Backend Engineer
GeekSoft ConsultingNetherlands1 day ago
Full-timeInformation Technology
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- 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.
- 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
- A challenging, innovating environment.
- Opportunities for learning where needed.
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