Platform Engineer

Overview

Do you have hands-on experience with Kubernetes and enjoy building reliable, scalable cloud-native platforms? At Budget Thuis, we are developing a modern internal platform that supports multiple development teams across the Netherlands and Ukraine. In this role, you will help shape, improve, and scale that platform.

As a Platform Engineer, you will join a growing platform team responsible for building and operating our Kubernetes-based infrastructure and internal developer platform.

You will:

• Manage and improve Kubernetes clusters in production environments
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using tools like Terraform (and/or Ansible)
• Improve and automate CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows (Git Ops with tools like ArgoCD or FluxCD)
• Support developers in building, deploying, and running containerised applications
• Contribute to the design and improvement of our Internal Developer Platform (IDP)
• Work on reliability, scalability, security, and cost optimisation of our cloud environment
• Participate in incident response and on-call rotation
• Collaborate closely with developers and other engineers to remove friction in delivery pipelines

You will join a small, international, and highly collaborative platform team. We work closely with development teams and focus on enabling them to deliver software quickly and reliably. We operate in a pragmatic engineering culture where ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement are key. Our daily stand-ups help us align, solve problems together, and continuously improve how we work. The environment is informal, technical, and focused on building solutions that work in production at scale.

What you bring

• 1–3+ years of experience in a Platform Engineering, Dev Ops, or Cloud Engineering role
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or Ansible)
• Experience working in a public cloud environment (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows

Dutch is nice to have, but not required.

• Gross salary between €4.200 and €5.800 (based on 40 hours, depending on experience)
• 13th month salary
• Summer Fridays Off: every Friday in July and August off (9 extra days)
• One paid volunteering day per year
• 25 vacation days (with option to buy more)
• Strong pension scheme (majority paid by Budget Thuis)
• Monthly Class Pass credits for sport and wellness
• Commuter options:
  Swapfiets or NS Business Card
• Free Budget Mobiel & Internet services
• Hybrid working (50/50 office & remote)
• One full month per year working 100% remotely

To be eligible for this role, a Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) is required.

Relocation is not possible.

Still have questions, doubts, or just want to get a better feel for the team or tech? Don’t hesitate to reach out:
Liesbeth.vanbrakel