Key Skills

Job Description

Do you want to lead the technical direction of ScanGO? We are about to launch version 3.0 of ScanGO, a completely new application for smart parking and enforcement. The first customers are on their way, and every existing ScanGO customer will follow. We are looking for a Tech Lead who owns the code base and the architecture, finds the pragmatic answer to hard problems and helps colleagues grow. You make the architecture decisions for 3.0, with the mandate to act on them. Our software helps municipalities keep public space accessible. Scan cars in city centres and enforcement officers on the street both rely on it. We started in the Netherlands, our current version is already live in Iceland, and we aim to grow across Europe. The platform ScanGO already serves many municipalities. Version 3.0 is a cloud-native SaaS platform that will serve all of them from one codebase. Scan cars and smart cameras feed number plate observations into the platform. It checks them in real time against national registers, creates cases for enforcement officers to review, and hands fines over to national collection systems. The architecture is event-driven microservices in a single monorepo. The stack is PHP 8.4 and Laravel 12, Go for platform automation, Next.js and React on the front end, PostgreSQL with PostGIS, RabbitMQ and Redis. It runs on Azure with Kubernetes, GitOps-based deployments and OpenTelemetry-based observability. The platform provisions tenants automatically and supports per-customer configuration, feature flags and configurable case workflows. What you will do You will lead the technical work of the ScanGO team and stay hands-on in the code. You define and enforce the standards, make the technical decisions and prioritise issues for the backlog. A big part of the job right now is helping all existing ScanGO customers move to version 3.0, safely and quickly. Lead the technical side of the move to 3.0, and prepare ScanGO for integration with the other Giant Leap applications Build and review code alongside the team, manage technical debt, and keep the code base secure and maintainable Coach developers, set the standard for code reviews, and act as a sparring partner for the Group Manager Explain technical possibilities and limits to stakeholders, in terms of what customers need How we work Municipalities depend on our software every day, so we build things properly. ScanGO is one of the five products in Parksphere, Giant Leap's parking portfolio. Twice a year all five teams come together in Oslo for Parking Days, including the Parksphere AI Hackathon. We actively use AI in how we develop, including Claude Code, and we are careful where it touches our products, because municipalities are rightly cautious. Is this you? 8+ years of backend experience with PHP, preferably Laravel or a comparable framework, with strong knowledge of REST APIs, relational databases and software architecture Experience with distributed systems, microservices and event-driven or asynchronous processing, and with running production workloads on Kubernetes with GitOps You have taken technical lead before, you stay close to the code, and you write tests because it makes the work better, not because someone asks for it You work with AI tools such as Claude Code, and know how to help a team use them well You communicate clearly with developers, customers and leadership, understand the business, and can keep several things moving at once Fluent in Dutch and English, spoken and written. Our team and customers are Dutch, and you will work in English with colleagues and leadership across Giant Leap Bonus points for experience with RabbitMQ, Redis, PostgreSQL and PostGIS, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, GitHub Actions, Terraform, ArgoCD, OpenTelemetry, Go or Next.js. What you can expect from us A salary between € 5400 and € 7300 gross per month, plus 8% holiday allowance Real technical ownership, a clear mandate, and trust from day one Hybrid working: from the office or at home up to three days a week Laptop, phone, travel allowance and home working allowance The stability of a Visma company, with the pace and short lines of a small team About Globe Solution and Giant Leap Globe Solution BV is the Dutch entity within Giant Leap, part of Visma, one of Europe's leading software companies. Giant Leap was founded in 2000 and grew out of the technology community at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway. Today it has more than 1.5 million end users in 10 countries. Practical information Company: Globe Solution BV Location: Arnhem region, hybrid Employment type: Permanent position Working hours: 32 to 40 hours per week Reports to: Group Manager Contact: Sjoerd Niesink +31627502688

Core Responsibilities

Lead ScanGO's technical direction, own its architecture and codebase, and guide the team's technical decisions, standards, backlog, and code reviews. Lead customer migrations to version 3.0, prepare the platform for integration with other applications, and coach developers while communicating technical trade-offs to stakeholders.

Requirements

Requires 8 or more years of backend experience with PHP, preferably Laravel, plus strong knowledge of REST APIs, relational databases, and software architecture. Candidates should have prior technical leadership experience, production experience with distributed systems and Kubernetes/GitOps, use AI development tools effectively, and be fluent in Dutch and English.

Benefits

• 8% Holiday Allowance
• Hybrid Working
• Laptop
• Phone
• Travel Allowance
• Home Working Allowance
• Technical Ownership
• Clear Decision-Making Mandate