Platform Engineer Apache Airflow

Rabobank; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 56,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13th month

8% holiday allowance

10% Employee Benefit Budget

Development budget €1,400 per year

Job summary

Rabobank is seeking a Platform Engineer for Apache Airflow to build and operate a scalable cloud data platform. You will work with experienced engineers to manage services used by hundreds of development teams, resolve incidents, and enhance platform capabilities for reliable data workflows.

The role emphasizes production-ready code, Kubernetes in production, cloud-native architectures, and close collaboration with development teams within a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Professional software development experience in Python or another object-oriented language, with production-grade code.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production, cloud-native architectures, and containerised apps.
• Experience with CI/CD, monitoring, logging, and supporting production systems in a DevOps setup.
• Customer-focused, with attention to development teams and platform users.
• Analytical, with a proactive, collaborative approach to incidents and changes.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate a secure, scalable cloud data platform for Rabobank.
• Manage services used by hundreds of development teams and own the full lifecycle.
• Resolve production incidents and develop platform capabilities to improve reliability.

Skills

Python

Kubernetes

DevOps

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Incident management

Analytical thinking

Collaboration

Tools

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

CI/CD tools

Job description

• Salary: Gross monthly salary between EUR 5,030 and EUR 7,183 (scale 09)for a 36-hour work week.
• Extras: a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• Development budget: EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.
• Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
• Pension: decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

Shape the data heart of Rabobank by building a reliable platform for hundreds of development teams. Discover your impact as Platform Engineer Apache Airflow and apply today.

You and your role

Build and operate a secure, scalable cloud data platform as Platform Engineer Apache Airflow. Working with experienced engineers, you manage services used by hundreds of development teams. From resolving production incidents to creating new platform capabilities, you take ownership of the full service lifecycle and enable users across Rabobank to work with data reliably and efficiently.

Practical examples

• Investigate why an application on the Kubernetes platform is underperforming and implement a structural solution.
• Develop a new integration that makes it easier for development teams to connect their data workflows to other cloud services.
• Automate incident notifications so users receive information faster and disruption to production activities is reduced.

Facts and figures

• Approximately 400 development teams use the platform for which you and your team are responsible.
• 43,822 Rabobank colleagues worldwide.

You also improve monitoring, documentation and user support. You analyse complex incidents, manage technical changes and participate in on-call rotations to safeguard the continuity of production services.

Together we achieve more than we could alone

We believe in the power of differences. By combining people's different perspectives, we become an even better bank. We are therefore curious about what you will add to our Global Data Platform team.

The colleagues in Global Data Platform design, operate and improve scalable, reliable and secure data services for Rabobank. Collaboration is how we work, as 1 technically focused team within Rabobank. Together, the team takes responsibility for development, production support and continuous improvement.

Work on yourself and the world around you at the same time

For us, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That is why we invest in you and work together towards a better world. We summarise this in 1 sentence: "At Rabobank, you work on yourself and the world around you at the same time".

You will experience this through your personal development budget, our hybrid working environment and a healthy balance between work and home. You can contribute to banking services for private and business customers, as well as social challenges such as the food and energy transitions.

Why everyone is welcome at Rabobank

At Rabobank, we believe that people who complement each other make us stronger. By embracing our differences, we bring out the best in one another. We value diversity in knowledge, skills and experience, as well as in gender, background and culture. Every department should offer variety and the freedom to be yourself, whoever you are. That is what diversity and inclusion at Rabobank are about.

You and your talent

• Professional software development experience in Python or another object-oriented programming language, including writing maintainable, testable, secure and production-ready code.
• Demonstrable hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production, cloud platforms, containerised applications and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with continuous integration and delivery, monitoring, logging, incident management and supporting production systems in a DevOps environment.
• Customer-focused, with close attention to the needs of development teams and other platform users.
• Analytically strong, with a critical approach to complex technical issues and production incidents.
• Proactive and collaborative, taking ownership of services and remaining open to feedback.