Software Engineer

Software Engineer

Location: Haarlem, Netherlands (Hybrid)

Office days: Monday & Thursday

Full-time (40 hours)

No visa sponsorship available

Before You Apply

We're an early-stage startup.

Please only apply if:

• You have the legal right to work in the Netherlands
• You can work from our Haarlem office every Monday and Thursday
• You enjoy ownership, ambiguity, and the realities of working in a small startup team
• You are looking for the risk/reward that comes with joining a startup

Build Europe's First Data Exchange

We're building infrastructure that enables organisations to transact data transparently, fairly, and under enforceable legal conditions. Built on research from the University of Amsterdam, THFLR transforms legal agreements into machine-enforceable rules, enabling trusted and scalable data transactions.

We work with organisations including AMS-IX, KPMG, SURF, and the University of Amsterdam.

What We Mean by a Software Engineer

A) A Delivery-Focused Engineer

Independently implement and deploy technical solutions, taking individual ownership for your delivery being reliable and on time. You understand what it means to support a system in a production environment.

B) An Engineer Who Helps Shape the Product

You have the capability and drive to understand the wider business problem by directly communicating with and learning from our customers and partners. This enables you to take ownership the functional direction of the product. Your technical and functional abilities complement each other, resulting in solving the customer’s problem with speed and accuracy.

Software engineering remains the core of this role. We expect you to build and ship software. We're happy if you're A. If you're A + B, even better.

What You'll Do

• Build and extend our platform and backend services
• Gather requirements from customers and partners
• Support production systems
• Help shape technical and product decisions

Technology stack: Kotlin, Rust, JavaScript

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Stock option participation
• 25 vacation days
• Travel expense allowance
• Laptop budget

Interested?

Apply through LinkedIn.

Motivation

As part of your application, we recommend sending a brief individual motivation (maximum of 200 words) explaining why you want to join an early-stage startup in the data governance space. This can be sent to [email protected] along with your CV and will be considered as part of your application. We will prioritise candidates who apply through this manner.