Head of AI and Technology

WeGrow; Vianen; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct line to GM

Tool freedom & results-focused

Performance bonus & upward mobility

Job summary

WeGrow is a Dutch e-commerce logistics company building a scalable technology foundation to double revenue with AI. You will own architecture, security, and AI across the business, starting hands-on and growing a team as the company scales.

You will work closely with the GM and cross-functional teams in operations, finance and sales. You will build and ship AI automations, APIs, and internal tools to automate billing checks, carrier reconciliation and reporting, and will lead the customer portal

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of architecture that scales: servers, cloud infrastructure, databases and networking.
• Security: access control, encryption, backups, disaster recovery, GDPR.
• Deep into AI: build with LLMs, agents and automations daily.
• Proficient in Python or TypeScript, APIs and SQL.
• Business-minded: focus on hours saved and euros earned.
• Ownership: proactive and self-driven.
• Fluent English; Dutch a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and run scalable architecture with servers, cloud hosting, databases, monitoring, uptime and performance.
• Own end-to-end security including GDPR, backups and incident response.
• Develop AI across the business by replacing repetitive processes with production-ready AI agents and automations.
• Build and extend AI native tooling (Odoo, Supabase, Google Workspace, Slack) integrations.
• Lead development of customer portal and API connections for external platforms.
• Own data quality: volumes, costs, carrier performance and profitability dashboards.
• Manage software vendors and freelance developers, including budgeting.

Skills

Architecture scaling

Cloud infrastructure

Security

AI / LLMs

Python / TypeScript

APIs & SQL

Business mindset

Ownership

Fluent English

Tools

Odoo

Supabase

Google Workspace

Slack

Job description

WeGrow is a Dutch e-commerce logistics company that gets online merchants’ parcels across Europe faster, cheaper and better than traditional carriers. We run a multi carrier European network with direct lines into markets like Italy and Spain, plus our own fulfilment operation in Vianen.

We are a €30m revenue business with a clear target: €60m in 2027. Speed, ownership and solutions are how we work. Technology and AI are how we get there.

The role

You own everything technology at WeGrow, and you make AI the way the company works. This is not an IT support job. Your core job is the technical foundation: an architecture that scales, with servers, databases and security that hold when volumes double. On that foundation you build the AI that lets us double revenue without doubling headcount.

You report to the General Manager and work daily with operations, account management, finance and sales. You start hands on: building, integrating and shipping yourself. As we grow, you build the team.

What you will own

• Architecture and infrastructure: Design and run an architecture that scales with us: servers, cloud hosting, databases, monitoring, uptime and performance. Every system we run sits on a foundation you own and can explain.
• Security and IT: Own security end to end: access control, encryption, backups, disaster recovery, GDPR and incident response. Plus devices and accounts for the team. Keep it safe so nobody notices it.
• AI across the business: Find the processes that eat hours (billing checks, carrier reconciliation, quoting, customer service, reporting) and replace them with AI agents and automations that actually run in production.
• Internal tooling: Own and extend our AI native toolset: Odoo, Supabase, Google Workspace, Slack and the integrations between them. One source of truth, no copy pasting between systems.
• Customer portal: Lead the development of our customer portal and make it a reason clients choose and stay with WeGrow.
• APIs and integrations: Own our API and the connections with software platforms, webshops, marketplaces and carriers. Make WeGrow the easiest carrier network to plug into.
• Data: Build reliable data on volumes, costs, carrier performance and client profitability so management decides on numbers, not gut feel.
• Vendors and budget: Choose and manage software vendors and freelance developers. Negotiate hard and cut what does not deliver.

How we measure success

First 90 days:

• Map every system, integration and recurring manual process, ranked by hours lost and money at risk.
• Ship at least three AI automations that run daily in production and save measurable hours.
• Audit our architecture, servers, databases and security, fix the biggest risks first, and make sure nothing depends on one person’s laptop.

First 12 months:

• Every team uses AI as standard in its daily work, with hours saved tracked per team.
• The customer portal is live and used by our clients.
• New clients connect through our API and integrations without developer time on our side.
• Management runs on one live dashboard for volumes, costs and margins.

Who you are

• Deep understanding of architecture that scales: servers, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure or GCP), databases and networking. Show us something you built that handles real load.
• Strong on security: access control, encryption, backups, disaster recovery and GDPR.
• Deep into AI: you build with LLMs, agents and automations every day, at work or in your own projects. What you built and how fast you move matter more than years on a CV.
• You build yourself. Python or TypeScript, APIs and SQL are tools you use, not words on a CV.
• You understand business first. You talk in hours saved and euros earned, not in frameworks.
• You take ownership. Nobody needs to chase you.
• Fluent English. Dutch is a plus.

New to the job market? Apply anyway. We hire on skill and drive, not on age or years of experience.

Nice to have

• Experience in logistics, e-commerce, carriers or fulfilment.
• Experience with Odoo, Shopify or customer portals.
• You have built a small team of developers or managed freelancers.

What we offer

• A seat at the management table and a direct line to the GM. Your decisions land the same week.
• Freedom to choose the tools and the approach. You are judged on results.
• A company that doubles in the next year, with the budget and backing to make AI central to it.
• Competitive salary based on experience, plus a performance bonus. Upward mobility for those who deliver.