What You'll Be Doing

• Own and evolve the developer platform that powers Flexport engineering.
• Build paved paths and self-serve tooling that makes the right thing the easy thing.
• Create and support developers with CI/CD pipelines, build tooling, and artifact repositories.
• Improve both backend and frontend developer experience.
• Manage and enhance the GraphQL and gRPC ecosystem ensuring smooth middleware, federation, codegen, and client-server operations.
• Evolve and integrate IAM solutions to ensure ease and security by default.
• Ensure engineers can use and understand container orchestration and observability stacks effectively.
• Conduct user research with developers to ground development in data and real needs.
• Collaborate across teams to align and ship platform-wide changes.

You Should Have

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with significant work on developer platforms, internal tooling, or core infrastructure.
• Strong full-stack skills across backend services, frontend build pipelines, Kubernetes manifests, and CI configurations.
• Strong product instincts for internal users, treating engineers as customers to identify and measure impactful solutions.
• Expertise with at least one CI/CD system (preferably Github Actions), container orchestrator (preferably Kubernetes), multiple build tools, GraphQL, gRPC, and metrics and artifact storage.
• A proactive approach to improving existing systems and executing migrations smoothly.
• Independent mindset able to find high-leverage problems and work autonomously.
• Excellent communication skills to conduct interviews, write clear design documents, and align stakeholders.
• A helpful attitude known for unblocking others and making their work easier.
• A drive for impact, aiming to improve productivity and confidence for all engineers.

Nice to Have

• Experience in data-driven developer experience development using metrics such as DORA.
• Experience with AWS cloud services.
• Knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM) at scale, including JWTs, OIDC, and fine-grained authorization.
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform.

Perks and Benefits

• Opportunity to contribute to a fast-growing company with global impact and a diverse multinational environment.
• Daily catered lunches, breakfast, snacks, and soft drinks provided at the office.
• Commute expenses covered for employees living outside of Amsterdam.
• 25 vacation days based on full-time employment.
• Collective health insurance plan with premiums fully paid by Flexport.
• Defined pension contribution scheme.
• Equity program making every team member a shareholder in the company’s success.
• Employee Assistance Program available at no cost for employees and their household members.
• Parental leave benefits supporting both parents during pregnancy, childbirth, and bonding time.