Back End Developer

Harnham; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Exposure to modern tech stack

High responsibility within small teams

Job summary

A leading tech company in Amsterdam seeks an experienced engineer to improve and automate workflows across a next‑generation platform. This role involves contributing to a product launch and supporting cloud-native development. Candidates should have strong engineering fundamentals, experience with languages such as Go or Java, and familiarity with Kubernetes and Terraform. The position offers high responsibility, a hybrid work model, and exposure to modern technologies like GCP and GraphQL.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering fundamentals and commercial experience in languages like Go, Java, Rust, or C++.
• Cloud experience, ideally with GCP.
• Familiarity with infrastructure tooling such as Kubernetes and Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Improve, automate, and simplify engineering workflows across the platform.
• Contribute to a major new product release and ongoing platform scaling.
• Support cloud-native development across infrastructure and deployment workflows.

Skills

Strong engineering fundamentals

Experience in Go, Java, Rust, or C++

Cloud experience, ideally with GCP

Familiarity with Kubernetes and Terraform

Ability to pick up new technologies quickly

Experience in improving engineering processes

Tools

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

This is a high impact engineering role where you will help shape a next‑generation platform used by modern software teams worldwide. You will join a fast‑growing environment, work with a modern cloud‑native stack, and play a key part in a major product launch.

The Company

The Role

• Improve, automate, and simplify engineering workflows across the platform.
• Work closely with backend or frontend teams depending on business need.
• Contribute to a major new product release and ongoing platform scaling.
• Support cloud‑native development across infrastructure, Kubernetes, and deployment workflows.
• Operate with high ownership in a collaborative, low‑ego engineering culture.
• Drive impact in a fast‑moving environment with significant user scale.

Tech Stack you'll be working with

Backend: Go (preferred but not required), GraphQL, gRPC

DevOps: GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitOps with ArgoCD, Terraform

Cloud: Mostly GCP; some AWS/Azure. Azure least preferred

Your Skills and Experience

• Strong engineering fundamentals and commercial experience in languages such as Go, Java, Rust, or C++.
• Cloud experience, ideally within GCP, with the ability to work across modern cloud‑native systems.
• Familiarity with infrastructure tooling such as Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions, or similar.
• Ability to quickly pick up new technologies, frameworks, and environments.
• Experience improving engineering processes, automation, or developer workflows.
• A proactive mindset with the ability to simplify complexity and elevate team performance.

What They Offer

• Hybrid work model with an Amsterdam office.
• Exposure to a modern stack including Go, React, Kubernetes, GCP, and GraphQL.
• High responsibility within small, talented teams during a key growth phase.
• The chance to influence engineering culture and contribute to a flagship product launch.

How to Apply

If this role matches your experience and ambitions, please apply with your CV for consideration.