Platform Backend Engineer - High-Volume, Low-Latency Fintech

Sprint and Partners; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-of-market Amsterdam compensation

Hybrid work

Growth budget

Supportive, low‑ego engineering culture

Visa sponsorship + relocation + 30% ruling for exceptional engineers

Job summary

A fast-growing fintech platform is seeking Backend Engineers to join their Platform Engineering team in Amsterdam. This role involves solving complex technical challenges related to reliability, performance, and developer experience. Candidates should possess strong fundamentals in software development, and be comfortable with designing and operating core systems and automation tools. The position offers a top market salary, hybrid work options, and support for visa sponsorship and relocation.

Qualifications

• Software Engineer excited to move into Platform or Platform/DevOps Engineer with a strong software background.
• Comfortable owning complex problems from design to operation.
• Collaborative, pragmatic, and passionate about learning and helping others succeed.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve core systems with massive throughput, strict latency, and high availability requirements.
• Build self‑service tooling and platform foundations that empower product teams to ship safely and autonomously.
• Automate infrastructure end‑to‑end using Terraform and cloud‑native tooling.
• Improve deployments, runtime environments, and observability across all services.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, share knowledge, and help elevate engineering standards.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

Golang

Kubernetes

Terraform

Distributed systems

Networking

Systems design

Job description

A fast-growing fintech platform is seeking Backend Engineers to join their Platform Engineering team in Amsterdam. This role involves solving complex technical challenges related to reliability, performance, and developer experience. Candidates should possess strong fundamentals in software development, and be comfortable with designing and operating core systems and automation tools. The position offers a top market salary, hybrid work options, and support for visa sponsorship and relocation.