Microservices Engineer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Microservices Engineer based in Netherlands. This role focuses on building scalable, resilient, and high-quality back-end services using Go and Python. You will contribute to APIs and microservices that support millions of clients and critical infrastructure across a global technology ecosystem. The position offers broad exposure to API design, distributed systems, databases, DevOps, security, performance, and multi-region service delivery. You will help evolve engineering practices around scalability, reliability, observability, and continuous delivery. Working within a globally distributed engineering team, you will collaborate across disciplines and contribute to both internal and external technical communities. This is a remote-first opportunity with international collaboration and regular in-person team events. Accountabilities - Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, robust software and microservices that operate reliably at significant scale. - Design APIs and software architectures for peer and technical review, with a focus on maintainability and long-term evolution. - Build comprehensive automated tests that validate software behavior and service reliability. - Develop and maintain fault-tolerant applications and distributed services. - Contribute to API design, documentation, governance, and engineering standards. - Improve scalability, performance, resilience, and availability across web services and distributed systems. - Work with relational and non-relational databases, considering performance, reliability, and architectural trade-offs. - Apply modern DevOps practices across continuous integration, continuous delivery, deployment, monitoring, tracing, and profiling. - Diagnose complex technical issues, identify root causes, and implement high-quality solutions. - Contribute to proactive security practices, including fuzzing and other security analysis techniques. - Collaborate proactively with globally distributed engineering teams and contribute to cross-team technical initiatives.

- Provide technical leadership through design discussions, documentation, mentoring, and engagement with external technical communities. - Contribute to technical documentation and help establish clear, reusable engineering knowledge. - Work remotely while participating in international company events approximately twice per year. Requirements: - Strong software engineering experience with a track record of building modern, maintainable, and scalable software. - Proficiency in Python and/or Go. - Experience designing and operating scalable web services, microservices, or systems software. - Solid understanding of REST APIs, API architecture, documentation, and service design principles. - Experience working with relational and non-relational database systems. - Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery practices. - Experience with Linux, preferably Debian or Ubuntu. - Strong understanding of distributed systems, reliability, scalability, and fault-tolerant architecture. - Professional written and spoken English. - Strong analytical and debugging abilities, with a practical approach to solving complex engineering problems. - Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical teams. - Curiosity, flexibility, accountability, and a strong sense of ownership. - Self-motivated and results-oriented, with a consistent focus on delivering high-quality outcomes. - A degree in Computer Science, STEM, or a compelling alternative professional background. - Additional experience with LXD, Docker, Kubernetes, or other container technologies is valuable. - Familiarity with build systems, toolchains, or cross-compilation is a plus.