Platform Engineer

Signicat; Nederland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Extra paid days off

Headspace app access

Udemy courses

Career development

Onboarding plan

EU office mobility

Mentorship

Job summary

Signicat is a pan-European digital identity company building the global Signicat Digital Trust Platform for identity verification, authentication, and compliant signing. The Platform Engineer role partners with engineers, product managers and security experts to create a better experience for millions of users across borders.

You will work with a cross‑functional team to deliver robust, observable and scalable services and participate in occasional 24/7 on‑call support, while helping shape the

Qualifications

• 5+ years in the IT industry with cloud infrastructure experience.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals.
• Golang experience is a plus.
• Experience designing, building and deploying scalable services.
• Ability to balance performance, reliability, security and scalability.
• Ability to guide development teams in using the platform securely.
• Experience managing distributed systems and high-traffic environments.
• Good written and spoken English skills.

Responsibilities

• Design systems and platform capabilities with product owners.
• Increase speed to market while keeping observability, reliability, and deployability.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call incident management and platform reliability.
• Champion DevOps best practices across teams.
• Contribute to defining the platform and technology roadmap.

Skills

Golang

Cloud infrastructure (GCP)

Networking fundamentals

Distributed systems

English proficiency

Tools

GCP

Terraform/OpenTofu

GitLab

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

NetBird

Job description

Signicat is a pan-European digital identity company that makes it easy and safe for organisations to know who they are interacting with online. Using our proprietary technology, we help companies and public organisations securely verify the identities of people and businesses, authenticate users, and enable compliant electronic document signing, so their customers can access services and complete online processes with confidence.

Today, Signicat employs over 550 people across 20 offices in 15 European countries. We work with leading banks, fintechs, telcos, public authorities, healthcare providers, and enterprises across retail and mobility to deliver trusted digital identity and onboarding solutions at scale. Joining Signicat means contributing to a mission that has a real impact on how society works and trusting each other in an increasingly digital world.

The Role

We’re looking for an innovative and passionate Platform Engineer to join our Platform Tribe. You will design and build the global Signicat Digital Trust Platform for all digital identity needs across borders – in every step of the customer journey. You will be working with engineers, product managers and security experts to help us create a better experience for millions of users.

How you'll make an impact

• You’ll think deeply about systems - their edge cases, failure modes, and life cycles to craft robust but manageable solutions to meet product requirements while utilizing best‑of‑breed solutions and tools whenever possible.
• You’ll work closely with product owners to design systems and platform capabilities that increase speed to market for features that delight our end users, while making these systems observable, reliable and deployable for our engineers.
• You’ll take part in periodic 24/7 on‑call shifts to support incident management and platform reliability.
• You’ll be a champion and a solid hands‑on practitioner for DevOps best practices.
• You’ll be an experienced voice that helps define our platform and technology roadmap.

Core technologies you will get to work with:

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP);
• OpenTofu / Terraform;
• Gitlab;
• Golang;
• Netbird;
• ArgoCD;
• Kubernetes.

What we expect:

• At least 5 years of experience in the IT industry, including 3+ years of hands‑on experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP experience is a plus).
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals.
• Experience in application development (Golang experience is a plus).
• Experience designing, building and deploying scalable services.
• Ability to consider and balance performance, reliability, security and scalability when designing technical solutions.
• Ability to guide development teams in using the platform securely and effectively.
• Experience managing, troubleshooting and debugging distributed systems.
• Experience working with high‑traffic or high‑volume transaction environments.
• Good written and spoken English skills.

What we offer:

• Your tech, your way - choose the tech gear that aligns with your comfort and meets your preferences.
• Hybrid work style - collaborate with the team in‑office several days a week and embrace the flexible work model.
• Work‑life balance - enjoy extra paid days off annually, and we make sure to celebrate your work anniversaries to acknowledge the milestones you achieve.
• Health & Wellness - we prioritise your physical and mental well‑being by providing designated packs and access to the Headspace app.
• Continuous growth - quarterly development talks, a dedicated time during working hours each week for training and development, access to Udemy courses, defined career paths, and internal mentorship opportunities.
• Customised onboarding - we will prepare an Onboarding Plan to ensure an easy and smooth beginning.
• Be part of an international team - the opportunity to work from any other Signicat office for 2 months per year and 3 weeks per year from any EU country.
• Empowering feedback culture - by using employee engagement tools, we ensure that every voice is heard, empowering us to grow together.
• Meet‑ups - frequent office gatherings and biennial Kick‑off event to bring every Signicat under one roof that you don’t want to miss.

Salary

We will discuss salary expectations during the hiring process to ensure our offer reflects your experience and qualifications.