Staff Engineer, Platform

FlexportAmsterdamHybridFull-time7 Oct 2026

Flexport is seeking a Staff Engineer for its Platform, Security & Infrastructure team in Amsterdam. The role involves building and evolving the developer platform, CI/CD pipelines, and tooling used by hundreds of engineers. Requires 10+ years of software engineering experience with deep full-stack and platform expertise.

What you'll do

Own and evolve the developer platform that powers Flexport engineering
Make the best paved paths and self-serve tooling possible
Create and support developers with CI/CD pipelines, build tooling, and artifact repositories
Own and improve the backend and frontend developer experience
Act as the steward of the GraphQL and gRPC ecosystem
Evolve and integrate IAM solutions and primitives
Ensure engineers can easily use and understand container orchestration and observability stack
Do user research with developers: shadowing engineers, running interviews, and tracking DevX metrics
Cross organizational boundaries to align with product teams and ship changes

What you need

Must-have

CI/CDGitHub ActionsKubernetesECSGraphQLgRPCGradleBazel

Nice-to-have

DORAAWSIAMJWTOIDCTerraform

Soft skills

CommunicationIndependent mindsetHelpful attitudeDrive for impactProduct instincts

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