Senior Component Engineer

Akzonobel; Sassenheim; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13th month

46 holidays

Hybrid work

Travel expenses

Training opportunities

Events & networking

Paint discount

Job summary

AkzoNobel in the Netherlands seeks a Sr. Engineer – Color Components to own the technical delivery and lifecycle of a portfolio of color technology components (.NET libraries, APIs and services). You will guide architecture and lead code reviews in a Scrum environment.

This hands-on role requires 8–10+ years of production-grade .NET experience, API design skills and a passion for color science. You will mentor engineers, define DoD and CI/CD gates, coordinate releases and collaborate with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Applied Physics/Mathematics or a related discipline.
• 8–10+ years of production-grade software component/engineering leadership in a .NET/SOA environment.
• Proven ability to establish and enforce engineering standards and mentor engineers.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum with cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong C#/.NET and API/service design, NuGet packaging.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority for an assigned portfolio of color technology components, owning their delivery, quality and full lifecycle.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to Component Engineers through code reviews and design reviews.
• Plan and allocate capacity across the component portfolio; manage delivery commitments; facilitate Scrum ceremonies with the Product Owner.
• Maintain a component catalog and enforce portfolio standards including versioning, backward compatibility and deprecation.
• Steward API/package contracts and integration patterns; recommend integration architecture per component.

Skills

C#/.NET

API design

Agile/Scrum

Mentorship

Code reviews

CI/CD pipelines

Test automation

Azure fundamentals

SQL integration

Color science interest

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Software Engineering/Applied Physics/Math

Tools

NuGet packaging

Dependency management

Job description

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

The Technology Integration Team develops and productizes reusable Color Technology Components that power AkzoNobel's internal and external customer-facing tools, spanning Colorimetric Engines and Building Blocks, Color Visualization, and AI/ML-enabled color services. The Sr. Engineer – Color Components is a senior individual-contributor role within this team, accountable for the technical delivery and full lifecycle management of an assigned portfolio of components. Working closely with the Product Owner, you will own the technical approach, engineering readiness and quality of the component portfolio — while providing senior technical leadership within the Scrum team(s) and raising engineering standards through mentorship, review and example.

This is a hands‑on role where you will write and review production code regularly.

What you`ll do

• Serve as the senior technical authority for an assigned portfolio of color technology components (.NET libraries/NuGet packages, APIs/services and supporting utilities), owning their delivery, quality and full lifecycle.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to Component Engineers through code reviews, design reviews and knowledge‑sharing sessions.
• Plan and allocate capacity across the component portfolio, manage delivery commitments and facilitate Scrum ceremonies in close collaboration with the Product Owner.
• Maintain a component catalog covering services, packages, dependencies, consumers, environments and ownership, and enforce portfolio standards including versioning, backward‑compatibility and deprecation processes.
• Steward API/package contracts and integration patterns to ensure consistency and reusability, and recommend the most suitable integration architecture per component based on downstream consumer needs.
• Partner with the Product Owner to translate epics into technically implementable work items with clear acceptance criteria, and act as Technical Lead for mid‑sized projects.
• Define and enforce the Definition of Done and CI/CD quality gates, collaborating with QA/automation resources to achieve unit, integration, contract and regression coverage.
• Coordinate release readiness and ensure components ship with correct versioning, documentation and migration notes, including full operational readiness for services.
• Translate R&D inputs into developer specifications and contribute to patent screening and disclosure for innovations arising from the component portfolio.
• Contribute to the team's technical roadmap by identifying component capability gaps, platform improvements and emerging technology candidates.

What you bring

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Applied Physics/Mathematics or a related discipline.
• 8–10+ years of production‑grade software component and/or engineering leadership experience in a .NET/service‑oriented environment.
• Proven track record of establishing and enforcing engineering standards and providing technical mentorship to engineers.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams with cross‑functional and external contributors.
• Solid experience with component lifecycle practices: versioning, backward compatibility, release management and consumer enablement.
• Strong C#/.NET and API/service design skills, with hands‑on experience in NuGet packaging and dependency management.
• Test automation mindset with experience in CI/CD pipelines, covering unit, integration, contract and regression testing.
• Familiarity with operational readiness practices for services: logging, metrics, tracing, health checks and runbooks.
• Working knowledge of Azure fundamentals and SQL integration patterns is desirable.
• Affinity with or curiosity about color science and colorimetric workflows is a strong plus.
• 13th month
• 46 holidays
• Hybrid way of working
• Travel expenses to and from work
• Training opportunities that will help you grow beyond this position
• Being part of events and networking platforms
• Paint with a discount

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.