Senior Platform Engineer, Mollie

• 4+ years of experience in Platform or Infrastructure Engineering, ideally with a background of "Software Engineer turned DevOps" or extensive network management experience
• Expertise in Cloud Networking & Kubernetes, with a proven track record of managing complex cloud infrastructure at scale (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
• Strong programming skills in Go or Python, allowing you to build the automation and tools that keep a modern fintech running
• Mastery of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), ensuring our cloud resources are versioned, repeatable, and secure
• A proactive, leadership-oriented mindset—you are comfortable making high-stakes decisions and identifying technical challenges before they become roadblocks

Desirable

• As a Senior Platform Engineer in our Edge & Networking team, you are the guardian of Mollie’s gateway to the world
• You’ll own and maintain the critical infrastructure components that serve as the main entry point for all customer traffic
• Because you sit directly in the critical payment path, your work ensures that every transaction—the lifeblood of our 250,000+ merchants—is handled securely, reliably, and at scale
• You will join the Developer Enablement domain, where our mission is to build our own flavour of GCP infrastructure to host our applications
• You won't just be maintaining systems; you’ll be a key influencer and decision-maker, helping our product teams ship often without ever compromising on security or reliability
• You’ll lead by example, acting as a master of your craft and a proactive problem-solver for the entire engineering organization
• Design and operate highly available systems, implementing strategies for failure and leveraging your deep knowledge of distributed systems to ensure 24/7 reliability
• Optimize the Edge API Gateway, ensuring a seamless and high-performance user experience for both internal engineers and external partners
• Scale the Mollie Cloud Platform (MCP), automating infrastructure management through code (IaC) to empower product teams to create value faster
• Collaborate across Engineering, working with system and software engineers to set and maintain SLOs and SLAs that meet the evolving needs of our merchants
• Drive observability and monitoring, using tools like Datadog to provide deep insights into our networking and cloud infrastructure