Head of Platform Engineering

Head of Platform Engineering

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Highly competitive salary plus benefits

This is a unique opportunity to shape the technical foundation of a large scale digital platform with millions of users across the Benelux region. You will operate at the intersection of platform engineering, distributed systems, and AI adoption, with full ownership of strategy, people, and performance. The role offers real influence over how modern engineering organisations evolve, particularly in embedding AI into development at scale.

The Company

They are a leading digital marketplace organisation operating at significant scale across multiple European markets. Their platform supports millions of users and businesses, enabling seamless digital interactions and contributing to more sustainable ways of buying and selling. With a strong engineering culture and product focus, they continue to invest in platform innovation to enhance performance, scalability, and developer experience. Their technology teams are central to delivering reliable, high quality user journeys.

The Role

• Define and lead the platform engineering strategy across core services, infrastructure, and developer experience
• Oversee large scale distributed systems architecture, ensuring performance, scalability, and resilience
• Drive best practice engineering standards across frontend, backend, and mobile development
• Lead infrastructure strategy including cloud platforms, Kubernetes, CI CD, observability, and cost optimisation
• Guide adoption of modern architectural patterns such as event driven systems, CQRS, and distributed transactions
• Build, mentor, and lead high performing engineering leadership teams, fostering autonomy and accountability
• Own platform financials including cloud spend, tooling, and headcount planning
• Champion the integration of AI into engineering workflows and platform capabilities
• Collaborate closely with product, data, and growth teams to align technical delivery with commercial goals
• Define and track metrics for platform health, performance, and engineering productivity

Your Skills and Experience

• Strong experience leading platform or software engineering organisations at scale
• Deep technical expertise in distributed systems and modern backend technologies such as Scala, Kafka, and search platforms
• Proven track record in cloud infrastructure, containerisation, and developer tooling
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, CI CD pipelines, and observability frameworks
• Commercial awareness with experience managing engineering budgets and cost optimisation
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and align cross functional teams
• Experience driving adoption of new technologies including AI driven development practices
• Data driven mindset focused on performance, reliability, and continuous improvement

What They Offer

• Competitive salary and performance based incentives
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Opportunity to lead a large scale, high impact engineering organisation
• Strong career progression with exposure to executive level decision making
• Collaborative and forward thinking technical environment focused on innovation

How to Apply

If this opportunity aligns with your experience and ambitions, please apply with your CV to learn more.