Software Engineering Intern - Platform Tools (Amsterdam)

TomTom; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 4,500 - 8,900; Full time

Job summary

TomTom in Amsterdam invites a Software Engineering Intern to join the Internal Developer Platform team on Platform Engineering. You’ll work on Frontstage with TypeScript/React and extend Watchtower backend, with mentorship and ownership of a small project.

You’ll participate in the full development cycle, from understanding user needs to design, build, test and release, using agile practices and code reviews.

Qualifications

• Must be enrolled in a Dutch university until at least September 2027.
• Located in Amsterdam or nearby to commute to the office at least twice a week.
• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript skills.
• Experience building web apps with React or Node.js.
• Basic knowledge of SQL and databases.
• Nice to have Backstage, Docker, GitHub Actions or a cloud platform.
• Solid Computer Science fundamentals.
• Comfortable with written and/or verbal English communication.

Responsibilities

• Join a friendly team of engineers and pick up a project of your own, with a mentor to guide you.
• Help build new pages and scorecards in Frontstage using TypeScript and React.
• Help extend Watchtower, our TypeScript and PostgreSQL backend, with new data sources and APIs.
• Work on features that matter to our users, for example showing teams what their services cost on our Kubernetes platform.
• Help keep Frontstage up to date with new Backstage releases.
• Participate in the full cycle: understand user needs, design a solution, build, test and release it.
• Build iteratively using agile methodologies, with your code reviewed by the team.

Skills

TypeScript

JavaScript

React

Node.js

SQL basics

English communication

Education

Enrolled in Dutch university until Sep 2027

Tools

Backstage

Docker

GitHub Actions

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Job description

TomTom in Amsterdam invites a Software Engineering Intern to join the Internal Developer Platform team on Platform Engineering. You’ll work on Frontstage with TypeScript/React and extend Watchtower backend, with mentorship and ownership of a small project.

You’ll participate in the full development cycle, from understanding user needs to design, build, test and release, using agile practices and code reviews.