Engineering leader

Iduet; Zaandam; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Iduet seeks an Interim CTO to drive tech direction and accelerate a complex environment in Zaandam, hybrid setup. The role focuses on modernizing platforms, aligning business, product and engineering, and exploring AI opportunities. Duration is 6-9 months with option to extend; start ASAP as a freelancer.

Key emphasis on translating business goals into a concrete technology roadmap, promoting API-first design, and strengthening data governance and analytics capabilities across the organization.

Qualifications

• Technology vision and roadmap development aligned with business goals.
• Architecture and modernization of a legacy to scalable platform.
• Data governance and data-driven product development.
• Engineering leadership coaching and delivery best practices.
• Stakeholder management with board and senior management.

Responsibilities

• Technology vision & roadmap: recalibrate tech strategy and translate goals into a concrete roadmap.
• Architecture & modernization: drive transition to scalable platform architecture and API-first data-centric design.
• Data as the core: strengthen data architecture, governance and analytics opportunities.
• Engineering organization: foster collaboration between product, data and engineering and improve delivery quality.
• Stakeholder Management: partner with the board and connect business and technology.

Job description

Omschrijving functie

28 April 2026 - Dienstverband: freelancer - Salaris: Negotiable - Locatie: Zaanstad Location: Zaandam (hybrid) Duration: 6-9 months (with option to extend) Start: ASAP.

About the assignment For a leading, data-driven organization, we are seeking an Interim CTO to bring direction and acceleration to a complex technology environment. The organization operates at the intersection of: - SaaS platforms - data services & APIs - digital transactions/marketplaces With a strong market position in the Netherlands and growth ambitions in Europe, the organization is in a phase of scaling up, modernization and platformization . The challenge The technology environment is historically evolved and consists of a combination of legacy systems and more modern platform components. There is a clear ambition to transform into a: modular, scalable and data-centric platform architecture The challenge for the interim CTO lies in: - applying focus and priority - Accelerating ongoing transformations - Creating alignment between business, product and engineering Assignment & responsibilities

1. Technology vision & roadmap - Recalibrate and sharpen tech strategy - Translate business goals into a concrete technology roadmap - Determining priorities within a broad portfolio
2. Architecture & modernization - Driving transition from legacy to scalable platform architecture - Promote API-first and data-driven working - Rationalizing the application landscape.
3. Data as the core of the platform - Strengthen data architecture and governance - Encourage data-driven product development - Identify opportunities in AI and advanced analytics
4. Engineering organization - Strengthen collaboration between product, data and engineering - Coaching engineering leadership - Introducing delivery, quality and scalability best practices
5. Stakeholder Management - Sparring partner for board and senior management - Connecting business and technology - Creating supp...

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