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Senior Software Engineer: Platform

Flexport · Amsterdam, Netherlands

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
102 days
Flexport's roles stay open a median of 103 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
3% of Flexport's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Flexport
high
176 stale, 3 reposted of 176 open
Hiring momentum
60 roles opened in the last 90 days
↓ down vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-11-14

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Flexport's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Flexport.

About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Platform team at Flexport, you will develop and enhance the developer platform that supports the engineering teams. Your responsibilities will include creating self-serve tooling, managing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring a smooth developer experience with backend and frontend technologies. You will also work on improving IAM solutions and container orchestration, while actively engaging with engineers to identify and solve friction points in the development process.

Our read on this posting3.0out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Flexport as an employer.

What you need

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, with time spent building developer platforms or internal tooling
  • Deep full-stack instincts, comfortable in backend services, frontend build pipelines, Kubernetes manifests, and CI configurations
  • Strong product instincts for internal users, identifying valuable builds and measuring their effectiveness
  • Expertise and hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (Github Actions preferred), container orchestrators (Kubernetes preferred), build tooling for multiple languages, backend-for-frontend (GraphQL preferred), service-to-service communication (gRPC preferred), metrics, and artifact storage
  • Pride in solving tech debt and fixing broken systems, with the ability to execute migrations
  • Independent mindset, thriving in ambiguity and identifying high-leverage problems

Nice to have

  • Experience in data-driven DevX development using metrics such as DORA
  • Experience with AWS
  • Experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM) at scale such as JWTs, OIDC and fine-grained authorization
  • Experience with Terraform

What you get

  • Daily catered lunches including vegetarian options, breakfast, snacks, and soft drinks
  • Commute expenses covered for employees living outside of Amsterdam
  • 25 vacation days based on full-time employment
  • Collective health insurance plan with premiums fully paid by Flexport
  • Defined pension contribution scheme
  • Equity program allowing team members to become shareholders

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed
  • Role involves significant ownership and impact on the developer experience
  • The position requires a proactive approach with no waiting for tickets
  • Work is conducted in-office three times a week

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Listed by Flexport on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-11-14. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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