Overview: Join our client's dynamic IT Development Team as a Lead Solution Engineer. In this pivotal role, you will take ownership of end-to-end software solutions, playing a crucial part in engineering decision-making and strategy. This role requires a strong Agile approach and the ability to deliver high-quality outcomes for our clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the engineering organization: Provide technical leadership by guiding technical decisions, fostering innovation, and driving continuous improvement.

• Independently manage solutions and domains: Take end-to-end ownership from conception to implementation, ensuring the delivery of high-quality outcomes.

• Work closely within an Agile framework: Collaborate with internal and third-party developers, supporting cross-functional teams to achieve success.

• Understand customer requirements: Translate them into actionable plans, delivering platform and DevOps solutions that exceed expectations.

• Analyze complex technical issues: Identify root causes and develop effective solutions promptly to minimize disruption and maximize customer satisfaction.

• Act as a bridge between architecture and development: Conduct code reviews, debug, and develop as required, ensuring alignment and adherence to best practices.

• Maintain a hands-on role: Engage in application code development, DevOps practices, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure management.

• Engage with stakeholders: Maintain effective communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders across all organization levels to ensure clear understanding and alignment of objectives.

• Explore new code areas and platform components: Demonstrate continuous learning to drive innovation and stay ahead of industry trends.

• Be flexible: Open to occasional work outside core operational hours and travel to sites in the UK and Europe as needed.

Requirements:

• At least 5+ years of senior or staff-level development experience in the Netherlands.

• Availability for 40 hours per week, based in the Netherlands.

• Fluent communication in English; Dutch is a bonus.

• Excellent IT skills, computer literacy, and a solid understanding of software development principles, networking concepts, and system architecture.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts.

• Ability to produce comprehensive documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience in cloud platform management, preferably using GCP or comparable platforms such as AWS or Microsoft Azure.

• Proficiency in PHP coding; a focus on the Laravel framework is a bonus.

• Understanding of Kafka and event-driven architecture.

• Experience with Kubernetes, including container orchestration, deployment, and scaling of containerized applications in a cloud-native environment.

• Familiarity with Apigee or similar API gateway solutions.

• Understanding of the current technology marketplace.

Bonus Points:

• Practical experience with Linux/Unix.

• Experience with Confluent Kafka.

• Familiarity with Nuxt.js, a Vue.js framework for building web applications.

• Understanding of project management principles and methodologies.