Platform Engineer

This is what you tell people at parties 👋

At Sendcloud we have an all-in-one shipping solution, where we automate the shipping processes for e-commerce. With more than 25,000 customers throughout Europe, and soon beyond, Sendcloud is aiming to become the leading shipping solution worldwide. We have a high performing environment and we get rewarded for all of our wins.  Together with Sendcloud, I am on a mission to empower businesses with world-class shipping.

What you will do in this role 🧐

You are a member of the Platform organisation. Organised into three teams, they build and maintain the Sendcloud infrastructure platform our products run on. Using AWS and Kubernetes, the platform engineers are responsible for a stable foundation of our engineering work, providing the tools and procedures to our software engineers to develop, deploy and run the Sendcloud system. Sendcloud integrates various carriers and online stores in a fast and intuitive tool. We release early and often. For this role, we’re looking for someone who can bring a focus on platform security to the team.

Our perfect match💗

• You have at least 3 years of experience working as an Infrastructure/Cloud/Platform Engineer.
• You have affinity with security principles and knowledge of compliance requirements and auditing processes.
• You have knowledge of and experience with AWS, particularly EKS (Kubernetes).
• You have extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), particularly Terraform.
• Your code is always under test and version control (we use Git).
• You understand how to manage a release process using CI/CD.
• You know your way around Linux and how to work on the command-line.
• You understand and design your code with observability in production in mind.
• You have strong experience with Kubernetes, Helm and running production (micro)services. 
• You have knowledge of Distributed systems, including containerized (micro)services, highly scalable web applications, and authentication frameworks.
• You have experience with lifecycle management of containerized workloads, with a focus on vulnerability scanning and prevention.
• You know what it takes to build high quality software on a professional basis.
• You are eager to learn and keep improving yourself. You're up to date about the latest technologies and a passionate Engineer.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.
• You are a team player and you like to share your opinion and knowledge.

You share our core values;

• 💩  No bullshit: we don’t like big egos, we like honesty, transparency & openness. Share your mistakes with us and learn from them!
• 🎯  Grow & Win: Keep on learning and improving, from each other, mistakes and by actively searching for ways to keep on developing your skills
• 🎠  Have fun: you are not afraid to be yourself and you love to be surrounded by your awesome colleagues!

Benefits🎉

• Working in an internationally oriented, dynamic, certified Great Place to Work! 📌  
• A good salary that grows with the company and your accomplishments
• 28 holidays per year on a full-time basis + a free holiday on/around your birthday 🥳  
• After 3 years of employment, you get a sabbatical of 4 weeks from us
• Keep growing with a study budget of €2000,- per year!
• Stay fit in our Sendcloud gym, weekly bootcamp sessions and weekly online yoga sessions! 🧘
• Pension scheme
• Discount on a health insurance 

This position is open to worldwide candidates that are willing to relocate.  We offer (in-house) relocation assistance, which will make sure that you have a smooth relocation process. 🏠 

• A relocation allowance of €1.500 (net) to help you cover the costs of your move to the Netherlands. 
• A flight ticket to the Netherlands for you (and your partner and children moving with you, if applicable);
• Transfer from the airport to your first accommodation
• We will help you out with your work VISA (and legal fees) and applying for the 30% ruling (if applicable). Read here more about the complete process.

Curious about the application process? Check it here!