Senior Software Engineer & Team Lead, Data Platform Remote

That Recruitment Company; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

That Recruitment Company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead to own and lead a Customer Data Platform project. You will stay hands-on while mentoring a distributed engineering team, turning business requirements into tangible technical deliverables and guiding architecture decisions across Product and Architecture teams.

The role emphasizes strong backend development, modern APIs, Kubernetes operations and pragmatic delivery, with a focus on scalable data-driven platforms and

Qualifications

• Strong experience building modern backend systems.
• Experience leading or mentoring software engineers.
• Knowledge of distributed architectures, APIs and system integrations.
• Practical experience with containerised applications and Kubernetes.
• Ability to balance delivery speed, technical quality and business impact.
• Clear communication across technical and product teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example through hands-on backend development.
• Mentor engineers across a remote environment.
• Turn business and user requirements into clear technical deliverables.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture and Technical Leadership.
• Own day-to-day execution and ensure consistent delivery.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, testing and maintainability.
• Contribute to scalable, distributed system design.
• Guide development and operation of Kubernetes-based applications.
• Improve engineering practices, communication and ownership.

Skills

Backend expertise

Mentoring

Distributed systems

APIs

Delivery mindset

Tools

Kubernetes

Go

Job description

That Recruitment Company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead to own and lead a Customer Data Platform project. You will stay hands-on while mentoring a distributed engineering team, turning business requirements into tangible technical deliverables and guiding architecture decisions across Product and Architecture teams.

The role emphasizes strong backend development, modern APIs, Kubernetes operations and pragmatic delivery, with a focus on scalable data-driven platforms and