About the Role
About us:
Clear Timber Analytics combine drone imagery, LiDAR data, and machine learning to help forest owners manage and protect forests worldwide.
Founded in 2020, we’re evolving from a forestry-driven startup into a scalable software company. We turn billions of real-world 3D measurements into detailed digital inventories of individual trees, with our technology already used on projects for organisations including Deutsche Bahn, Staatsbosbeheer and Rijkswaterstaat.
About the role:
We're now looking for a hands-on, strategic Tech Lead to take ownership of how our engineering team builds and delivers - while continuing to build alongside them.
You'll join three highly autonomous engineers working across point-cloud analytics, machine learning and production software. Formal people management remains with the founder, so your focus is technology, delivery and technical leadership.
This is a leadership role where you keep coding. You'll work directly on our Python-based LiDAR analytics platform while bringing structure, direction and focus to the wider engineering team.
What you'll do day-to-day:
Build: Develop and improve the Python workflows that turn large-scale LiDAR point clouds into Clear Timber products.
Lead: Own technical and architectural decisions and raise the bar on engineering practices.
Drive delivery: Own sprint planning, prioritisation and the backlog, keeping the team focused on the right problems.
Shape strategy: Work directly with our founder to turn half-year and annual goals into technical roadmaps and two-week sprints.
Improve how we ship: Strengthen CI/CD, testing and releases while helping our infrastructure scale with growing datasets.
Bridge research and production: Turn promising prototypes and algorithms into maintainable production software.
What we're looking for:
Strong Python engineering experience, including production data workflows.
Hands-on experience with LiDAR, point clouds or 3D spatial data.
Experience owning technical projects and making architectural decisions.
Strong English communication skills.
Experience with CI/CD, testing and cloud infrastructure (particularly Azure).
Exposure to sprint planning, prioritisation, Scrum or product ownership is ideal.
Broader experience across geospatial/GIS, remote sensing, machine learning, 3D computer vision or SLAM is a plus.
What we'll offer you:
A competitive salary, based on your experience.
25 days' holiday, plus the option to work abroad for up to three weeks.
6% pension scheme.
NS Business Card and OV-bike subscription.
Hybrid working from our Hilversum office - surrounded by forests, fittingly!
Direct input into product and technology strategy from day one.
Coaching and support as you grow as a technical leader.
A collaborative startup environment where you can help build something meaningful from the ground up.
A longer-term opportunity to grow towards broader technology leadership, potentially CTO-level responsibility.