Platform Engineer

Architect the future of a platform used by thousands of shift-based teams across Europe. At Shiftbase , we simplify workforce management for 10,000+ organizations. Our platform helps teams in retail, hospitality, and services streamline scheduling, time tracking, and HR - and we're just getting started. By 2034, we aim to serve 250,000 organizations. Want to build the platform behind that growth? Why this role matters You're not here to just patch pipelines. You're here to architect modern solutions that empower developers, improve velocity, and scale reliably. From CI/CD to observability, from developer experience to security. You lead the way. This role gives you ownership of:

• Platform-wide architectural decisions

• CI/CD reliability and modern release strategies

• Observability and SRE best practices

• Internal developer tooling that teams enjoy using What you'll build in your first 6-12 months CI/CD transformation: From flaky to fault-tolerant. Progressive delivery (canary/blue-green), rollbacks, and observable reliability. Observability from scratch: Define SLIs/SLOs, build dashboards, create runbooks, and reduce MTTR measurably. Developer experience: Secure-by-default golden paths, smart feature flag integrations, and scalable environment strategies. What you'll do

• Architect scalable, secure platform solutions used organisation-wide

• Lead high-impact technical initiatives from strategy to rollout

• Write and maintain IaC (Terraform), run Kubernetes workloads on GCP, balancing cost, security, and performance

• Define standards that simplify delivery: service blueprints, security defaults, deployment models, and abstractions that make the right thing easy.

• Embed SRE practices: blameless post-mortems, error budgets, availability reviews

• Share your expertise: mentor, coach, document, align

• Own the platform roadmap and influence engineering velocity at scale

• 5+ years in Platform/SRE/Infra roles in modern cloud-native SaaS environments
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, observability (metrics/logs/traces), and IaC at scale
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes, GitOps, and cloud cost/security tradeoffs
• Strong architectural thinking and ability to build reusable solutions
• A pragmatic mindset: when to modernize, when to re-architect
• Excellent communication skills - technical and non-technical alike

We prefer clarity over complexity, long-term reliability over quick fixes, and autonomy over control. We work hybrid. For this role, you'll need to be based in the Netherlands. What you get Ownership: You decide the platform direction - we trust your judgment Impact: Everything you build helps thousands of teams work better Growth: Budget for training, conferences, and personal development Flexibility: Hybrid work, choose your tools, and flexible hours Support: Laptop, ergonomic setup, and everything you need to thrive Apply Hybrid

• Zoetermeer , Zuid-Holland , Netherlands €5,000 - €7,000 per month