Software engineer II, Platform

Job Overview

As a Software Engineer II, Platform, you will own well-scoped projects within Flexport's developer platform, working closely with a small group of teammates. Your goal will be to design and ship improvements that remove friction for hundreds of engineers relying on your tools.

Responsibilities

• Build paved paths and self-serve tooling that make the right thing the easy thing.
• Develop and support CI/CD pipelines (Buildkite, GitHub Actions), build tooling (Gradle, Bazel, npm/pnpm/bun, Go and Cargo), and artifact repositories (Artifactory, ECR, GitHub).
• Improve the backend and frontend developer experience through projects you scope and deliver.
• Contribute to the GraphQL and gRPC ecosystem, including middleware, federation, and schema sharing.
• Help engineers use and understand container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS) and observability stack (OpenMetrics, Datadog).
• Gather feedback from internal users, turn it into clear problem statements, and work with your team to prioritize what's worth building.

Requirements

• 2-5 years of software engineering experience, ideally including time spent on developer platforms, internal tooling, or infrastructure.
• Full-stack curiosity with hands-on experience in backend services, frontend build pipelines, Kubernetes manifests, and CI configuration.
• Experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions preferred), container orchestrators (Kubernetes preferred), build tooling, and artifact storage.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to understand who you're building for and why.
• Care for internal users, treating engineers as customers, gathering feedback, and checking whether what you shipped actually helped.
• Ownership of your projects from idea to production rollout, keeping stakeholders informed, and raising risks early.
• Pride in fixing what's broken, tackling tech debt, and carrying out migrations.
• Good communication skills, able to write clear design docs, participate in developer interviews, and keep teammates updated.
• Helpful attitude, getting people unblocked and making their work easier.
• Growth mindset, seeking out feedback, learning quickly, and building toward broader scope and impact.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to data-driven DevX development using metrics such as DORA.
• Experience with AWS.
• Familiarity with Identity and Access Management (IAM) concepts.
• Experience with Terraform.

Benefits

• Opportunity to contribute to a fast-growing company with a global impact.
• Daily catered lunches, breakfast, snacks, and soft drinks.
• Commute expenses covered for employees living outside of Amsterdam.
• 25 working days of vacation.
• Health insurance with a collective plan.
• Defined pension contribution scheme.
• Equity program with a direct stake in the company's growth.
• Employee Assistance Program through Aetna Resources for Living.
• Parental leave benefit supporting new parents.