Grooo is seeking a seasoned and inspiring Software Development Manager – Video Detection Systems

who combines deep technical expertise with a passion for leading and developing talented engineers to FLIR in Marke. You have proven experience in managing software teams working on large-scale, distributed systems and are comfortable driving complex projects from design through implementation. Your background in software architecture, C#, C++, and Java, paired with hands-on experience in CI/CD environments, cybersecurity, and high-performance systems, allows you to guide your team through challenges with confidence.

You thrive in dynamic environments and excel in prioritizing work, ensuring product quality, and aligning development strategies with the broader business vision. With a strong understanding of both backend services and real-time data processing, you're equipped to make crucial architectural decisions that guarantee performance and scalability.

Beyond technical skills, we are looking for a leader who models integrity, open communication, and professionalism. You know how to build trust within your team and across the organization, creating a calm, structured work environment, even in fast-paced situations. Your passion for technology, commitment to continuous improvement, and desire to solve customer problems will drive you and your team to achieve remarkable results.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage software development teams comprised of full stacks developers, backend and frontend engineers
• Prioritize the work backlog for your team based on input from product management
• Provide technical and process guidance to team members as needed
• Find and help enable paths for professional growth for team members
• Participate in the weekly R&D meetings where other team leads and product managers discuss project status
• Ensure product quality, reliability, and performance
• Define and execute software development strategies
• Implement and adhere to best practices in all aspects of the firmware development process including branching strategy, code quality, continuous integration, etc
• Drive the code architectural choices to guarantee high performance and maximum reuse
• Incorporate requirements from other external stakeholders into development roadmap

 Hard Skills

• Previous experience managing software teams
• You’ve worked with complex, large-scale systems, ideally in a distributed architecture, and have experience with backend services and real-time data processing.
• Background in software architecture and design
• Strong software design skills for complicated architectures of distributed and scalable systems
• Deep understanding of C#, C++, Java
• Cybersecurity
• Ability to lead development processes from requirements through design, implementation and testing
• Experience in setting up CI/CD environments, experience with docker, Kubernetes, 
• Understanding and preferably experience with implementing quality management systems (ISO, (A)SPICE,...)
• Experience in building web applications
• Experience with developing servers and infrastructures
• Experience with multi-threaded programming in high performance systems
• Experience with video and audio streaming over IP – Advantage
• Experience with cloud architecture - Advantage
• Experience with network and cyber security – Advantage
• Experience with SQL, NoSQL, RESTful Web Services – Advantage
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills in English. Dutch is a plus.

 Soft Skills

Want to drive the technology forward and challenge yourself and the team to achieve things no one thought were possible.

• Are comfortable leading engineers in a scrum / agile setting
• Combine deep technical knowledge with passion to lead people
• Model the behavior you want to see from others with open communication, professionalism, integrity and compassion
• Known to earn the trust of the people you manage as well as external stakeholders
• Can create a calm and productive structure even in highly dynamic situations
• Are equally motivated by helping and being helped
• Are motivated by helping to solve our customers problems