We are looking for an experienced, people-oriented Team Lead to work with our channels team, a diverse scrum team of +/- 8 backend software engineers, who are responsible for  integrating new marketplaces and sales channels to the ChannelEngine platform. This team ensures marketplaces go live efficiently with robust integrations that scale well 🚀

What will you do as Team Lead?

As Team Lead, you will encourage the team and foster their creativity. Your goal is to create a collaborative team environment characterised by open communication where each member feels valued and motivated ⭐ Coaching your team, not only in terms of technical skills, but also soft skills and career progression, is an important part of the role. 

We have a great product team who you will  work closely with to ensure alignment between the roadmap and the work being carried out by the channels team. You will organise and manage the team following agile principles, helping them navigate complex projects and technical challenges. You will also have the freedom to contribute your own ideas on high impact features, processes and architectural matters relating to the ChannelEngine platform. 

What makes you the ideal Team Lead?

A friendly personality and great interpersonal skills are a good start. You will also need:

• A bachelor’s (HBO or WO) degree in IT, Computer Science or a related field,

• 3+ years’ experience in leading and coaching a multicultural software development team in the Netherlands,

• Affinity with working in an agile environment and following scrum principles,

• Good communication skills in English, both written and verbal,

• A positive attitude and proactive approach to coding and team management,

• Currently resident in the Netherlands.

Nice to have (but not essential)

• Experience in e-commerce, marketplaces, SaaS or a tech scale-up,

• Hands-on coding experience using our tech stack (C#, .NET, and SQL databases).

Why you’ll love working here

• You’ll receive a thorough onboarding to get you familiar with ChannelEngine, our processes and tools, and your new colleagues. You’ll also have a buddy to support you along the way,

• You’ll be working in an open and collaborative company with +/-250 colleagues of over 30 different nationalities,

• We offer a professional, yet informal work environment, where it is easy for you to try new things and make an impact 🎯

• Work-life balance: we enable people to work in ways that suit their working style, which is why we offer flexible hours, hybrid-working (one day at our Leiden HQ is enough), and the freedom to take workcations 🌴

• Our Work’s Council: the perfect platform to ensure everyone is able to express their opinions, concerns, and ideas in a meaningful way,

• Our Happy & Healthy Team organise numerous wellbeing initiatives to keep us all… happy & healthy, including movie nights 🍿, boxing classes 🥊, online yoga, and cooking lessons 🍽️

• Our Diversity & Inclusion Committee ensures ChannelEngine remains an inclusive and diverse workplace, and makes sure that everyone feels safe, happy and welcome to be themselves,

• We provide free access to mental health care support,

• You’ll be granted Stock Appreciation Rights and a 6% pension contribution.

If we’ve piqued your interest, we look forward to receiving your application!

You’ve applied. What’s next?

We want all of our candidates to enjoy a smooth and efficient experience with us which is why we aim to get back to you regarding your application within 2 business days. The first step is a screening call with a member of the recruitment team. This is followed by a video meeting with two members of the development team, and then a visit to our office to meet the head of the department. Our interview process tends to take 3 - 4 weeks to complete 💙