Senior Platform Engineer with Dutch
Summary
Contract role (6-month B2B engagements with extensions) via emagine for a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate a global Digital Trust Platform for cross-border digital identity. Day-to-day centers on distributed systems, DevOps practices, and cloud tooling like Kubernetes, Istio, cert-manager, OPA, and GCP/AWS/Azure; Dutch language skills are required.
PROJECT INFORMATION:
Remote work: Yes
Project language: English, Dutch
Project length: 6 months contracts + prolongations.
Start: ASAP
Assignment type: B2B
Summary:
The Senior Platform Engineer designs and builds a global Digital Trust Platform to meet digital identity needs across borders and deliver a seamless user experience.
Responsibilities:
Think deeply about systems — their edge cases, failure modes, and life cycles to craft robust yet manageable solutions.
Work closely with product owners to design systems that speed time-to-market for user-friendly features.
Champion and practice DevOps best practices.
Offer mentorship on designing and implementing platform-level solutions.
Help define the platform and technology roadmap.
Must Haves:
Experience designing, building, and deploying scalable services.
Proficient in managing and debugging distributed services.
Expertise in cloud services (Kubernetes, Istio, cert-manager, Open Policy Agent).
Well-versed in Cloud PaaS (Google Cloud, AWS, or Azure).
Ability to work with high-volume transaction environments.
Nice to Have:
Experience with DevOps best practices.
Knowledge of performance, reliability, security, scalability in service design.
Other Details:
This position is centered around activities related to digital services and cloud infrastructure.