Tech Lead – Adherence

Rabobank; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 72,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Thirteenth month

8% holiday allowance

Development budget of EUR 1,400 annually

Pension contribution flexibility

Job summary

Rabobank is seeking a Tech Lead for their Adherence Area in Utrecht, Netherlands. This role involves driving technical strategy and coaching multiple teams to ensure compliance is actionable within the Software Delivery Life Cycle.

Applicants should have a solid background in cloud platforms, CI/CD, and strong coaching abilities. The position offers a hybrid working model, emphasizing collaboration between home and office.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Tech Lead or senior engineer in complex environments.
• Strong background in cloud platforms, CI/CD, and automation.
• Ability to simplify complexity and drive alignment.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical strategy and architecture across the full adherence chain.
• Coach multiple squads on end-to-end value thinking.
• Ensure policy requirements are translated into actionable insights.

Skills

Tech Lead experience

Cloud platforms background

CI/CD knowledge

Coaching and mentoring

Architectural design

Job description

This Is What We Offer You

• Salary: Gross monthly salary between EUR 5,994 and EUR 8,563 (scale 10) for a 36‑hour work week.
• Extras: a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• Development budget: EUR 1,400 per year for your growth and development.
• Hybrid working: a balance between home and office.
• Pension: decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

Within Rabobank, the Adherence Area plays a key role in enabling thousands of engineers to build secure, compliant, and reliable IT solutions at scale. Our mission is to make Risk & Compliance processes clear, actionable, and seamlessly integrated into daily engineering workflows and ultimately in the entire Software Delivery Life Cycle. We translate complex regulatory and internal requirements into practical insights, platforms, and standardized solutions.

You & your role

• Drive the evolution of the Adherence platforms as Tech Lead – Adherence by setting technical direction, aligning teams across the policy requirements chain, and ensuring requirements translate into actionable solutions and insights across our integrated platforms.
• You combine deep technical expertise with a strong system‑wide perspective. You understand how individual components contribute to the bigger picture and ensure that the end‑to‑end chain operates cohesively and effectively.
• Drive end‑to‑end architectural alignment across Requirements Manager, Solution Manager, Solution Compass and Deviation Manager.
• Improve adoption by helping teams translate policy requirements into reusable solutions and engineering practices.
• Enable actionable insights by strengthening integration with Nexa platforms across the adherence chain.

Facts & Figures

• 36 hours per week
• The Adherence Area supports thousands of engineers through integrated platforms and compliance capabilities.
• 9.5 million customers worldwide

Top responsibilities

• Drive technical strategy and architecture across the full adherence chain ensuring scalable integration between all platform components.
• Coach multiple squads on end‑to‑end value thinking, enabling them to deliver impact beyond their own components.
• Ensure policy requirements are consistently translated into actionable insights, measurable outcomes, and improvements across platforms.
• You are part of the Adherence Area, working closely with engineering, risk, and security domains to make compliance actionable, scalable, and embedded in daily development workflows across Rabobank.

You & your talent

• Experience as a Tech Lead or senior engineer in complex environments
• Strong background in cloud platforms, CI/CD, and automation
• Experience designing scalable and integrated architectures
• Strong coaching and mentoring capabilities
• Ability to simplify complexity and drive alignment
• End‑to‑end mindset with focus on delivering value across chains

To be considered for this position, you must be located in the Netherlands and have the legal right to work in the Netherlands. We are unable to consider candidates requiring relocation from another country.