Senior Lead Software Engineer

PostNL; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 58,032 - 84,358; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary between €5,200 and €7,559 gross per month

Hybrid working and flexible hours

8% holiday allowance and 25 vacation days

Travel allowance for commuting

Solid pension scheme

Engineering Laptop and smartphone

Training opportunities via PostNL Academy

Discounts on holidays and events

Job summary

A leading logistics provider in the Netherlands seeks an experienced Lead Engineer. You will take technical ownership of the Consumer App, driving its strategic evolution and managing a hybrid team. Your expertise in .NET, iOS, and Android development is essential. The role offers an attractive salary, hybrid work model, and opportunities for training and growth, along with benefits like a solid pension scheme and holiday allowance.

Qualifications

• Experienced tech lead with strategic thinking.
• Extensive experience in managing teams and improving processes.
• Degree in Information Technology is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of the consumer app.
• Drive strategic evolution of the app.
• Lead initiatives to merge apps and integrate AI features.

Skills

Leadership and ownership

Experience with .NET

iOS (Swift) development

Android (Kotlin/Java) development

Strong communication skills in English

Knowledge of Dutch

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

AWS Serverless

Mac or Windows for development

Job description

Are you an experienced full-stack engineer with .NET, iOS and Android expertise? Take the lead on our Consumer App and shape its strategic evolution.

This is why you choose PostNL as a Lead Engineer

Impactful work

You ensure millions of users enjoy a seamless Trusted Dutch branded app experience prioritizing reliability, customer satisfaction, and accessibility, including a unique selling point which is insights in mail delivery.

Challenge

Achieving robust, scalable, and secure integration between various internal and external systems.

Great atmosphere

Collaborate with colleagues who embrace opportunities and help each other grow.

Flexibility

Work partly from home and partly in our modern office next to Holland Spoor station.

Responsibility

You set the technical delivery for our consumer App.

Development opportunities

Plenty of room for training and career growth.

This is your role

You will take technical ownership of our most important app. You will drive its strategic evolution and transition from external partners to internal leadership. You will work with a modern tech stack running on AWS Serverless.

You will lead key initiatives such as merging the Consumer and Business apps and integrating Conversational AI features. In addition, you will develop processes and guide a hybrid team of internal colleagues and offshore partners to enable product teams to take full end-to-end ownership of their features within three to four years.

Your team

You will join the digital domain of our IT organisation, working closely with product owners, developers and testers. The team is hybrid, combining internal colleagues and offshore partners. Together, you will focus on innovation and quality, with strong collaboration at the core.

What we deliver you

A role full of innovation and work that you will see reflected across the Netherlands. At PostNL, your mindset meets our challenge. You can count on an attractive package of employment conditions. The top benefits for your role include:

• Salary between €5,200 and €7,559 gross per month based on 37 hours per week. Working 32 hours is also possible!
• Hybrid working and flexible hours. Work two or more days from home? Receive €45 net per month.
• 8% holiday allowance and 25 vacation days for full-time work.
• Travel allowance for commuting: NS Business Card or kilometre reimbursement.
• A solid pension scheme via the PostNL pension fund.
• Engineering Laptop (Mac or Windows) and smartphone.
• Training and development opportunities via the PostNL Academy.
• Discounts on holidays, events and products.

What you bring

You are an experienced tech lead who takes ownership and thinks strategically.

You also have the following qualities:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree thinking level. A pre is a degree in Information Technology
• Extensive experience with .NET, iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin/Java).
• Experience managing teams and improving development processes.
• Strong communication skills in English to bridge technology and business. Dutch is pré