Lead Software Engineer

We’re Hiring: Lead Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

📍 Location: Netherlands

We’re looking for a Lead Software Engineer who enjoys combining hands-on development with team leadership. In this role, you’ll guide a small team of engineers while actively contributing to building and improving a modern software platform.

🔧 What you’ll do:

• Lead and mentor a team of 3–6 engineers through 1:1s and continuous feedback

• Drive hiring processes, conduct interviews, and onboard new team members

• Act as a technical sparring partner through code reviews and pair programming

• Contribute to architectural decisions and platform evolution

• Build and ship features across backend and frontend

• Collaborate closely with senior leadership on product direction and user experience

• Ensure quality through testing, QA, and clean, maintainable code

🧠 Your experience:

• 6+ years as a Software Engineer (ideally at Staff level)

• Strong full-stack experience with Ruby on Rails

• Solid understanding of PostgreSQL, MVC frameworks, and TDD

• Experience with REST APIs, HTML, CSS, modern JavaScript, and Scrum

• Proven leadership experience (formal or informal)

• Passion for clean code and thorough testing

• Strong communication skills and fluent English (C1+)

If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and make an impact as both a leader and engineer, we’d love to hear from you.

👉 Apply now or get in touch to learn more.