Tech Lead & Architect — Shape a reusable, scalable platform

SURFsara; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 61,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 holidays per year (40h)

NS Business Card 1st class

Home working allowance

Job summary

SURF is seeking a Technical Lead / Architect in Utrecht to shape the technical direction of the SURFspot platform. You will translate product goals into scalable, secure solutions and work closely with the Senior Product Manager, Engineers, and other teams within SURF.

You will mentor a Junior Engineer, lead discovery and technical reviews, and guide governance while maintaining hands-on involvement in implementation. A VOG is required upfront.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Experience with software development, technical architecture, or technical leadership.
• Experience with APIs, integrations, and modern application architectures.
• Knowledge of designing secure, scalable, and manageable solutions.
• Knowledge of security, logging, monitoring, and operational management.
• Experience coaching and mentoring developers.
• The ability to clearly explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.
• The ability to balance speed, quality, technical debt, and future-proofing.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical direction, architecture, and quality of the platform and services.
• Translate product goals into feasible, secure, reusable solutions.
• Determine functionality fit within Magento, outside Magento, or hybrid architecture.
• Establish architectural principles and standards for APIs, integrations, data, security, logging, monitoring, error handling, and management.
• Ensure solutions are generic and reusable; avoid silos and dependencies.
• Assess feasibility, risks, and dependencies of roadmap items.
• Conduct architecture, solution, and code reviews; monitor production readiness.
• Mentor a Junior Engineer and support CI/CD, secure development, monitoring, and documentation.
• During the transformation phase, take on project leadership to plan phases, epics, and releases.

Skills

Software development

Technical leadership

APIs & integrations

Security & monitoring

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Tools

Magento 2

CI/CD

Git

Automated testing

Job description

SURF is seeking a Technical Lead / Architect in Utrecht to shape the technical direction of the SURFspot platform. You will translate product goals into scalable, secure solutions and work closely with the Senior Product Manager, Engineers, and other teams within SURF.

You will mentor a Junior Engineer, lead discovery and technical reviews, and guide governance while maintaining hands-on involvement in implementation. A VOG is required upfront.