Engineering Manager

Signify Technology; Nederland; Hybrid; EUR 125,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Signify Technology is partnering with a large global organisation to hire an Engineering Manager to lead multiple engineering teams (CI/CD, platform features, and AI) as part of a Dutch digital transformation. The role is contract-based, hybrid with 1-2 days onsite in Utrecht or Amsterdam, NL-based, requiring Dutch and English language skills.

You will set a clear vision, turn strategy into a practical roadmap, coach engineers, and partner with product and business leads to align technology with

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager leading multiple teams across platform or infrastructure engineering.
• Ability to own outcomes, drive initiative, and progress through ambiguity.
• Strong people leadership: coaching, culture building and engineer development.
• Comfort with change and turning vision into a practical roadmap.
• Solid grounding in CI/CD, databases and messaging; exposure to AI/ML is a plus.
• Able to translate product and business requirements into technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead CI/CD, platform features and AI teams within a multi-team setup.
• Shape the scope as part of the digital transformation programme.
• Set a clear vision and translate it into a practical roadmap.
• Collaborate across teams and drive delivery in a dynamic environment.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Coaching

Team building

Ambiguity management

Roadmap planning

CI/CD

Databases

Messaging

AI/ML exposure

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

CI/CD tools

Databases

Messaging systems

Job description

Job title: Engineering Manager (CI/CD, Platform Features & AI)

Job type: Contract

Contract Length: 12-24 months

Rate: €110+ per hour

Role Location: Hybrid - Utrecht or Amsterdam(1-2 days per week onsite). Candidates must be NL based and speak Dutch + English

The company: A large, well-known global organisation working on transformation programmes

Role and Responsibilities:

Signify have partnered up with an established organisation to hire an Engineering Manager as the company scales its Dutch capabilities. This is a people-first leadership role covering multiple engineering teams:

• CI/CD team
• Features team, covering databases and messaging
• AI team, which you are likely to inherit as the function grows

You will help shape its scope as you go as part of their digital transformation programme while the business reshapes it's whole technology function with new cutting edge technologies. You will be someone who can set a clear vision, bring order to ambiguity and fill in the blanks.

Job Requirements:

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager leading multiple teams, ideally across platform or infrastructure engineering
• Has “done it all before” and can step in, take ownership and work out what needs to happen.
• Strong people leadership: coaching, building team culture and developing engineers
• Comfortable with ambiguity and change, not someone who needs everything settled before they start
• Clear vision and the ability to turn it into a practical roadmap
• Solid technical grounding in CI/CD, databases and messaging; exposure to AI/ML teams or tooling is a plus
• Confident turning product and business requirements into technical direction
• A team player who collaborates well across teams and is curious about where the wider organisation is heading
• Must be based in the Netherlands and speak Dutch + English

Interview process:

2 stage interview process

Accessibility Statement:

We make an active choice to be inclusive towards everyone every day.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:

Signify’s mission is to empower every person, regardless of their background or circumstances, with an equitable chance to achieve the careers they deserve. Building a diverse future, one placement at a time.