Head of Development

ppMEGA's IT department builds and evolves the ecosystem platforms behind our energy and telecom business lines. As the team grows and our delivery becomes AI-augmented, we are creating a Head of Development role: the technical reference who sets the direction, raises the bar on delivery and quality, and makes our estimates and technical decisions rigorous and defensible. /ppReady for the challenge? Because we are /ph3The Job: /h3pThe bHead of Development /b is THE technical reference for the dev team. You define the technical direction
- our “Technical North Star”
- take and arbitrate technical decisions, challenge and validate estimates, and coach and challenge the team to raise delivery quality
- while staying hands‑on enough to be fully credible with the engineers. You also lead the team on the human side
- growing, motivating and retaining the engineers. /pulliDefine and own the Technical North Star — architecture principles, standards, tooling and the AI-augmented way of working
- and make sure the team follows it. /liliBe the technical decision-maker and arbiter: resolve architecture and technical trade-offs and set the direction on cross-cutting choices. /liliChallenge and validate estimates: bring rigour and an objective basis to sizing, and verify quotes before they go out. /liliRaise delivery performance and quality: define clear objectives and KPIs across delivery, quality and cost, and drive continuous improvement in code review, testing and CI/CD. /liliCoach and challenge the team: mentor developers and leads, raise the technical bar, and give direct, constructive feedback. /liliManage and grow the people: run one-to-ones, set clear objectives and development plans, own performance and career growth, and keep the team healthy, motivated and retained. /liliShape and grow the team: recruit and assess, and structure it around full-stack developers assigned to business lines, apps or features, with a front‑end and a DevOps reference where relevant. /liliStay hands‑on where it counts: deep enough in code and architecture to review, prototype and earn the team's trust. /liliChampion AI-augmented development: set the standards, guardrails and governance for using AI tools well and safely across the delivery cycle. /liliBe the technical credibility with the business: translate technical constraints and trade-offs for stakeholders and the founders. /li /ulh3Is this job made for you? /h3h3Experience leadership /h3ulli8–10+ years in software engineering, including several years leading and line‑managing dev teams as a tech lead, engineering manager or head of development. /liliProven track record setting technical direction and raising delivery quality, ideally in a product or scale-up environment. /liliExperience in energy / utilities or telecom is a plus. /li /ulh3Technical background /h3ulliSolid full-stack background and real architecture / system-design depth at scale
- able to arbitrate technical matters and challenge the team credibly. /liliComfortable with our stack
- Vue 3 + TypeScript on the front-end and PHP / Laravel microservices on the back-end
- or able to ramp fast and credibly; API and microservices, DevOps such as Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD, and a strong testing discipline. /liliEstimation and delivery-performance practices in an agile environment. /liliGenuine, judicious use of AI-augmented development
- and the ability to set the team's practices and guardrails around it. /li /ulh3Leadership, management communication /h3ulliTechnical authority and credibility: earns the team's trust, takes decisions, and challenges without breaking trust. /liliReal people-management

experience:
growing, motivating and retaining engineers
- one-to-ones, objectives and development plans, performance and career growth, and handling tensions with empathy. /liliExcellent communication: clear and structured with the team, and able to represent technical topics convincingly to the business and the founders. /liliCoaching and mentoring, with direct and constructive feedback. /liliAble to arbitrate between business expectations and technical constraints, and to say no with a clear rationale. /liliFrench and English required; Dutch a plus. /li /ulpBased in the heart of bLiege /b, this full-time role offers a bcompetitive salary package /b aligned with your extensive experience and qualifications. /ph3Why you’ll love working at Mega: /h3ulliContributing to a mission that matters: Mega makes energy (and telecom) accessible and affordable for everyone. Your code has real-world impact. /liliWorking in a fast-moving, genuinely friendly team, with a hybrid model that gives you real flexibility (3 days remote, 2 on-site in Liège). /liliComing as you are: diversity, inclusion, and psychological safety aren’t HR talking points here, they’re lived every day /li /ulh3Align with our core values as you lead and inspire: /h3ulliTrust : We act with transparency, take responsibility, and foster exchanges based on trust, r