Chapter Lead TypeScript/Angular

Details

ABN AMRO Clearing is a global leader in clearing, operating across Europe, the US, and APAC. IT is at the heart of the organisation, with a large global engineering community driving innovation, reliability, and performance for clients.

The organisation operates in a chapter-based engineering model focused on craftsmanship, leadership, continuous improvement, and delivering high-quality software at scale.

As Chapter Lead TypeScript/Angular, you are responsible for the frontend engineering capability, combining people leadership, technical excellence, and standardisation of ways of working. You will lead a chapter of highly skilled engineers, act as a thought leader in Angular and TypeScript, and remain hands-on in engineering work. The role is approximately 70% engineering and delivery and 30% coaching, people management, and chapter leadership.

Responsibilities

People Management and Chapter Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a chapter of 4–15 internal and external engineers.
• Drive performance management, growth conversations, and career development.
• Build an engineering culture focused on craftsmanship, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Mentor and coach engineers in both soft and hard skills.
• Support employee engagement, retention, and professional development.

Technical Leadership

• Act as a thought leader in Angular and TypeScript, setting direction and standards.
• Define and enforce frontend architecture, design principles, and coding standards.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and secure frontend applications.
• Guide teams in modern frontend engineering practices, including testing, CI/CD, performance, and accessibility.
• Contribute hands-on to complex technical implementations.
• Provide expert-level guidance on Angular, TypeScript, frontend architecture, design systems, and usability.

Ways of Working and Standards

• Define and implement best practices, frameworks, and development standards across the chapter.
• Establish knowledge-sharing structures, communities of practice, and guilds.
• Ensure alignment with global engineering standards and compliance requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering maturity and developer experience.

Workforce Planning and Talent Strategy

• Perform strategic workforce planning with the Chapter Area Lead.
• Identify skill gaps and define training and upskilling initiatives.
• Contribute to recruitment through interviews, selection criteria, and hiring decisions.
• Balance capacity, skills, and demand across squads and initiatives.

Collaboration

• Work closely with Product Owners, Architects, and other Chapter Leads.
• Contribute as an active engineer in delivery squads.
• Ensure that technical and non-functional requirements are embedded in delivery.
• Facilitate alignment across global teams and regions.

Requirements

Technical Expertise

• Expert-level experience with Angular and TypeScript in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture, APIs, and DevOps practices.
• Experience defining and maintaining engineering standards and frameworks.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, testing, and cloud-native development.

Leadership and People Management

• Proven experience coaching and developing engineers.
• Ability to lead performance management and career development processes.
• Strong leadership mindset focused on empowerment and growth.
• Experience building high-performing teams and communities.

Professional Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence without hierarchy in a global organisation.
• Passion for knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
• Solid understanding of Agile and DevOps ways of working.
• An inventive approach.
• Proven leadership skills.

Benefits

• Gross monthly salary of €6,066–€8,666 based on a 36-hour work week, including holiday allowance and a flexible benefit budget.
• Excellent pension scheme.
• Flexible hybrid working, with home working possible in consultation with the team and depending on the role.
• Ergonomic home office setup.
• Five weeks of vacation per year, supplemented by two mandatory days off.
• Option to purchase up to four additional weeks of vacation annually.
• Five additional “Banking for better days” leave days for personal development or volunteer work.
• Annual development budget of €1,000, which can accumulate up to €3,000.
• Annual public transport pass providing free public transportation throughout the Netherlands for business and private use.