Senior Software Engineer - Build Trading Platform & Cloud

Doghouse Recruitment; Randstad; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client, an Amsterdam-based energy trading company, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a small, high-impact tech team. You will work closely with traders, analysts and operations to build and maintain the systems behind trading and risk management activities.

The role is back-end heavy but involves full-stack work across the codebase. Requirements include 5+ years of experience, a CS/SE degree, proficiency with Git, strong mentoring and English communication, and cloud experience

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Experience through full software development lifecycle from requirements to deployment and maintenance.
• Proficient with Git and standard version control workflows.
• Strong mentoring and communication with non-technical stakeholders like traders.
• Excellent English and communication skills, comfortable with traders.
• Cloud experience preferred: AWS; GCP or Azure also acceptable.
• Strong problem-solving skills with high autonomy in a fast-paced, small-team environment.

Responsibilities

• Back-end heavy role focusing on a new internal trading platform.
• Build and maintain systems behind trading and risk management activities.
• Occasional full-stack work across the codebase; design experience valued.

Skills

5+ years exp

Mentoring

English fluency

Autonomy

Backend development

Cloud experience

Git proficiency

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

SQL

APIs

Real-time data processing

Job description

Our client, an Amsterdam-based energy trading company, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a small, high-impact tech team. You will work closely with traders, analysts and operations to build and maintain the systems behind trading and risk management activities.

The role is back-end heavy but involves full-stack work across the codebase. Requirements include 5+ years of experience, a CS/SE degree, proficiency with Git, strong mentoring and English communication, and cloud experience