Staff Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure based in Netherlands. This is a high-impact engineering role focused on owning and evolving the infrastructure that powers a modern developer platform. You will take end-to-end responsibility for cloud infrastructure, platform reliability, deployment foundations, and critical data systems. A key focus will be building scalable BYOC and private-cloud capabilities that can serve customers without requiring bespoke engineering for every deployment. You will establish robust Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, observability, security, and compliance practices that enable fast and reliable delivery. The role combines deep technical expertise with product thinking, giving you a direct influence on platform strategy and engineering priorities. You will work within a small, autonomous, remote-first team where ownership, pragmatism, and strong technical judgment are highly valued. This opportunity is well suited to an experienced platform or infrastructure engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and shaping systems at scale. Own and scale the cloud infrastructure supporting the platform, including compute, networking, and core data-layer services. Lead the development and productization of Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) and private-cloud deployments, including provisioning, upgrades, and observability. Build and improve Infrastructure as Code and GitOps foundations that allow a small engineering team to deliver quickly and reliably. Establish reliability as a core platform capability through meaningful Service Level Objectives (SLOs), monitoring, and trusted incident-management practices. Lead the evolution of critical data infrastructure, including PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, and ClickHouse as usage scales. Drive infrastructure-related security and compliance initiatives, including SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, penetration testing, and enterprise security reviews. Make architectural decisions that balance scalability, reliability, security, performance, maintainability, and delivery speed. Work with customer-facing and engineering teams to understand infrastructure challenges and turn customer requirements into scalable platform capabilities. Contribute to technical roadmaps and broader company strategy through ownership of major infrastructure and platform decisions. Participate in incident response, help unblock complex technical problems, and raise the engineering standard across the team. Requirements 10+ years of experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, or related disciplines, with demonstrated experience operating high-traffic production systems. Deep hands-on Kubernetes experience in production, together with strong judgment about when Kubernetes is and is not the appropriate solution. Experience operating software in environments outside your direct control, such as BYOC, single-tenant, on-premises, or air-gapped environments . Strong AWS expertise; experience with GCP and Azure is an advantage. Advanced proficiency with Terraform , including reusable modules, secure state management, and multi-account cloud architectures. Strong database expertise, particularly PostgreSQL , including performance optimization, migrations under load, replication, and operational reliability. Practical experience with compliance and security programs such as SOC 2, ISO audits, penetration testing, and enterprise security reviews . Strong understanding of infrastructure security, observability, incident response, deployment automation, and production operations. Familiarity with TypeScript and Node.js and the ability to understand application-level requirements from a platform perspective. Strong product mindset and developer empathy, with the ability to translate customer problems into effective technical solutions. Excellent written and verbal communication