Software Engineer (Infrastrucure role)

Harnham; Randstad; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Rapid career development

Close collaboration with an experienced team

Rapid career development

Job summary

A fast-growing startup in Flevoland is seeking a Software Engineer to design and build backend services using Go. You will work with APIs in GraphQL, gRPC, and REST and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Kubernetes. The role offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to play a significant part in shaping the company's core platform, making it ideal for engineers who thrive in collaborative environments and wish to influence key decisions early in their careers.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience in backend software engineering.
• Proficiency in Go for building and maintaining services and APIs.
• Experience designing and consuming GraphQL, gRPC, and REST APIs.
• Solid understanding of relational databases and confident SQL skills.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Practical experience running services on Kubernetes.
• Comfortable working in a startup setting where you take ownership, collaborate closely, and iterate quickly.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs in Go.
• Develop and manage GraphQL, gRPC, and REST interfaces.
• Work with SQL databases to design schemas and optimise performance.
• Use Terraform for cloud infrastructure management.
• Build and operate containerised workloads on Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with other engineers on deployment practices.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and help refine engineering standards and best practices.

Skills

Backend software engineering

Proficiency in Go

GraphQL APIs

gRPC APIs

REST APIs

SQL

Terraform

Kubernetes

Startup mindset

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

This is an opportunity to join a small, infrastructure-focused startup engineering team where you will shape the core platform from the ground up. You will work mainly on backend services in Go, building and operating APIs and cloud infrastructure using GraphQL, gRPC, REST, SQL, Terraform, and Kubernetes.

The Company

They are a fast-growing startup building modern platforms for engineering teams. Their products rely on reliable backend services, scalable cloud infrastructure, and clean, observable architectures. The engineering culture is hands-on and collaborative, with a strong focus on automation, developer experience, and building things the right way from day one. As they expand, they are looking for a software engineer who enjoys working close to infrastructure and taking ownership across the stack.

The Role

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs in Go.
• Develop and manage GraphQL, gRPC, and REST interfaces that are secure, reliable, and well-documented.
• Work with SQL databases to design schemas, write efficient queries, and optimise performance.
• Use Terraform to define and manage cloud infrastructure as code.
• Build and operate containerised workloads on Kubernetes, including deployments, scaling, and monitoring.
• Collaborate with other engineers to improve reliability, observability, and deployment practices in a startup environment.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and help refine engineering standards and best practices.

Your Skills and Experience

• Strong commercial experience in backend software engineering.
• Proficiency in Go for building and maintaining services and APIs.
• Experience designing and consuming GraphQL, gRPC, and REST APIs.
• Solid understanding of relational databases and confident SQL skills.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Practical experience running services on Kubernetes or similar container orchestration platforms.
• Comfortable working in a startup setting where you take ownership, collaborate closely, and iterate quickly.

What They Offer

• Competitive salary aligned with the Amsterdam startup and software engineering market.
• The chance to influence core platform and infrastructure decisions from an early stage.
• Close collaboration with a small, experienced engineering team.
• Opportunities for rapid career development as the product and company scale.

How to Apply

If this Software Engineer role focused on backend and infrastructure in an Amsterdam startup sounds like a strong next step, please submit your application.