Platform Engineer – Automation, Observability & Reliability

Helin

  • Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland
  • Vast
  • Voltijds
  • 7 dagen geleden
Why this Role MattersDo you enjoy solving problems by enabling others?As a platform engineer, you don’t just build systems — you create the “paved roads” that developers can rely on. You design patterns, guardrails, and tools that help cross-functional teams move faster, safer, and with confidence.At Helin, we build the platforms that power safety-critical decisions across energy, maritime, and offshore operations. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you’ll help scale and secure the foundations that 100+ engineers rely on—so they can ship features confidently, with automation, observability, and reliability built in. Your work directly enables smarter, safer, and more sustainable industrial systems.What You'll Achieve
  • Accelerate developer productivity by building paved roads for CI/CD, testing, and deployment
  • Shape a reliability-first culture by embedding observability and security across our stack
  • Automate infrastructure using Terraform, BICEP, Ansible, and container orchestration to reduce toil
  • Enable scale by improving workflows across 200+ services and real-time data pipelines
What You Bring
  • Strongsoftware engineering foundation that lets you bridge development and infrastructure
  • Your hands-on IaC experience (Terraform, Ansible, etc.) that enables secure, scalable systems
  • Your ability to design and operate CI/CD pipelines that integrate security and performance by default
  • Your familiarity with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) that help us measure what matters
  • Your drive to eliminate manual work, simplify complexity, and empower fellow engineers
  • Your understanding of cloud and networking fundamentals in hybrid environments
  • Your commitment to security by design, using patterns like OAuth 2.0 and zero trust
  • Experience with developer enablement platforms or internal tooling
Bonus Superpowers
  • Experience with SRE, SecOps, or cybersecurity practices
  • Knowledge of Cloudflare tunnels or secure edge networking
  • Interest in edge computing or OTA update systems
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes service meshes or GitOps models
Your Growth JourneyNear term:
  • Pair with peers to understand existing CI/CD and observability stack
  • Co-design automation improvements and customer onboarding experience, processes or tools
  • Deploy your first upgrades to shared infrastructure with the team
  • Mentor engineers on infrastructure best practices
Long term:
  • Drive our platform roadmap alongside product and data teams
  • Influence architectural decisions at scale
  • Grow into a Staff-level or Principal Engineer trajectory, if desired
  • Lead the design of new reliability patterns across critical services
  • Set standards for how we scale CI/CD and security at Helin
Additional Information
  • Location: Hybrid 3 days/week in our Rijswijk office
  • Your journey: Intro call → Technical interview with the team → Culture interview with management → Offer
  • Timeline: We aim to extend an offer within 5 working days after your final interview
  • Next step: Apply now—or reach out if you’re curious but unsure. We grow fast and puzzles await.
Why Join Helin?
  • Impact what matters: Help shape real-time systems that keep people and operations safe
  • Invest in growth: €3,000 annual development budget and Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs)
  • Live our values: Trust in progress, kind and driven teamwork, and courage to innovate
  • Join a global team: 70+ specialists from 30+ nationalities with a hybrid-first culture
  • Build better together: No heroics, no 24/7 firefighting—just automation, enablement, and shared success.
Ready to shape the future of smart assets? Apply now!Please note, that only candidates living in the Netherlands will be considered as viable candidates. Working remotely is NOT an option.Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.#LI-Hybrid

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