Platform Engineer

Catawiki; City of Amsterdam (NY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual gross base salary

Work From Home Allowance

Commuting covered

Amsterdam office

Job summary

Catawiki is seeking a Platform Engineer to shape and operate our cloud-native platform in a hybrid Amsterdam setting. You’ll bridge development, infrastructure, and security to enable fast, reliable, and scalable software delivery.

You’ll own building self-service tooling, manage Kubernetes and cloud resources, and advance observability, CI/CD, and cost-aware FinOps. Collaboration with product teams is key to simplifying complex architectures for our engineers and customers alike.

Qualifications

• Cloud-native expertise: 5+ years in Kubernetes and cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure).
• Automation mindset: IaC, CI/CD, and workflows.
• Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or OpenTelemetry.
• Ownership: proactively address platform issues and drive scaling.
• Collaborative: work with developers and cross-functional teams.
• Continuous learning: expand cloud-native tools and practices.

Responsibilities

• Build a self-service developer platform focused on developer experience.
• Orchestrate cloud-native infrastructure and manage Kubernetes clusters.
• Boost developer productivity with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps templates.
• Drive reliability and scalability with fault tolerance and DR practices.
• Improve platform operations and observability to preempt incidents.
• Collaborate with product teams to deliver simple, impactful solutions.

Skills

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Terraform

OpenTelemetry

Observability

Ownership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

OpenTelemetry

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

At Catawiki, every day brings the extraordinary! Whether it’s Daniel Ricciardo’s Formula 1 Car, a Woolly Mammoth’s Skeleton, Lady Gaga's Jumpsuit or Usain Bolt’s running shoe, we encounter exceptional objects every day.

We’re a one-of-a-kind marketplace for buying and selling special objects. Each week, more than 100,000 unique items are auctioned, all carefully curated by our passionate in-house experts.

Having sold over 25 million unique objects, our mission is to become the world’s most popular destination for special objects. As a growing, diverse and sustainable scale-up, we proudly live by three core values. If these values resonate with you, we’d love to explore how you can join us.

• Taking ownership and driving impact
• Being open to change and feedback
• Being passionate about our mission and our customers.

Your Mission

At Catawiki, our Platform Horizontal has evolved from solely managing the cloud into a broad function supporting Reliability, Developer Experience, Security, and Quality. We take a holistic approach to creating systems and tools that help developers deliver applications seamlessly and reliably without getting bogged down in infrastructure complexity.
As a Platform Engineer, you’ll work at the intersection of development, infrastructure, and operations. You’ll help shape and execute our long-term platform vision, empowering Catawiki teams to deliver value to customers with speed, reliability, and security.

What You'll Do

You’ll build and improve the platform capabilities that enable our engineering teams to develop, deploy, and operate applications effectively at scale.

• Build a self-service developer platform with a particular emphasis on developer experience, designing and maintaining platforms that abstract complexity and give teams the tools to deploy, monitor, and optimise their applications.
• Orchestrate cloud-native infrastructure, manage Kubernetes clusters and other cloud resources, focusing on performance, scalability, and cost efficiency through FinOps practices.
• Boost developer productivity by building and enhancing CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and reusable templates that accelerate development and deployment cycles.
• Drive reliability and scalability through applying practices for fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and scaling so applications run smoothly under changing conditions.
• Improve platform operations usage and enhance our observability stack to monitor platform health and resolve incidents proactively.
• Collaborate and innovate by partnering with product teams to understand their needs, build simple and impactful solutions, and champion cloud-native best practices across Catawiki.

What You'll Bring

You measure what matters, introduce changes gradually, and treat failure as a normal part of learning. You use tooling and automation wherever possible to reduce toil, and enjoy sharing knowledge with others.

• Cloud-native expertise: At least 5 years of production experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Automation mindset: Experience automating workflows and CI/CD pipelines and working with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Observability experience: Hands-on experience using and maintaining tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or OpenTelemetry to improve reliability and performance.
• Strong ownership: You proactively address platform issues and work toward long-term scalability and resilience.
• Collaborative approach: You work effectively with developers and cross‑functional teams to align goals and deliver impactful yet simple solutions.
• Continuous learning: You keep developing your knowledge of cloud‑native tools, technologies, and practices in a fast‑moving ecosystem.

How We Work

The Platform Horizontal supports engineering teams across Catawiki by reducing infrastructure complexity and providing reliable, secure, and scalable foundations.

• We collaborate closely with product teams to understand their challenges and improve their development experience.
• We favour self-service capabilities, reusable solutions, automation, and measurable, gradual improvements.
• We share knowledge and treat reliability, security, quality, and developer experience as shared responsibilities.

Where You'll Be

This is a Hybrid role based in Amsterdam. You will work from our Amsterdam HQ a minimum of 2 days per week.
This role is open to candidates worldwide. For selected candidates, Catawiki can provide visa sponsorship and relocation support to the relevant location, subject to eligibility and applicable restrictions.

In Return

You’ll be part of an enthusiastic, highly motivated team of 800+ Catawikians.

• A competitive Annual Gross Base Salary depending on your level, competencies, and overall experience.
• A Work From Home Allowance to help with your monthly household bills.
• Commuting between your home and our office is covered by Catawiki.
• Amazing Office right in the centre of Amsterdam.

Why You’ll Love Working with Us

• Create a visible impact by working at scale in a global organisation serving millions of customers across 80+ categories. In our flat structure, every role has a broad scope and directly impacts both our customers and the business.
• Learn and grow through our Learning & Development initiatives, including clear development plans and mentorship programmes to support your career progression.
• A culture of connection defines us. We’re a passionate, diverse team of 800+ Catawikians representing 60+ nationalities. We foster an inclusive and queer-friendly environment where everyone is encouraged to bring their full self to work.
• Celebrate life’s moments with us. You’ll receive a €100 Catavoucher when you join, a €50 Catavoucher on your birthday, and an extra day off each year to “Pursue Your Passion”. We also offer additional leave for key work anniversaries and important life events. Benefits may vary by location.

Our Offices and Way of Working

Our vibrant offices in Amsterdam and Lisbon are designed to inspire collaboration. Most Catawikians operate in a hybrid setup, combining office-based and remote work, with a minimum of two days per week in the office, unless a role is explicitly stated as fully remote or fully office-based.