Flexis - Engineering Team Leader- F/M

Flexis is a new company in the green logistics sector, on a mission to create more sustainable societies and change the way we move through cities.

We will become the primary provider of electrified last mile delivery services through connected solutions and vehicles for our B2B partners and customers.

We are a team of diverse peers looking to create a future company which will grow to 140+ collaborators over the next six months across 3 launch markets.

We aim to rapidly reach a significant size with sales in excess of EUR2Bn. We are thinking big and fast. We will operate at the junction between electric vehicles and the digital world.

Being part of the Flexis team will offer you a strong opportunity to bring your passion, experience and startup mindset to move forward with a more sustainable environment

We’re currently seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to take the helm of our technology team - someone who thrives on innovation, excels at leading cross-functional teams, and is driven to architect scalable, secure, cloud-native platforms, products, and services.

Your Mission : 

As Engineering Team Leader, you will play a central role in defining and delivering the Service & Solution ecosystem and solutions. You will lead the design of scalable architectures, the implementation of cloud infrastructure, and manage cross-functional engineering and data teams to develop intelligent services, applications and value-added algorithms.

This is a hands-on leadership role at the intersection of software engineering, cloud architecture, and data operations. 

Key Responsibilities :

Cloud infrastructure, Applications, Data & Architecture

• Own and drive architectural decisions for Services & Solutions platform and data infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration with both internal systems and external partners.
• Design and deliver scalable, resilient, cloud-native architectures on GCP and AWS to support vehicle connectivity and enable high-value services.
• Build and maintain robust, production-grade infrastructure to support both realtime and batch data processing at scale.
• Define and implement modern microservices and event-driven systems and applications
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices to enable fast, reliable, and automated deployments across environments.
• Integrate third party applications to cloud-native architectures as we scale our operations. 

Data Engineering & Applied Intelligence

• Oversee the entire data lifecycle: from ingestion, cleaning, transformation, to modelling and operationalization.
• Lead teams of data engineers and data scientists in building robust ingestion pipelines, data lakes, and guide the development of AI/ML algorithms and intelligent features.

Technical Team Leadership

• Lead cross-functional development teams in building microservices-based applications using modern frameworks.
• Develop event-driven microservices using Spring Boot, Kotlin, frameworks.
• Coordinate with international stakeholders to align technical decisions with business priorities.

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with 3+ years in cloud environments
• 5+ years of experience with microservices architecture and containerization technologies (event-driven architecture and microservices design patterns).
• 5+ years of experience developing with Kotlin / Java (Spring Boot) in enterprise environments
• 5+ years in data engineering
• 3+ years of experience with Google Cloud Platform architecture and implementation
• 3+ years of experience leading international, distributed development teams in Agile environments
• 3+ years’ experience in corporate startups/innovation teams.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management abilities
• Knowledge of IoT platforms and data ingestion systems
• Excellent communication skills across technical and business domains
• Problem-solving aptitude for complex technical challenges
• Fluent in English; additional languages (French/Dutch) are a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field
• Ability to work Agile and eager to learn & share

What We Offer  

•  Competitive salary and benefits package. 

•  Opportunity to work in a dynamic and fast-growing start-up environment. 

•  Career development and growth opportunities. 

•  Collaborative and inclusive company culture.

• The chance to make a significant impact on the future of urban logistics and sustainability.