We believe people are at their best when they connect, work together, and collaborate. By encouraging open communication, learning, growth, and enjoyment, we help our team grow both personally and professionally.
Work at Ridder
We believe people are at their best when they connect, work together, and collaborate. By encouraging open communication, learning, growth, and enjoyment, we help our team grow both personally and professionally.
Senior Lead Developer – C++ / SCADA-HMI software
Are you an experienced software developer who enjoys working with complex legacy systems and guiding teams toward modern, future proof solutions step by step?
At Ridder, we are looking for a Senior Lead Developer for our Climate & Water team, where you work on business‑critical SCADA/HMI software that is used 24/7 by customers in the international horticulture sector.
In this role, you combine deep technical expertise with leadership. You keep our existing platform stable and reliable, while carefully steering the team towards a more modern architecture. You understand that legacy modernisation is not a “big bang”, but thoughtful, controlled improvement that keeps the system running at all times.
Main focus points:
Who you are
You are a fast learner who enjoys understanding what software really does, even when the codebase is old or complex. In the first months, you will work closely with an experienced colleague, quickly absorbing their knowledge so you can confidently take ownership after the handover. You take responsibility for software that is critical to customers, stay calm under pressure, and communicate clearly with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
Your profile:
Experience with PostgreSQL, event‑driven architectures, CI/CD, Clean Architecture or Strangler Fig patterns, and industrial protocols such as Modbus is considered a strong plus.
What Ridder offers
At Ridder, you work in an innovative sector with technology that contributes to sustainable food production. You will join a team where your expertise, initiative and ideas matter.
We offer:
About Ridder
Ridder develops smart technology for the international horticulture sector. Together with our customers, we help growers produce more sustainably. As a family business with 350+ employees, we’ve supported growers worldwide for over 70 years.
Would you like to help build the future of our climate and water software while keeping business-critical systems reliable today? Then we would love to hear from you.
Not a 100% match? Apply anyway—we value your experience, motivation and potential.
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