Technical Lead (Python / LiDAR)

Clear Timber Analytics; Hilversum; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

NS Business Card

OV-bike subscription

Hybrid work from Hilversum office

Job summary

Clear Timber Analytics is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead to steer the engineering team as it scales its Python-based LiDAR analytics platform. You’ll own technical strategy, architecture decisions and delivery while continuing to code alongside the team.

Based in Hilversum, the role combines leadership with hands-on development, sprint planning, and collaboration with the founder to translate goals into pragmatic roadmaps and robust production software.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with LiDAR, point clouds or 3D spatial data.
• Experience owning technical projects and making architectural decisions.
• Exposure to CI/CD, testing and cloud infrastructure (Azure).
• Experience with sprint planning, prioritisation, Scrum or product ownership is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Build: Develop and improve Python workflows for LiDAR data processing.
• Lead: Own technical and architectural decisions and improve engineering practices.
• Drive delivery: Own sprint planning, backlog prioritisation, and roadmap alignment.
• Shape strategy: Collaborate with founder to translate goals into technical roadmaps.
• Improve shipping: Strengthen CI/CD, tests and releases for scalable infra.
• Bridge research and production: Turn prototypes into maintainable production software.

Skills

LiDAR/3D spatial data

Technical leadership

Sprint planning

Tools

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Clear Timber Analytics combine drone imagery, LiDAR data, and machine learning to help forest owners manage and protect forests worldwide.

Founded in 2020, we’re evolving from a forestry-driven startup into a scalable software company. We turn billions of real-world 3D measurements into detailed digital inventories of individual trees, with our technology already used on projects for organisations including Deutsche Bahn, Staatsbosbeheer and Rijkswaterstaat.

About the role:

We're now looking for a hands-on, strategic Tech Lead to take ownership of how our engineering team builds and delivers - while continuing to build alongside them.

You’ll join three highly autonomous engineers working across point-cloud analytics, machine learning and production software. Formal people management remains with the founder, so your focus is technology, delivery and technical leadership.

This is a leadership role where you keep coding. You’ll work directly on our Python-based LiDAR analytics platform while bringing structure, direction and focus to the wider engineering team.

What you’ll do day-to-day:

• Build: Develop and improve the Python workflows that turn large-scale LiDAR point clouds into Clear Timber products.
• Lead: Own technical and architectural decisions and raise the bar on engineering practices.
• Drive delivery: Own sprint planning, prioritisation and the backlog, keeping the team focused on the right problems.
• Shape strategy: Work directly with our founder to turn half-year and annual goals into technical roadmaps and two-week sprints.
• Improve how we ship: Strengthen CI/CD, testing and releases while helping our infrastructure scale with growing datasets.
• Bridge research and production: Turn promising prototypes and algorithms into maintainable production software.

What we’re looking for:

• Hands‑on experience with LiDAR, point clouds or 3D spatial data.
• Experience owning technical projects and making architectural decisions.
• Experience with CI/CD, testing and cloud infrastructure (particularly Azure).
• Exposure to sprint planning, prioritisation, Scrum or product ownership is ideal.
• Broader experience across geospatial/GIS, remote sensing, machine learning, 3D computer vision or SLAM is a plus.

What we’ll offer you:

• A competitive salary, based on your experience.
• 25 days' holiday, plus the option to work abroad for up to three weeks.
• NS Business Card and OV-bike subscription.
• Hybrid working from our Hilversum office - surrounded by forests, fittingly!
• Direct input into product and technology strategy from day one.
• Coaching and support as you grow as a technical leader.
• A collaborative startup environment where you can help build something meaningful from the ground up.
• A longer-term opportunity to grow towards broader technology leadership, potentially CTO-level responsibility.