Amsterdam
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Tech Lead - Customer Care

Budget Thuis

Tech Lead - Customer Care

Tech Lead for the Customer Care team at Budget Thuis, setting technical direction for AI tools including an LLM-powered chatbot with voice capabilities and a Knowledge Base/RAG pipeline. Requires a senior, hands-on engineer with C#, Kubernetes, and Azure experience, roughly 70% leadership and 30% hands-on.

Core AIHybridFull-timeSeniorC#Kubernetes

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, NL

Work Model

Hybrid working (50/50); 1 month per year fully remote

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior, hands-on engineer; Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or Engineering Lead

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)
C#KubernetesAzureWebSocketsReact
Soft Skills
CommunicationMentoringCoachingLeadershipOwnershipLearning culture

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)
Agentic workflow designRAG systemsSemantic KernelAzure AI FoundryVoice or speech pipelinesSTT/TTSReal-time audioTechnical hiring

Key Responsibilities

  • Translating product and domain challenges into clear technical approaches that balance speed, quality, and long-term stability.
  • Being in the code and in the room: reviewing designs, pairing with engineers, and coaching them through harder decisions instead of making those decisions for them.
  • Keeping services observable, secure, resilient, and genuinely production-ready on Kubernetes.
  • Working closely with our architect on where this team's systems end and the rest of the domain begins.
  • Making the team's day-to-day better through tooling, CI/CD, and testing practices that pay off over months, not just this sprint.
  • Building a culture where people want to keep learning and take ownership of what they ship.
Tech LeadCustomer CareAILLMChatbotKubernetesAzureC#EnergyIT Services