Tech Lead Data Foundation Platform Services

This is what we offer you

Gross monthly salary between € 5.994 and € 8.563 (scale 10).

• Thirteenth month's salary and 8% holiday allowance

• 10% Employee Benefit Budget

• EUR 1,400 development budget per year

• Hybrid working: balance between home and office work (possible for most roles)

• A pension, for which you can set the maximum amount of your personal contribution

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Job Title

Tech Lead Data Foundation Platform Services

Job Description

Lead approximately 25 engineers and specialists who build and operate critical platform services supporting a large part of Rabobank’s data landscape.

You & your role

As Tech Lead Data Foundation Platform Services, you know the secrets of combining hands-on technical leadership with people leadership. You guide multiple engineering teams that develop and operate secure, scalable and reliable platform services on Microsoft Azure.

You shape architecture decisions, technical roadmaps and modernization initiatives, while helping engineers use Generative AI to learn faster, improve delivery and focus on high-value work.

Examples from practice

• Modernizing and expanding enterprise-grade data platform services on Microsoft Azure, driving adoption of cloud-native architectures and engineering best practices.
• Leading modernization initiatives across .NET applications and platform services.
• Optimizing large-scale SQL Server environments for performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Building reusable platform capabilities and engineering standards for development teams, improving CI/CD pipelines, automation, observability, and operational excellence.
• Enabling engineering teams to deliver secure and compliant solutions at scale.
• Driving technical debt reduction and platform simplification initiatives.

Facts & figures

• 36-40 hours per week.
• Approximately 25 engineers and specialists within your span of control.
• Over 48,000 Rabobank colleagues worldwide.

You are also part of the Area Triangle with the Area Lead and Business Architect. Together with other Tech Leads, you contribute to the long-term direction of Data Foundation.

You & your responsibilities

• You are responsible for managing budgets and technology investments related to the platform, ensuring that resources are used effectively and aligned with strategic priorities. You also collaborate with external suppliers and strategic partners, ensuring they contribute effectively to the quality, continuity, and future development of the platform.
• You work closely with stakeholders across Architecture, Data, Security, Infrastructure, and the Business to align technical direction and priorities. In a complex enterprise environment, you create transparency around choices, dependencies, risks, and progress, helping stakeholders make well-informed decisions.
• You establish and drive engineering standards and best practices across the platform. You promote automation, quality engineering, observability, and security by design as integral parts of the engineering lifecycle. You also ensure that technical debt is made visible, prioritized, and systematically reduced to maintain a scalable and sustainable technology landscape.
• You build and develop strong engineering teams by hiring, coaching, and supporting engineers in their professional and technical growth. You create an environment in which people take ownership, share knowledge, and continuously learn and improve. At the same time, you strengthen the technical capabilities required to meet both current and future platform needs.
• You take end-to-end responsibility for the stability and reliability of our platform services in a 24/7 environment. You ensure that the platform meets high standards for performance, availability, scalability, and operational excellence, enabling reliable services for the teams and business processes that depend on it.
• You act as the technical authority for our Data Foundation Platform Services, providing direction on architecture, engineering practices, and technology choices. You lead the technical evolution of the platform and play a key role in driving platform modernization and cloud transformation initiatives.

Together we achieve more than alone

We believe in the power of differences. By combining people's differences, we become an even better bank. We're curious about what you'll bring to our team at Data Foundation.

The approximately 25 engineers and specialists within Data Foundation Platform Services build and operate platform services that support data ingestion, storage, processing, integration and consumption. Collaboration is our way of working; as one technical team within Rabobank. Knowledge sharing, continuous improvement and developing people are central to how we work.

Work on yourself & the world around you

For us, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That's why we want to invest in you and work together to create a better world. We summarize this in one sentence: "at Rabobank, you work on yourself and the world around you simultaneously."

This is reflected in your personal development budget, our hybrid work environment, and a good work-life balance. You can also work on banking matters for our personal and business clients, as well as on social issues like the food and energy transitions.

Why everyone is welcome at Rabobank

At Rabobank, we’re working toward a culture where everyone feels welcome. We value our differences and use them to collaborate more effectively and make better decisions. We do this step by step, paying attention to what’s going well and to the areas where we can continue to improve. By being open to different perspectives, we’re creating an environment where colleagues feel heard. That helps us build an organization where people enjoy working, and where we truly understand and serve our customers.

You & your talent

• Academic working and thinking level.
• 8+ years of experience in complex enterprise IT environments.
• Proven experience leading multiple DevOps or engineering teams, with strong people leadership and coaching skills and demonstrated ability to build high-performing engineering teams.

Technical Expertise

• Proven expertise with Microsoft Azure platform services and experience with cloud-native architectures and distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of full stack .NET development (.NET Framework and/or .NET Core).
• Extensive experience with SQL Server, database architecture, performance tuning, and operational management.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps practices, Infrastructure as Code, and automation, with an understanding of observability, monitoring, resilience, and operational excellence.
• Familiarity with security, risk, and compliance requirements in enterprise environments.

Personal Characteristics

• Strong technical credibility and engineering mindset.
• Passion for coaching and mentoring engineers.
• Ability to challenge and improve existing ways of working, with a result-oriented and pragmatic approach.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Change leader who can bring people, technology, and processes to the next level.

You must be located in the Netherlands, re-location is not possible for this role.

You & the application process

• Any questions about the job content? Contact: Rene Witlox via Rene.Witlox@rabobank.com.
• Any questions about working at Rabobank and the process? Rose Osté, recruiter, Rose.Oste@rabobank.nl.
• If you are selected for an interview, Bo, our virtual assistant, will reach out to you via SMS and email to schedule the interview.
• You can find answers to the most frequently asked questions on rabobank.jobs/en/faq.
• A security check is part of the process.
• We respect your privacy.

About Us

Rabobank is a cooperative bank with a mission. Together with our stakeholders, we have been dedicated to creating a future-proof society and tackling major societal challenges for 125 years. In the Netherlands, we serve retail and corporate customers; globally we focus on the Food & Agriculture sector. Our starting point is: together we can achieve more than we could alone.

For big or small challenges, in every area people join forces in search of solutions. Rabobank has been doing this for 125 years. And we will continue to grow a better world together.