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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform Engineer - Global Observability Platform - **Company:** ING Bank N.V. - **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Software Design Patterns, Linux, DevOps, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), OpenShift, Reliability Engineering, Prometheus, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Software Engineering, Data Logging, Data Storage Technologies, Large Language Models, Grafana, Kubernetes, Terraform, Splunk, Golang - **Published:** May 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.nl/jobad/nlb1a6fca796a7bcb25926ecd8fa40dcb4 ## About the Role We have an opening for an energetic and proactive Senior Platform Engineer with a true passion for IT and a positive "Do it-Try it-Fix it" mentality., You have a good understanding of IT and building platforms. You are a natural team player who forms relationships based on social skills rather than a hierarchical structure. You can easily switch contexts from engineers, architects, to stakeholders, to management. We understand you may not tick every box, but do not let that hold you back from applying! * 15+ years solid experience in Software/Systems Engineering * Strong knowledge of and extensive experience with software development principles and design patterns * Formidable team player skills, empowering and challenging the squad members in a constructive way. * Knowledge of and experience with Azure DevOps pipelines. * Experience with OpenShift/Kubernetes * Experience with Linux * Experience with Terraform * Experience with AI (LLM, Prompting, Coding) * Experience with OpenTelemetry (Logging, Metrics and Tracing) * 10+ years solid experience with Go / Java or Python * Experience with Public Cloud providers (Azure, GCP) and solutions working on the cloud is an advantage. * Higher education in (Information) Technology or work experience that demonstrates you operate on this level. * Excellent command of the English language. Dutch language skills are an advantage but not a must-have. Our technology stack and practices include among others (but not limited to): * Monitoring and Observability tools as Grafana LGTM, Prometheus, Open Telemetry, Splunk. * A diverse set of programming languages: Java, Python and Golang. * Practices such as SRE, Chaos engineering. ## Description Platform Engineering is responsible for monitoring and observability data services, such as providing components for onboarding, data storage, dashboarding, alerting and offering observability insights to all ING engineers globally. You will support the observability core team in running the core capabilities and increasing observability maturity across ING. The team Foundation squad is an international team of highly qualified DevOps engineers. You will join a team where the product is constantly evolving and introducing new features. The platform is based on several backends components, deployed on ING's private cloud (RedHat OpenShift) as well as the public cloud (MS Azure (AKS))., We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Platform Engineer to join our team in a DevOps environment. The successful candidate will have a strong background in Observability and a deep understanding of Open Telemetry, and experience working in a complex, enterprise-level environment. You will have a leading role in the squad regarding designing, implementing, and testing new and improved functionality of the products. You understand the entire lifecycle of an application from refinement up until release to production, as well as the operational aspects like monitoring, alerting, and resolving incidents., Together with your fellow squad-members, you are responsible for the future of ING's observability solution: * Drive improvements in our current Observability solution * Enable ING teams globally to have a frictionless experience in storing and exposing the Telemetry data for their applications. * Incorporate AI features to our Observability solution * Extend the solution to run On-premises as well as Public Cloud. * Use the latest technologies to improve the usability of our solution. ## Related Videos - [Our journey with Spring Boot in a microservice architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/511-our-journey-with-spring-boot-in-a-microservice-architecture) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) - [Scoring 2000 Products per Request: Performance Pitfalls in Golang](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2073-scoring-2000-products-per-request-performance-pitfalls-in-golang) - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) ## Related Articles - [Best Companies in the Netherlands: Top 25 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/193-best-companies-in-the-netherlands-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Software Developer Salary in The Netherlands [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/217-software-developer-salary-in-the-netherlands-2023)