations like Exact or QuickBooks)
• Experience with Laravel Filament or other admin panel tools, or moving internal tools off low-code platforms like Retool
• Experience building LLM features or AI agents for internal operations
• Scale-up experience, ideally in B2B SaaS, logistics or operations

Where you will work

• In the Netherlands: hybrid, 2 to 3 days a week in our Amsterdam office
• Elsewhere in EMEA: remote, with working hours that overlap with CET and occasional visits to Amsterdam

Our hiring process

1. Call with Talent Acquisition
2. Short video interview
3. Team fit interview
4. Technical interview
5. Case study: two short role-play scenarios with the panel. You don't need to prepare.
6. Culture interview

What we offer

• Flexible hybrid work
• Top tools and equipment
• An entrepreneurial culture with room to grow
• Off-sites and team events
• Team lunches and surprise events
• Pension scheme
• ClassPass corporate membership