Technical Architect - Geotechnical Applications & Line Manager

We are looking for a Technical Architect in the Geotechnical Applications domain to join our Global Technology department in Nootdorp, the Netherlands. This role offers the opportunity to influence technical direction, strengthen engineering capabilities, and contribute to the evolution of our global geotechnical solutions. This position bridges architecture, hands-on engineering, and people management. You will work closely with the Service Line Solution Architect.

In this role, you will be a hands-on Technical Architect & Team Lead, responsible for the technical architecture of Geotechnical applications and workflows, while also acting as line manager for the Geotechnical development team. The teams you work with are in transition towards AI-First ways of working, where AI is actively used to enhance engineering productivity, quality, and decision-making. This transition is a deliberate, long-term direction, and you are expected to actively shape and mature AI-First practices together with the teams.

You will work with our modern data and workflow ecosystem, which supports geotechnical operations through several key platforms: Lab Pro for digital data capture and test result management, LAM for lab planning, QA/QC, and asset operations, Topaz as our internal workflow and data platform connecting processes and systems, and Geovisual for geo-data interpretation, visualization, and engineering support.

Your role

• You shape and evolve the technical architecture for Geotechnical applications in line with digitalisationand enterprise standards;
• You act as the key technical partner to the Geotechnical Solution Architect, ensuring aligned decisions and roadmaps;
• You stay hands-on with development teams to resolve complex issues and accelerate critical delivery;
• You actively encourage and guide teams in adopting AI-assisted development practices where appropriate, including experimentation with AI tooling in architecture, implementation, testing, and analysis;
• You consider AI-First principles explicitly when making architectural decisions, including how systems are designed, built, tested, and operated;
• You contribute where it matters most, particularly in React frontends, C#/Python backend services, and AWS cloud solutions;
• You drive high engineering standards across quality, security, testing, CI/CD, DevOps, reliability, and cloud efficiency;
• You define and safeguard architecture principles, patterns, and technical standards across all Geotechnical application components;
• You ensure applications integrate seamlessly across end-to-end Geotechnical workflows and with related domains.

• You have a strong foundation in modern web and service-oriented architectures, with demonstrated experience as a technical or solution architect in complex environments;
• You have experience with-or a strong willingness to dive deep into-geotechnical applications and domain-specific challenges;
• You have proven expertise in React, backend development using C# and/or Python, and building cloud-native solutions on AWS;
• You can design, evolve, and optimize distributed systems and application workflows;
• You possess experience as a line manager.
• You have a strong interest in, and preferably experience with, applying AI-assisted techniques in software engineering or architecture, and are motivated to integrate these responsibly into day-to-day engineering work.

• Based on your relevant experience, the salary ranges from €6.100 to €7.300. This amount is part of our salary range, with opportunities for growth within the role;
• 29 holidays per year based on a fulltime employment (of which 4 are appointed by Fugro management) and the possibility to purchase 12 additional days;
• Extensive career & training opportunities both nationally and internationally;
• Flexible working hours and the ability to work from home in accordance with your manager and corporate policies;
• Commuting allowance;
• Modern pension scheme;
• Collective health insurance;
• Possibility to register with our corporate fitness plan;
• Coaching options through our EAP (Employee Assistance Program).

* If we are both still positive after the second interview, we will make you an offer, and with that we hope to welcome you at Fugro!