Lead Software Engineer, Expereo
Full Stack
Global provider of managed Internet and hybrid networks, SD-WAN, and Cloud connectivity solutions
Open for applications
Global provider of managed Internet and hybrid networks, SD-WAN, and Cloud connectivity solutions
201-500 employees
Open for applications
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower global companies to be future-ready.
Role
Who you are
- This role is ideal for engineers who thrive in high-impact, cross-functional environments and enjoy building elegant user experiences backed by robust, scalable distributed systems
- Strong proficiency with JavaScript & TypeScript and back-end languages (.NET must, Node.js or Python preferred)
- Expertise in modern front-end frameworks (React, Vue, or Angular)
- Knowledge of component-based architecture, state-management patterns (Redux, Zustand, Vuex, etc.)
- Experience building and consuming REST, GraphQL, streaming/event-driven APIs, and microservices
- Familiarity with modern build tools (Vite, Webpack, Babel) and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure DevOps, etc.)
- Experience with CSS frameworks (Tailwind, Bulma, MUI, Chakra)
- Strong understanding of automated testing (Jest, Cypress, Playwright)
- Solid grounding in accessibility (WCAG), security best practices, observability, and performance tuning
- Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Experience working with Salesforce
- Experience leading technical decision-making and mentoring experienced engineers
- Familiarity with programmable networks, observability tooling, or network automation concepts
- You treat the product as your own and prioritize long-term stability over short-term "hacks"
- Code-first and automation-first approach to solving problems
- You are eager to work across the full stack and stay curious about the evolving tech landscape
Desirable
- Exposure to agentic AI, data-driven UI architectures, or AI-powered developer tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot)
- Experience with design systems, component libraries, or Storybook
- Understanding of advanced security practices (CSP, threat modeling, RBAC patterns, dependency scanning)
- Experience in distributed systems or event-driven architectures
What the job involves
- As a Lead Engineer within our new Digital Office, you will play a critical role in accelerating Expereo’s transformation through the Single-Threaded Owner (STO) model
- Operating within either the Commercial XP or In-Life XP STO, you will join a full-stack, outcome-driven squad focused on delivering intuitive, performant, scalable digital experiences across the Expereo customer journey
- You will design and build modern front-end and back-end applications, mentor engineers, shape engineering best practices, and contribute to a truly programmable, automated digital platform
- Lead the design and maintenance of scalable front-end applications (React, Vue, Angular) and back-end services (Node.js, Python, or similar) , creating reference implementations and documentation for the team to follow
- Develop reusable UI components, design systems, shared libraries, and internal service frameworks
- Build and integrate APIs (REST, GraphQL, event-driven and microservices architectures)
- Ensure applications meet the highest standards of performance, security, accessibility, and reliability
- Lead automated testing across unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end layers
- Implement observability in both front-end and back-end systems, including logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting
- Champion reliability engineering practices and performance optimization
- Contribute to and evolve CI/CD pipelines, build tooling, infrastructure automation, and quality gates
- Drive engineering standardization across STOs, including coding guidelines, architectural patterns, and platform abstractions
- Lead initiatives that reduce friction, improve developer experience, and accelerate delivery cycles
- Partner with designers, architects, product managers, and engineers to ensure the technical direction aligns with long-term platform goals
- Partner directly with designers and your team’s Product Manager to evaluate the technical feasibility of new capabilities and provide effort estimations
- Foster a high-ownership engineering culture through active mentorship and by setting the bar for code quality and testing layers
- Lead explorations of new technologies, including agentic AI enablement, data-driven UX, programmable networks, and developer tooling
- Contribute to reference implementations, architectural blueprints, and engineering guardrails
- Identify technical risks early in the product lifecycle and propose pragmatic solutions to mitigate them
Our take
Getting reliable, secure internet everywhere in the world is very much a challenge - especially for big businesses with teams and data scattered across the globe. Expereo is stepping in to change that with their world-leading managed Network as a Service (Naas) provider. With this, the company wants to make global connectivity smarter and faster, so companies can have access whenever they need it.
Expereo helps some of the biggest names in business (60% of the Fortune 500 in fact) stay connected across over 190 countries. Their expereoOne platform gives customers full visibility and control, wherever they may be in the world, so they can have a seamless experience that actually works.
They've also teamed up with Starlink to bring high-speed satellite internet into the mix (ideal for remote sites or just as a reliable backup option). It's a smart move, and one that shows Expereo isn't just keeping up with the future of connectivity, but they're shaping it. And with a new Chief Digital Officer on board, it looks like things are only getting started for the company.
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Company
Company HQ
Riekerpolder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Ben Elms
(CEO)Ben has over 20 years of operational experience and leadership in the telecommunications industry. Before joining Expereo, Ben led the Vodafone Global Enterprise business as Group Director Chief Executive Officer.
Adee Packer
(CFO)Adee has over 20 years of experience in Finance. Previously, they held CFO roles at Refresco and Anheuser-Busch.
Sander Barens
(CPO)Sander has been part of the Expereo team since 2007, joining the company as a Director of Business Development Asia Pacific. Since then, they have held a number of roles and became CPO in 2022. Previously, they spent over 2 years at BT Global Services as a Global Project Manager.
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