Senior Platform Engineer

Team: IT

Location: Netherlands

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities

• Design, build, and continuously improve scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure across GCP and AWS.
• Architect and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, applying software engineering practices such as reusable modules, testing, and predictable deployments.
• Deploy, operate, and optimize Kubernetes environments, including GKE and EKS, with responsibility for networking, upgrades, service meshes, availability, performance, and resource utilization.
• Develop and maintain internal CI/CD systems and automation using technologies such as Argo CD, Atlantis, or similar tools.
• Diagnose and resolve complex platform issues involving performance, scalability, reliability, and security, while contributing to incident response and post-mortem processes.
• Drive automation initiatives that reduce manual work, minimize operational risk, and improve system reliability and efficiency.
• Partner closely with development teams to understand infrastructure and developer-experience needs and translate them into effective platform capabilities and roadmaps.
• Develop internal platform products, services, tools, and APIs that improve self-service and developer productivity.
• Implement strong cloud security practices covering access control, vulnerability management, encryption, compliance, audits, and relevant standards such as SOC 2 and GDPR.
• Contribute to technical direction through code reviews, knowledge sharing, mentorship, and close collaboration with engineering peers.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps engineering, or a closely related field, with experience building and operating complex cloud infrastructure.
• Strong hands-on experience with GCP and/or AWS, Kubernetes including GKE/EKS, and Terraform.
• Proven ability to build scalable, reliable, secure, and highly automated cloud environments.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and coding proficiency in Go, TypeScript, or another relevant programming language, including knowledge of data structures, algorithms, testing, and defensive programming.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD systems using tools such as Argo CD, Atlantis, or comparable technologies.
• Solid understanding of networking concepts and protocols within cloud environments.
• Extensive experience with monitoring and logging solutions such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar tools, with the ability to investigate and resolve performance issues.
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices and experience applying them to production environments.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Self-organized, proactive, goal-oriented, and comfortable taking ownership in an individual contributor role.
• Ability to collaborate effectively within a remote, distributed, and international engineering team.
• Previous experience working specifically on platform engineering initiatives and internal developer platforms.

Benefits

• Fully remote, full-time position for candidates based in the Netherlands.
• Flexible working options and the freedom to structure your schedule around your work and personal life.
• Unlimited paid time off.
• Health insurance.
• Parental leave.
• Employee stock option plan.
• Home office allowance.
• Professional development stipend to support ongoing learning and skill development.
• Peer recognition program.
• Opportunity to work with a globally distributed team and contribute to an inclusive, collaborative environment.
• Strong emphasis on professional and personal growth, autonomy, knowledge sharing, and entrepreneurial thinking.