Fullstack Team Lead / Architect - Hybrid

MRL Consulting Group | Global Niche Technology Recruitment; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

MRL Consulting Group | Global Niche Technology Recruitment in Amsterdam is seeking a hands-on Fullstack Team Lead / Architect to own technical direction, architecture, engineering quality and delivery for a product group or internal platform.

You will remain hands-on with coding while mentoring engineers and collaborating with Product, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure and business stakeholders. The role emphasizes technical leadership and modernisation within a business-critical environment.

Qualifications

• Solid hands-on software engineering experience.
• Experience as a Technical Lead or Architect.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, API design and data modelling.
• Proven ability to lead design without formal people-management responsibility.
• Experience working with Product, QA, DevOps and Security teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction, architecture and engineering quality for an assigned product group or platform.
• Lead technical design discussions, architecture reviews, work breakdown and implementation planning.
• Remain hands-on with coding, design and production problem solving.
• Translate business priorities into practical technical solutions and delivery plans.
• Provide technical estimates and risk assessments.
• Review critical code changes and promote high standards for quality and maintainability.
• Mentor engineers through design/code reviews and coaching.
• Act as escalation point for complex defects and incidents.
• Lead root-cause analysis following production incidents.
• Identify debt and maintainability risks and propose modernization strategies.
• Establish documentation and knowledge-transfer practices.
• Coordinate with QA, DevOps, Security and Product teams on release-readiness.
• Support onboarding of engineers by explaining architecture and system behaviour.
• Promote pragmatic engineering practices across platforms.

Skills

Hands-on software engineering

Technical Lead experience

Architectural design

Mentoring engineers

Stakeholder communication

Tools

.NET/C#

SQL Server

Angular

APIs

CI/CD

Git/Jira/Azure DevOps

Job description

Fullstack Team Lead / Architect - Location: Amsterdam - Hybrid

We are looking for a hands-on Fullstack Team Lead / Architect to own technical direction, architecture, engineering quality, and technical execution for an assigned product group or internal software platform.

This is an opportunity for a senior technical leader who enjoys staying close to the technology — from architecture and coding through to production troubleshooting, technical design and mentoring engineers.

This is not a formal people management role. The focus is on technical leadership, architecture, engineering quality and delivery, working closely with Product, Engineering, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure and business stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in a practical, execution-focused environment where systems are business-critical, some platforms may be legacy, and engineering ownership is continuing to evolve.

Depending on experience and business requirements, the role may focus on one or more of the following areas:

• Core Business Platforms: Enterprise workflows, integrations, SQL Server-backed systems, production stability, scalability and maintainability.
• NLP / AI: Text processing, data pipelines, model evaluation, taxonomy, AI-assisted tools and integration of NLP capabilities into business workflows.
• Mobile / Computer Vision: Mobile application architecture, image capture, computer vision integration, warehouse applications and field usability.
• Legacy Modernisation: Stabilisation, technical debt reduction, security improvements, integration clean-up and modernisation of legacy applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction, architecture and engineering quality for an assigned product group or platform.
• Lead technical design discussions, architecture reviews, work breakdown and implementation planning.
• Remain hands-on with coding, design, troubleshooting, technical reviews and production problem solving.
• Translate business priorities into practical technical solutions and delivery plans.
• Provide technical estimates, implementation options, dependency analysis and risk assessments.
• Review critical code changes and promote high standards for quality, maintainability, testability and documentation.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews and hands‑on technical coaching.
• Act as the L3 technical escalation point for complex defects and production issues.
• Lead technical root‑cause analysis following production incidents.
• Identify technical debt, architectural weaknesses, single points of failure and maintainability risks.
• Develop pragmatic modernisation, refactoring and stabilisation strategies.
• Establish clear technical documentation and knowledge‑transfer practices.
• Work with QA, DevOps, DBA, Infrastructure, Security and Product teams to define release‑readiness expectations.
• Support the onboarding of engineers by explaining architecture, codebases, standards and system behaviour.
• Promote consistent engineering practices while remaining pragmatic about the needs of individual platforms.

What We're Looking For

• Solid experience in hands‑on software engineering.
• Experience as a Technical Lead, Software Architect, Principal Engineer, Senior Engineer or similar.
• Strong hands‑on development experience with the ability to contribute to code and troubleshoot production issues.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, API design, integration patterns, data modelling, scalability and maintainability.
• Experience designing and supporting business‑critical production systems.
• Proven ability to lead technical design and implementation without formal people‑management responsibility.
• Experience breaking complex technical work into practical delivery stages.
• Strong understanding of technical trade‑offs and the ability to communicate recommendations to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Experience improving legacy systems and reducing technical debt.
• Practical knowledge of code review, testing, CI/CD and release processes.
• Experience working with Product, Engineering, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure, Security and business stakeholders.
• Strong mentoring and technical coaching skills.
• Excellent ownership, judgement and problem‑solving abilities.
• Comfortable working with distributed teams across multiple locations and time zones.

Technical Experience

• .NET / C# and SQL Server
• APIs and enterprise integrations
• Angular
• Mobile application development, particularly Android or iOS
• Warehouse, logistics or field‑operations applications
• NLP, Computer Vision, AI / ML or data pipelines
• Event‑driven architecture and message queues
• API gateways and enterprise integration patterns
• ERP, finance, purchasing or B2B transaction platforms
• Application security and security‑by‑design
• Git, Jira, Azure DevOps and CI/CD tooling
• Technology distribution, supply chain, logistics, manufacturing or e‑commerce environments