Senior Platform Engineer
It's no wonder we can go further, faster together.
We're a team of 450+ professionals from 50+ nationalities, all commercially driven, entrepreneurial and ready to turn potential into progress. Not just for us, but for the world too.
At STX, we're focused on so much more than making money. We're here to make a profit with a purpose. Because for us, nothing's more important than being able to trade in environmental commodities and create the most effective decarbonization strategies for our clients. Join us and together we can change the world - one trade at a time.
Your success story starts here...
ABOUT THE TEAM & ROLE
STX is building the digital and AI-driven foundations that power trading, risk, and decarbonization at a global scale. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you'll design, automate, and evolve the systems that enable developers, analysts, and citizen builders across our offices in Amsterdam, Stockholm, Singapore, and the US.
This role sits at the intersection of cloud architecture, DevOps engineering, and developer experience. You'll work on everything from infrastructure automation and Kubernetes operations to AI - assisted tooling and workflow orchestration - helping STX become an AI-first engineering organization.
If you're passionate about automation, reliability, and empowering others to move faster with confidence, this is an opportunity to create meaningful impact at the heart of STX's technology transformation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Drive AI-Driven Development: Promote adoption of AI-assisted workflows and tools to amplify human creativity and automate processes.
- Platform Evolution: Enhance citizen development platforms for safe, scalable automation by trading and front-office teams.
- Cloud Architecture & Operations: Design, maintain, and optimize secure, scalable cloud environments across Azure and AWS.
- CI/CD & Automation: Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines; develop automation tooling to increase operational efficiency.
- Security & Monitoring: Strengthen cloud and infrastructure security; implement monitoring, alerting, and resilience frameworks.
- Troubleshooting & Stakeholder Collaboration: Resolve complex system issues and communicate effectively with teams and stakeholders.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
- Platform Expertise: 6 - 8+ years in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE; hands-on experience with Azure and AWS.
- Kubernetes & Cloud Skills: Proven experience managing production Kubernetes clusters and hybrid connectivity.
- Automation & Scripting: Proficiency in Python or similar languages for automation, tooling, and infrastructure management.
- Infrastructure-as-Code & CI/CD: Familiarity with Terraform, CDK, or similar tools; experience building robust CI/CD pipelines.
- Engineering Mindset: Proactive, systems-thinking, with strong troubleshooting and operational excellence focus.
- Collaboration & Communication: Excellent communicator, able to work across distributed teams and balance autonomy with transparency.
- Living in the Netherlands
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
- Competitive remuneration package
- Pension scheme contributions
- Strong focus on personal and professional development
- Sport and training opportunities
- Assistance with relocation to the respective office location
DIVERSITY STATEMENT
We encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to enhance our team and contribute to a more inclusive work environment. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging are more than just concepts. They are part of our everyday work culture, ensuring employees feel welcomed and build meaningful connections.
At STX, we ask applicants to think holistically about roles. If the role sounds exciting and a great fit for you, but some of the criteria or required experience doesn't 100% line up, we still encourage you to apply!
STX Group offers equal employment opportunity. Acquisition based on this vacancy is not appreciated.
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