Software Tech Lead

Sioux; Arnhem; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work week

Training budget €6000

Team events

Job summary

Sioux is seeking a Software Tech Lead to provide day-to-day technical leadership for a software team building high‑tech products. You will guide architecture, design, and implementation while ensuring timely delivery and quality.

The role requires at least 10 years in embedded software, strong Agile/Scrum experience, and solid communication skills. You will work from our Apeldoorn office, collaborating with a cross-disciplinary team on exciting projects.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Embedded Systems, or a related technical field.
• At least 10 years of experience in technical (embedded) software development, including leadership or mentoring.
• Proven knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies and structured team coordination.
• Experience with software design/architecture and CI/CD practices.
• Strong organizational and communication skills; ability to connect people and drive initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day technical leadership and direction for the software team.
• Facilitate Scrum activities: sprint planning, reviews, and demos, with related admin.
• Safeguard and advance technical content: requirements, design, architecture, implementation decisions.

Skills

Embedded software

Team leadership

Agile/Scrum

CI/CD

C/C++

C#/Python

Linux/Windows

Communication

System design

UML

Design patterns

Education

BSc/MSc in CS or Embedded Systems

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

As a Software Tech Lead, you provide technical leadership for a team developing software for high-tech products and machines.

In this role, you support and deliver solutions to our customers in the semiconductor, analytical instrumentation, and medical equipment industries, within the triangle of Nijmegen, Enschede, and Zwolle, by delivering smart, sustainable, and reliable software solutions. Your software expertise plays an essential role in bringing these high-tech solutions to life.

What function?

In this role, you support and deliver solutions to our customers in the semiconductor, analytical instrumentation, and medical equipment industries, within the triangle of Nijmegen, Enschede, and Zwolle, by delivering smart, sustainable, and reliable software solutions. Your software expertise plays an essential role in bringing these high-tech solutions to life.

What excites you as a Software Tech Lead?

As a Software Tech Lead, you are responsible for the day-to-day technical leadership and direction of a software team. You create clarity, facilitate effective collaboration, and ensure the team delivers high-quality software within agreed timelines and objectives. You identify risks and bottlenecks and initiate corrective actions when necessary. You actively contribute to technical work and act as the link between the team, the Development Center Manager, and the customer. The exact emphasis of your responsibilities depends on the organization and project.

You work from our office in Apeldoorn.

• Depending on the project and organization, your responsibilities may include:
• Providing technical leadership and support to the software team while fostering effective collaboration.
• Preparing and facilitating Scrum activities, including sprint planning, reviews, and demos, and maintaining the related administration.
• Safeguarding and further developing the technical content, including requirements, design, architecture, and implementation decisions.
• Setting up, maintaining, and improving the software development environment, including continuous build and integration processes and configuration management.
• Communicating with customers and the Development Center Manager.
• Monitoring progress, quality, risks, and technical coherence, and initiating corrective actions when required.
• Actively contributing to software development as a senior software engineer where appropriate.

Sounds good? We’d love to tell you more…

This is what you bring to the table

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Embedded Systems, or a related technical field.
• At least 10 years of experience in technical (embedded) software development, including experience leading, coaching, or technically guiding a software team.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies, with the ability to organize team activities in a structured manner.
• Experience with software design and architecture, as well as development practices such as continuous integration, build automation, and configuration management.
• Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to connect people, maintain overview, and take initiative when adjustments are needed.
• Affinity with C, C++, C#, and/or Python development on Linux or Windows platforms.
• Knowledge of UML, Design Patterns, CAFCR, and CI/CD practices.

This is what you can expect in return from Sioux

• Flexible 32-40 hour working week, with room to work from home.
• A healthy work-life balance is very important to us. We have 28 holidays with an option to acquire an additional 12 holidays.
• You will work with passionate colleagues who share your drive for technology and business success.
• By combining our expertise in software, electronics, mechanics, mechatronics, mathematics and assembly, we make the impossible possible for our customers and get to work on challenging high-tech projects.
• You get a lot of freedom and responsibility; after all, you know exactly what you are doing.
• Personal coaching and a training budget of €6000 per year, so that you can continue to develop yourself.
• We also find it important to have fun together. We organize a lot for our employees, from events together with your partner and family, summer barbecues, innovative knowledge sessions to tasty lunches and after work drinks.
• You will be working at a prime location in a green, wooded environment, close to the Veluwe National Park. The perfect base within the triangle of Enschede, Zwolle, and Nijmegen.

High Tech & High Fun

We can tell you all about the typical Sioux-culture and the high-tech challenging projects. About how you can develop yourself, like nowhere else. But we’d rather have you hear it from our own employees.

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Export control

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the US Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require Sioux to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.