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Technical Director of Engineering

Stream

Stream

IT
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Posted on Feb 3, 2026

Location

Amsterdam office

Employment Type

Full time

Department

Engineering

Stream powers Chat, Video, Activity Feeds and AI Moderation for billions of global end-users across thousands of different apps like Strava, Bumble, eBay, Patreon and many more.

We’re looking for a Technical Director of Engineering to lead our core business teams responsible for all three API products: Chat, Feed, and Moderation.

What will you do:

  • You’ll lead multiple teams until you cover the full scope, eventually leading 3 teams: chat, feeds, moderation.

  • Will be responsible for product roadmap, customer launches, people management, and general project management;

Apply if you:

  • Have shipped production code within the last 6 months and have an active Github/OSS contributions

  • Hired and managed multiple product or platform teams of strong/successful engineers in the past, ideally in a startup/VC backed environment

  • Love building large-scale, user-facing APIs in Go (no need to know it beforehand, we can teach you)

  • Understand distributed systems tradeoffs and can debug performance issues at scale.

  • Already using AI tools to amplify your productivity

  • Work hard and obsess over writing code that is fast & reliable

What we offer:

  • The chance to work on OSS projects

  • 28 days paid time off plus paid Dutch holidays

  • Company equity

  • A pension scheme

  • A Learning and Development budget

  • Commute expenses to Amsterdam covered or the option to use a company bike within the city

  • Fitness stipend

Note: this list of job benefits applies to Netherlands-based employees and is adjusted per your location of residence.

Stream provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.

No recruiters or agencies, please.

Hybrid office policy: applicants based (or relocating to) one of our office locations are expected to work according to the applicable local office attendance policy.

Equal opportunity employer statement: Stream provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Note for external recruiters: We currently have this role covered and do not accept unsolicited agency resumes. We are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.