Founding Cloud Engineer

Built Different; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 57,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Founding equity

Equity package worth ~€300k

Greenfield projects

Path to VP/CTO

Job summary

Built Different in Amsterdam is seeking a hands-on engineer to join a founding team building an AI-driven platform that stops cloud waste before it happens. You’ll own cloud foundations, ship to production, and work directly with customers to deploy and shape the product in real environments.

This is a rare chance to influence product direction from day one, earn substantial equity, and have a clear runway toward VP of Engineering or CTO as the company scales.

Responsibilities

• Build cloud foundations and ship into production.
• Deploy in customer environments and tailor the product to real workflows.
• Collaborate with customers and the founding team to shape the product continuously.

Job description

You’ll join a founding team building an AI-driven platform that stops cloud waste before it happens. FinOps isn’t a reporting function here, it’s baked into the product. This hire becomes the bar-setter and the opportunities are endless... VP of Engineering is on the horizon!

This is a hands-on founding seat. You'll be in the console daily - building the cloud foundations, shipping into production, and sitting with customers in their environments to deploy and shape the product around how they actually work. Half engineering, half in front of the people who use what you build.

What you get...

• Up to €95k per annum with pay rise of 10-20% in ~6 months + some serious founding equity
• Equity package worth ~€300k - real ownership in what you build
• Greenfield. Fast build cycles. Minimal meetings. No legacy debt.
• Founding seat now, clear runway to VP of Engineering and/or CTO

You’ll love this if...

• You’ve actually cut cloud costs as an engineer - found the waste, wrote the fix, watched the bill drop
• You’re comfortable in front of customers - deploying in their environment, listening, and turning what you hear into product
• You want autonomy, ownership, and a product that’s genuinely technically interesting
• You’re excited by how AI is changing cloud engineering
• Real depth in one cloud with working range across the others
• You’ve built with AI - agents, automations, cost tooling, anything you’ve actually shipped
• Deep FinOps exposure (the certification's nice, the hands-on scars matter more)

Let’s chat - if you’re a hands-on engineer who wants to build something that shifts the market and enjoys being close to the people who use it, this is one of the better options in NL right now.