Senior System Engineer

• / Senior System Engineer Amsterdam - Ecosystem Department Senior System Engineer Located in Amsterdam, our EMEA HQ offices are a stone's throw away from the beautiful NEMO Science Museum, and the Amsterdam Central train station. Famous for its breathtaking architecture, canals, and over 881,000 bikes, Amsterdam is a city that's easy to fall in love with. As a Senior System Engineer, you will join the crossfunctional team (System, Security and Software engineers) owning our Integration Platform as a Service (IPaaS), "Grand Central". Our platform enables our customers (banks, financial institutions) to build and run integrations in a reliable and efficient way. In this role you will drive its uptime, automation, performance, security, and long-term architecture. Your technical and operational experience will be essential in bringing this platform to the next level. You won't just contribute-you will define and drive the technical roadmap to scale our services and shape the future of our IPaaS. We are looking for a seasoned, hands-on engineer who is both a strategic thinker and a "doer". We expect you to bring deep technical expertise in at least 3 domains: Cloud (Azure), Kubernetes, Istio, Networking, Infrastructure as Code, Automation and Observability. You excel at troubleshooting - diagnosing and resolving the most complex systemic issues, while equally enjoying the challenge of building resilient, scalable systems from the ground up. What you'll do • Own the Architecture: Design, build, and drive the evolution of our Integration Platform running in Azure, ensuring it meets standards of scalability, performance, and resilience. • Guarantee Platform Integrity: Take ownership of the availability and reliability of the platform. • Lead Incident Response: Participate in on-call rotations, serving as the final point of escalation for complex issues to ensure maximum reliability and availability. • Drive Operational Excellence: Proactively identify and eliminate operational inefficiencies through automation, monitoring, and cost management initiatives. • Mentor and Elevate: Foster a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence by mentoring team members, sharing expertise, and leading by example. Who you are • Core Qualifications: • Extensive Experience: 6+ years of experience in system engineering, with a proven track record of designing, implementing, and running highly-available workloads in enterprise cloud environments. • Autonomous & Proactive: You work independently, take initiative, and can lead complex projects from concept to completion with minimal oversight.