Technical Team Lead

📍 Amsterdam (unfortunately, we don't support visa sponsorship nor remote working at the moment)

🕗 32-40h per week

💶 €6,500 - €7,000

About us

Producthero is a rapidly growing SaaS scale-up based in Amsterdam. Our clients include Rituals, Bol, Wehkamp, and Ikea. Over the past five years, we have evolved into an internationally operating shopping advertisement platform with more than 12,000 clients across all European countries. From our office in Amsterdam, our team of 45+ enthusiastic heroes and two office dogs create an outstanding platform to help webshops and online marketing agencies improve the performance of their product ads on Google.

About the role

As the Technical Team Lead, you will play a pivotal role in guiding our Tech team with the delivery of high-quality software solutions. You will be leading a team of five to six team members and supporting them with the ongoing development of our new platform and existing tools. You’ll do this by taking charge of our technical vision and by ensuring a collaborative and safe work environment. This position is perfect for someone who is not only technically proficient, but who is also committed to leading with empathy and transparency.

Do you enjoy working in a positive environment with an enthusiastic team while continuously learning? Then we'd love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Help define and drive the technical strategy and roadmap; oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of software projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within scope.
• Serve as a bridge between the engineering team and other stakeholders, ensuring that technical considerations are clearly communicated and understood.
• Lead architecture design in the platform monolith, code reviews, and technical decision-making processes to ensure scalability, performance, and security.
• Build and evaluate the team through regular development conversations to foster growth and achieve career development goals. You encourage the team to explore new tools, technologies, and methodologies.
• Promote a culture of open communication and transparency within the team and across departments.

About you

• You have knowledge of and experience with PHP, Laravel, PhpUnit/Pest, SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL), JavaScript and Vue.js.
• Proven experience in a technical leadership role, preferably in a SaaS or startup environment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to make sound decisions under pressure.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with a focus on empathy and transparency.
• A passion for mentoring and developing team members, promoting a culture of respect, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• You are a fluent in English.
• Knowledge of Redis, Python, (Google) Cloud Services, Docker, Linux, and CI/CD (GitHub Actions) would be a plus.
• Experience with Scrum and project management tools.

What we offer along with your compensation package

• Attractive pension plan 💶
  
• 8% holiday allowance paid out every May
• 25 vacation days per year 🌴
• Possibility to work from home 2 times per week
• Possibility to work from abroad 2-weeks per year
• A generous learning & development budget of €1500 per year 🤓
• Staying strong and healthy with a €20 discount on your Onefit subscription 🏋️
• Healthy lunch at the office 🥙 (or occasionally less healthy 🍔)
• Wellbeing support through personal coaching 🌱
• Travel allowance for your commute 🚎
• Unique work location in a monumental chapel in De Pijp ❌❌❌
• Team trips, activities, and Friday borrels 🧃🍻🥂
• The best part - working with the best team!

We value flexibility, finding joy in our work, and having a good time together. We believe in being Innovative, Inspiring, Scalable, Transparent, and Empathetic at the core of our values. If you can relate, go ahead and apply! ⬇️