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GeekSoft Consulting

Backend Engineer

GeekSoft Consulting
Netherlands · Full-time · Mid-Senior

  • Help design, build and continuously improve the clients online platform.
  • Research, suggest and implement new technology solutions following best practices/standards.
  • Take responsibility for the resiliency and availability of different products.
  • Be a productive member of the team.



Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience as a Platform / Backend Engineer to build, enhance, and operate core platform services that empower delivery teams across the organization.
    This role focuses on cloud-native engineering, DevOps automation, and scalable backend service development within a large enterprise environment.
  • Build, maintain, and continuously improve core platform services supporting multiple delivery teams
  • Develop backend services and automation tooling using TypeScript and Node.js (NestJS)
  • Design and implement GitOps-based environment provisioning leveraging CI/CD pipelines, ArgoCD, Helm, and Kubernetes
  • Operate and evolve AWS and EKS-based cloud platforms using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
  • Integrate platform capabilities with enterprise systems such as Salesforce, Netcracker, Storyblok, and internal APIs
  • Implement secure-by-default architectures, including secrets management, identity controls, networking, and compliance standards
  • Contribute to architectural decisions across distributed systems, container orchestration, and cloud-native services
  • Enhance reliability through monitoring, observability, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Collaborate closely with Platform, Cloud, SRE, and Security teams within an Agile/Scrum setup
  • Strong expertise in TypeScript (mandatory)
  • Node.js and NestJS for service and platform API development
  • Bash or Python for automation (nice to have)
  • React / Next.js for internal dashboards (nice to have)
  • Hands-on experience with AWS
  • Amazon EKS / Kubernetes
  • Docker and container lifecycle management
  • Helm charts and Kubernetes packaging
  • Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (AWS and platform modules)
  • Solid understanding of cloud-native architecture principles
  • GitOps workflows (ArgoCD)
  • CI/CD pipelines (build, test, deploy automation)
  • Automated environment provisioning and configuration
  • Developer Experience (DX) tooling
  • Platform reliability, monitoring, and observability practices
  • Secrets and configuration management (e.g., AWS Secrets Manager)
  • Distributed systems and microservices architecture
  • REST APIs and integration patterns
  • Experience integrating Salesforce, Netcracker, or Storyblok (nice to have)
  • Exposure to complex enterprise ecosystems
  • Enterprise networking fundamentals
  • Zero-trust and least-privilege security principles
  • Secure coding and platform security best practices
  • Identity and secrets management
  • Strong backend engineering background with Node.js/NestJS
  • Experience building and operating Kubernetes-based platforms (EKS preferred)
  • Hands-on experience with Terraform and GitOps ecosystems
  • Running and scaling workloads on AWS
  • Experience in enterprise-scale or large organizational environments
  • CI/CD automation and DevOps best practices
  • Working experience in Agile/Scrum teams
  • Strong understanding of algorithms, distributed systems, and system design
  • Proactive, autonomous, and comfortable owning platform components end-to-end
  • Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Collaborative mindset with a focus on reliability and developer enablement
  • Ability to provide and receive constructive technical feedback
  • Strong analytical thinking, pragmatism, and business awareness
  • Capability to make sound architectural and technical decisions aligned with platform strategy
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
  • Agile Scrum team environment
  • Strong focus on Platform Engineering, DevOps automation, and Developer Experience
  • Part of a large-scale, long-term portals and web transformation program
  • Telecom domain with enterprise-grade systems and complex integrations



Benefits

  • A challenging, innovating environment.
  • Opportunities for learning where needed.

Key Skills

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cloud devops aws eks infrastructure as code kubernetes typescript salesforce configuration management microservices terraform python scrum cicd
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Posted
Feb 25, 2026
Type
Full-time
Level
Mid-Senior
Location
Utrecht

Industries

IT Services IT Consulting

Categories

Information Technology

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