Senior Backend/DevOps Engineer

Oakwell Hampton Group; Delft; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Oakwell Hampton Group in the Netherlands is seeking a Senior Backend / DevOps Engineer who thrives close to the infrastructure, building reliable platforms, and owning how systems are built and operated. You will work across backend and infrastructure stacks with TypeScript, Python, Linux, and cloud and on-prem environments.

The role focuses on platform reliability, scalability, performance, deployment automation, observability, and improving operational processes, requiring a strong software

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering foundation with TypeScript and Python, plus infrastructure experience.
• Experience across backend and infrastructure stacks with ownership mindset.
• Familiarity with Linux and on-premise infrastructure is essential.
• Knowledge of DevOps, Platform Engineering or SRE practices.
• Ability to design reliable, scalable, and observable systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services and infrastructure (TypeScript/Python, GCP/Azure).
• Design and improve Linux-based systems and environments.
• Work with on-premise infrastructure alongside cloud technologies.
• Take ownership of platform reliability, scalability and performance.
• Improve deployment, automation, observability and operational processes.

Skills

TypeScript

Python

Linux

On-premise infrastructure

DevOps

Platform engineering

SRE

Networking

Automation

Tools

GCP

Azure

Job description

We’re working with a technically ambitious Healthcare AI software company that is building and operating complex infrastructure at scale. They’re looking for a Senior Backend / DevOps Engineer who enjoys working close to the infrastructure, solving technically difficult problems, and having genuine ownership over how systems are built and operated.

This is a role for someone who is comfortable moving between software engineering, Linux, infrastructure and platform engineering - rather than someone focused purely on traditional DevOps tooling.

The role

You’ll work across the backend and infrastructure stack, helping build reliable platforms that support demanding workloads.

You’ll be involved in:

• Building and maintaining backend services and infrastructure - Typescript/Python/GCP/Azure
• Designing and improving Linux-based systems and environments
• Working with on-premise infrastructure alongside cloud technologies
• Taking ownership of platform reliability, scalability and performance
• Improving deployment, automation, observability and operational processes

What we're looking for

We’re particularly interested in engineers who have a strong software engineering foundation with Typescript and Python, alongside substantial infrastructure experience.

You’ll ideally have:

• Broader programming experience in one or more additional languages
• Strong knowledge of Linux
• Experience working with on-premise infrastructure
• Experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering or SRE
• A good understanding of networking, systems and infrastructure
• Experience building or operating production systems
• A strong approach to automation and engineering qualityThe ability to investigate problems across the application and infrastructure layers

Highly valued skills:

Experience with GPU infrastructure / GPU servers would be particularly interesting.

You don't necessarily need to have worked specifically with GPUs, but experience with high-performance computing, demanding workloads, large-scale infrastructure or hardware-level troubleshooting would also be relevant.