Tech Lead/Sr. Full Stack Engineer

Mila Health; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary based on experience

Direct impact on healthcare

Significant growth and learning opportunities

Job summary

A dynamic digital healthcare startup in Amsterdam seeks a Tech Lead/Senior Full-Stack Engineer to take ownership of its core platform. You will influence architecture, improve scalability, and mentor junior engineers, directly impacting patient experience and business growth. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in full-stack development, a background in modern web stacks, and excellent communication skills in English. This role offers a competitive salary and significant growth opportunities in a young, ambitious team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a full-stack or backend-focused engineer.
• Strong experience with modern web stacks (frontend & backend).
• Proactive, independent, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the technical architecture and codebase.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable full-stack solutions.
• Mentor and support other engineers as the team expands.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

Backend development

Frontend development

System thinking

Scalability

Mentorship

English proficiency

Dutch proficiency

Job description

Mila Health is a fast-growing digital healthcare startup. Through our brandsFellosandGoodweigh, we build modern healthcare that is accessible to everyone: fast, discreet, and reliable.

We combine medical expertise with digital innovation and user-friendly programs that genuinely help people improve their health. Backed by a recent €2M investment, we are scaling rapidly and strengthening our tech foundation to support our next phase of growth.

About the role

AsTech Lead / Senior Full-Stack Engineer, you will take technical ownership of our core platform. You will play a key role in shaping architecture, improving scalability, and setting development standards while remaining hands-on in building features.

You’ll work closely with product, operations, and leadership, and help guide other engineers as the team grows. This is a highly impactful role where technical decisions directly influence patient experience and business growth.

What you’ll do

• Take ownership of the technical architecture and codebase
• Design, build, and maintain scalable full-stack solutions
• Lead by example with clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
• Make pragmatic technical decisions and trade-offs
• Improve developer workflows, tooling, and system reliability
• Collaborate closely with product, customer success, and leadership
• Mentor and support other engineers as the team expands

Who you are

• 5+ years of experience as a full-stack or backend-focused engineer
• Comfortable taking technical ownership and responsibility
• Strong experience with modern web stacks (frontend & backend)
• You think in systems, scalability, and long-term maintainability
• Proactive, independent, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment
• Fluent in English (Dutch is a plus)
• Based in the Netherlands

What we offer

• A key technical leadership role in a rapidly growing startup
• Competitive salary based on experience
• Direct impact on healthcare used by thousands of people
• A young, ambitious, and driven team
• Office by the Amstel in Amsterdam
• Significant growth and learning opportunities