Senior Backend Engineer

Swapfiets; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Your own Swapfiets

32 vacation days plus 7 Swap days

Pension plan and health insurance

MacBook or Windows laptop

Travel allowance

Job summary

Swapfiets is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to empower its Platform team in Amsterdam. You will shape the engineering environment, enabling product teams to deliver value through technology.

You will own infrastructure improvements, deployment automation, and secure access to data, while ensuring robust, scalable systems and a culture of continuous improvement. The role demands 7–10 years of backend experience, strong C#/.NET skills, Docker, and hands-on CI/CD.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of software engineering experience on complex and scalable problems.
• Backend engineer with strong software development lifecycle experience.
• Proficiency in C#/.NET and modern dev tools; Docker and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with digital product teams to understand needs and improve infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain generic deployment/build templates to streamline production releases.
• Ensure secure access to data and systems with best-practices for security and compliance.
• Participate in projects to improve engineering processes and tooling.
• Develop tools, guidelines and shared infrastructure for product teams.
• Be prepared to handle production-related issues and incidents.

Skills

Backend development

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Independent worker

Tools

Azure Services

Azure App Services

Azure Key Vault

Azure API Management

Microsoft Entra ID

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Bicep

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps Services

Microsoft SQL Server

Kubernetes

Powershell

New Relic

TypeScript

Angular

Job description

Join SwapServices as a Senior Backend Engineer.

What you will do

In Team Platform, we are committed to empowering our digital product teams to excel in delivering solutions. As a Platform Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our engineering environment, allowing our talented engineers to focus primarily on creating business value through technology.

What are you going to do?

• Infrastructure Support: Collaborate closely with digital product teams to understand their needs and continuously improve our infrastructure, ensuring a robust and reliable platform for software development and deployment.
• Deployment & Operations Excellence: Develop and maintain generic and reusable deployment/build templates, streamlining the process of bringing applications to production and reducing operational overhead.
• Security and Access Management: Ensure secure and controlled access to data and systems, implementing best practices to protect sensitive information and maintain compliance standards.
• Continuous Improvement Initiatives: Participate in various project initiatives aimed at improving our engineering processes and tools, contributing to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of our software delivery pipeline.
• Platform Development: You will develop a set of tools, guidelines and shared infrastructure to our digital product teams.
• Production management: Be ready to work with production-related issues and incidents.

Job requirements

• Proven software engineering experience (7 - 10 years) working on complex problems and scalable solutions.
• Proven experience as a backend engineer or similar role, with a strong background in software development lifecycle management.
• Proficiency in relevant programming languages and technologies, including C#/.NET, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Azure Services: Experience in configuring and managing Azure resources, including Azure App Services, Azure Key Vault, Azure API Management, and Microsoft Entra ID.
• CI/CD Pipelines: Experience in building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (preferably Bicep or Terraform); experience with GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps Services is a plus.
• AI-Enabled Tooling: Affinity with AI and a curiosity to apply it in practical engineering contexts. Experience building AI-powered tooling (e.g. MCP servers, AI PR reviewers, or automated workflows) is a strong plus.
• Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining SQL databases, with a focus on optimizing performance and ensuring data integrity, preferably Microsoft SQL Server.
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong understanding of software deployment strategies and operational best practices.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum, and familiarity with sprint-based development cycles.

Nice to have

Kubernetes, Powershell, Terraform, New Relic, TypeScript, Angular

What Swapfiets offers you

• Your own Swapfiets (lend-lease).
• 32 vacation days (that’s right, next to 25 vacation days you can use your 7 Swap days as you please).
• A solid pension plan and a discount on your health insurance.
• MacBook or a Windows laptop (what you prefer).
• Lots of responsibility, challenging work, and friendly colleagues.
• Travel allowance (if you live more than 11 km away from the office, otherwise you’ll just use your Swapfiets).
• Delicious lunch at the office for a small contribution.
• Onefit for Business arrangement (to promote your healthy lifestyle!).
• Education budget in order to improve your skills & knowledge.
• Learning programs developed by our L&D department.
• Lots of workshops and inspirational talks.
• One day off per year to do voluntary work paid by Swapfiets.
• Flexibility in working from home or at our office at the Molukkenstraat.

Highlighted Perks

• Free Swapfiets
• Fun working culture
• Growth opportunities
• Supportive team
• Learning opportunities

Why you should ride with us

Working at Swapfiets means joining the ride of your life. We pedal with purpose, knowing our work drives real impact for people, cities, and the planet. With a supportive team, open communication, and a flat structure, you’ll always have others cheering you on. As we move fast and tackle the unexpected twists along the way, we make sure the journey stays exciting, rewarding, and, most importantly, fun!