Tech Lead/ Senior Software Engineer - Interim

Are you an experienced tech lead and interested in a role where you can combine technical expertise with team leadership and lightweight product ownership responsibilities?

Our client is looking for an inspiring Tech Lead to join the Digital Engine Platform Team, a strategic team at the heart of the organization's technological evolution. This is not just a coding role - you will define the vision of the platform, lead and motivate senior engineers, and act as a key partner in shaping the team's roadmap. Your ability to gain trust, manage conflicts gracefully, and communicate effectively will be critical to success.

Interested? Let's get in touch!

As a Tech Lead, you will play a hybrid role - combining deep technical expertise with team leadership and lightweight product ownership responsibilities. You will help define and prioritize the team's initiatives in alignment with the Engineering Manager, ensuring our work directly supports the platform's vision and organizational goals. This role is for someone who thrives on taking ownership, uniting a team behind a clear direction, and translating strategic goals into actionable delivery. You'll play a key role in enhancing our internal development experience and improving platform capabilities that serve engineering teams company-wide.

Your key responsibilities will be:

Leadership & Ownership

• Define and drive the platform's technical vision in alignment with organizational priorities;
• Inspire, support, and motivate a team of senior engineers, encouraging a collaborative and high-performing culture;
• Champion platform improvements, ensuring development teams follow clear and sustainable "paved road" paths;
• Act as a trusted partner to the Engineering Manager to shape and refine the roadmap;
• Take ownership of technical direction, ensuring clarity of purpose and alignment across team members;
• Fulfill light product ownership responsibilities, such as backlog grooming;
• Identify risks and blockers early, proactively raise issues and propose effective solutions;
• Facilitate open and constructive conflict resolution; build trust through empathy, consistency, and clarity.

Technical Excellence

• Investigate, test, and implement innovative tools and software to expand platform capabilities;
• Maintain and propose improvements to the platform guidelines, ensuring a well-paved road for development;
• Collaborate with developers, architects, and operational counterparts to assess new strategies, architectures, and technologies to support rapidly evolving needs and maximize development efficiency;
• Elevate the platform team to a higher scrum/agile level and continuously improve personal skills;
• Communicate the paved road to other teams, offering support as needed.

A great fulltime (37 hours) assignment in Amsterdam with starting date asap until at least 19th of december 2025. The hourly rate for freelancers vary between €90 and €97 per hour all in, depending on your experience and background.

How we'll proceed. Within four working days we will let you know if you qualify for the position. We will schedule an introductory interview, either digitally or in-person. During this interview we will inform you as fully as possible about the vacancy, the company and the following steps in the procedure. After consulting with you, we will introduce you to our client and then continue to guide you through the application process. The Independent Recruiters Group has a large team of specialized recruiters. Each recruiter has a strong focus on their own area of expertise. This makes them the ideal sparring partner for both the candidate and the client.