Staff Engineer

Doghouse Recruitment; Amsterdam; Híbrido; EUR 126.000 - 154.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Bonus up to 25%

RSUs

Hybrid work setup

Salary up to €140K base

Descripción de la vacante

Doghouse Recruitment is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for an Amsterdam-based team building backend services powering scalable cloud infrastructure across Europe. You will focus on Python and work closely with infrastructure, hardware, and platform engineers to deliver secure, monitored, and high-performance systems.

The role emphasizes ownership, deep technical work, and production readiness in a hybrid Amsterdam setting.

Formación

• 10+ years of Python experience in high-load environments.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is important.
• Interest in infrastructure, networking, and data center systems.

Responsabilidades

• Design and build backend services powering distributed cloud infrastructure.
• Improve reliability and optimize performance of backend systems.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, hardware, and platform engineers.

Conocimientos

Python

Cloud-native

Distributed systems

High-load environments

Networking

Herramientas

Docker

Kubernetes

Descripción del empleo

Imagine building the backend systems that power high performance cloud environments across Europe and North America. Not another CRUD application, but real infrastructure, security services, billing engines, monitoring systems, and internal networking tools running in high-load, distributed environments.

For a fast-scaling cloud infrastructure company in Amsterdam, we are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who thrives on complexity and ownership. This organization operates its own data centers and delivers scalable compute power for demanding workloads. As part of the backend engineering team, you will primarily work with Python and collaborate closely with infrastructure, hardware, and platform engineers.

Your work will directly impact how compute resources are secured, monitored, and billed at scale. You will design and build backend services that support distributed systems, improve reliability, and optimize performance in environments where uptime and efficiency truly matter.

• We are looking for someone with 10+ years of Python experience who feels comfortable operating in high-load environments and understands cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is important, as well as a genuine interest in working close to infrastructure, networking, and data center systems.
• This role suits engineers who enjoy going deep technically and want to see their code operating in serious production environments.
• Salary up to €140K base
• Bonus up to 25%
• RSU's
• Hybrid working setup (Amsterdam-based team)
• Work on complex cloud infrastructure challenges with real ownership