Junior Tech Lead – Payments & Savings
at Rabobank
Posted 14 days ago
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- Compensation
- €5,876 – €8,395 EUR
- City
- Utrecht
- Country
- Netherlands
Currency: € (EUR)
As a Junior Tech Lead in Payments & Savings you will guide and inspire three IT squads within the Payment & Identity Solutions area, ensuring continuity and driving engineering excellence for Rabobank's SmartPay solutions. You will collaborate with product management, architecture and the Area Lead to deliver secure, reliable, and high-performing payment products used by merchants nationwide. The role involves managing IT delivery and vendor relationships, developing DevOps teams, and maintaining strategic tech roadmaps while working with nearshore teams in Romania, Portugal and India.
This is what we offer you
- Salary: Gross monthly salary between EUR 5,876 and EUR 8,395 (scale 10) for a 36-hour work week.
- Extras: a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
- Development budget: EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.
- Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
- Pension: decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.
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luent in Dutch, both spoken and written (essential for this role).
Lead secure and seamless SmartPay solutions used by millions of customers.
You & Your function
As a Junior Tech Lead, you guide and inspire three IT squads within the Payment & Identity Solutions area. Your mission: ensure continuity, drive engineering excellence, and help shape the future of Rabobank’s digital payment journey.
You collaborate closely with product management, architecture, and the Area Lead to deliver secure, reliable, and high-performing payment solutions used by merchants across the country.
At SmartPay, we build innovative payment solutions that help merchants provide their customers with a smooth and effortless payment experience—whether that’s in their online stores, local shops, or busy malls.
The world of payments is dynamic and fast-changing, creating a challenging and rewarding environment. We work Agile/Scrum and deliver improvements every sprint. You’ll find complex challenges, strong teamwork, and plenty of moments to celebrate success together.
Examples from Practice
- Leading the delivery of new payment products and merchant onboarding journeys.
- Managing contracts, ensuring 24/7 availability, and safeguarding cybersecurity across critical payment systems.
- Working with nearshore development teams in Romania, Portugal, and India to scale IT delivery and capability.
Facts & Figures
- 36 hours per week
- Leadership responsibility for 30+ FTE
- Part of a global Rabobank community of 49,000+ colleagues
Your Top 3 Responsibilities
- Manage IT delivery and vendor relationships in a complex and fast-moving environment.
- Build, coach, and develop high-performing DevOps teams that innovate and take end‑to‑end ownership.
- Drive innovation by maintaining strategic tech roadmaps and fostering a strong engineering culture.
You & Your Talent
- 4+ years of experience in IT delivery and DevOps, or strong proven affinity with IT developed through previous roles or studies.
- Basic understanding of front-end, back-end, and cloud technologies.
- Experience with Agile ways of working and team development.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to solve complex problems.
- Inspirational leadership qualities—or clear potential to grow into this.
- Market-driven mindset with a passion for innovation.
- Fluent in Dutch, both spoken and written (essential for this role).
Together we achieve more than alone
We believe in the power of differences. It is precisely by combining people’s differences that we become an even better bank.
Work on yourself and the world around you at the same time
For us, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That’s why we want to invest in you and work together for a better world. At Rabobank, you work on yourself and the world around you at the same time. You’ll see this reflected in your personal development budget, our hybrid working environment, and a healthy balance between work and home. You can work on banking services for our private and business customers, as well as societal issues such as food and energy transitions.
Why everyone is welcome at Rabobank
At Rabobank, we believe we become stronger through people who complement each other. By embracing our differences, we bring out the best in one another. We seek diversity in areas such as knowledge, skills, and experience, but also in gender, background, and culture. Across every department, we strive for variety and the freedom to be yourself – whoever you are. That’s what diversity and inclusion at Rabobank is all about.
You & the application process
- Questions about the role? Contact Ward Aarts via Ward.Aarts@rabobank.nl
- Questions about the process? Contact Rose Osté, Corporate IT Recruiter, via rose.oste@rabobank.nl
- After you apply with your CV and motivation letter, you’ll hear from us as soon as possible. If we see a match, the process includes two interviews via Microsoft Teams. An individual assessment and mandatory screening are part of the selection process.
- 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.
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The Application Process
This is our standard application process. It may vary by role.
Thanks for applying! You will always receive a confirmation of your application by email. We review all the resumes and covering letters that we receive. We will let you know as soon as possible if we invite you for an interview.
We invite you for one or more (online) interviews. We want to know if you fit the role and the team. You probably have many questions for us too. For some positions, we may also ask you to complete an assignment or assessment.
Are you the new colleague we are looking for, and do you also feel happy with us? Congratulations! You will receive a good offer from us. Before you start, we conduct a legal screening to ensure that our employees do not pose a risk to us and our customers.
Welcome to Rabobank! We look forward to seeing you and can't wait to work together.
