Client

Our client is a well-established European software company with over 25 years of experience delivering enterprise-grade core systems to the insurance industry. Operating across multiple European markets, the company serves a large and growing base of health and accident insurers, with a strong reputation for product quality, long-term maintainability, and a consistently high-performing engineering culture.

With a development centre in Zagreb and offices across Europe, the company is investing in the internal tools, frameworks, and infrastructure that enable development teams to build, test, and deliver software efficiently — and to maintain high standards at scale. This role sits within that effort, supporting the developers who build the product by making their environment faster, more reliable, and better to work in.

Position

Senior Developer Experience Engineer – Technical Lead is a senior dual-role position within the Developer Integration team — a specialized unit responsible for building and evolving the internal developer experience platform. The team owns core components of the development ecosystem, including CI/CD infrastructure, build tooling, artifact management, and the developer portal, directly impacting how efficiently engineering teams deliver software.

The focus of the role is on improving developer productivity, driving platform evolution, and acting as a technical anchor for CI/CD practices and developer tooling across the organisation.

Technical Direction & Point of Contact: Define and drive the technical direction of the developer experience platform; act as the main technical point of contact for architecture and tooling decisions
Architecture & Design: Design and implement scalable solutions for CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and developer tooling; lead end-to-end architecture decisions related to developer workflows
Mentoring & Leadership: Guide and mentor engineers within the team on best practices and advanced engineering principles
Backlog & Priorities: Own and manage the technical backlog, ensuring alignment with engineering priorities and business needs
Developer Productivity: Collaborate closely with development teams to identify pain points and improve workflows and delivery cycles
Code Quality & Standards: Establish and enforce code quality standards, testing strategies, and review processes
Tooling Adoption: Drive adoption of modern development practices and tooling across the organisation

Candidate

7+ years of experience in software engineering, including experience working within larger engineering teams — not only writing code, but designing solutions at a system level and taking ownership of how problems are solved in software
Proven experience leading a team with accountability for delivery — whether as a tech lead, architect, or similar role where you were responsible for outcomes, timelines, or scope, not just technical contribution
Strong programming background in Java or Kotlin (must); Kotlin is the primary language used
Hands-on experience with Jenkins — not just as a deployment tool, but developing and maintaining CI/CD pipeline infrastructure in larger engineering organisations with multiple teams
Gradle or Maven (must); solid understanding of build systems and build automation
Solid understanding of DevOps practices, containerization (Docker), and artifact management (e.g. JFrog)
Experience with scripting and automation (Groovy, Bash, or Python), source control systems, and code quality frameworks
Excellent communication skills; fluent English — German is a plus

What’s in it for you?

A senior role with direct impact on how engineering teams build and deliver software
The opportunity to combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership in a growing team
A collaborative engineering culture with modern tooling, clear ownership, and room to drive change

Contact

If you are an experienced engineering professional with a passion for developer experience, platform tooling, and technical leadership, we invite you to apply. Please send your resume and a brief motivation letter in English via the APPLICATION LINK. All applications will be handled with the utmost confidentiality.

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