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Senior Backend EngineerDataSnipper · Amsterdam
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Senior Backend Engineer

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-25 Amsterdam Fulltime Hybrid ICT
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 5,500 EUR–8,000 EUR/mo

About the Company

DataSnipper is the driving force behind an intelligent automation platform that's transforming the world of audit and finance. Founded in 2017, DataSnipper has skyrocketed and is now OFFICIALLY the fastest-growing software company in the Netherlands according to Deloitte Fast50 and recently achieved Unicorn status in our latest funding round. With over 400.000 users in 125+ countries and a second base in the heart of New York City, DataSnipper is shaking things up. And we're not stopping there. At DataSnipper, we're always on the lookout for innovators who think outside of the box. New ideas aren't just welcomed at DataSnipper-they're essential.

About the Job

In this role, you'll be responsible for designing and building core platform systems that power authentication, authorization, and access across our entire product. You'll play a key role in shaping the architecture of our platform and enabling other teams to build on top of it.

Role & Responsibilities

  • ● Design and build scalable, secure IAM (authentication, authorization, access management) platform services
  • ● Own and drive architecture decisions for backend systems
  • ● Work across teams to enable identity and access flows across the platform
  • ● Ensure high reliability, performance, and security
  • ● Handle ambiguous, high-level problems and turn them into structured solutions
  • ● Collaborate with stakeholders and communicate technical decisions and risks clearly
  • ● Participate in an on-call rotation (second line after tech support)

Requirements

Experience

  • ● 7+ years of backend development experience (C, Java, Python, TypeScript, etc.)
  • ● Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS or Azure)
  • ● Proven track record of building scalable, reliable systems
  • ● Experience with system design and architecture
  • ● Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern development practices
  • ● Experience with Identity & Access Management systems
  • ● Experience with microservices architecture
  • ● Experience working in platform teams
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  • ● Experience working in startups or scaleups

Skills

  • ● Strong communication skills and ability to work across multiple stakeholders
  • ● Bias to action and sense of ownership
  • ● Ability to work independently on complex and ambiguous problems
  • ● Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools
  • ● Wealth of experience around testing and various methodologies
  • ● Strong understanding of security and authorization models
  • ● Familiarity with container services (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)

Benefits

  • ● Being part of one of the fastest-growing scale-ups in the Netherlands
  • ● Make an impact by disrupting the audit industry with us
  • ● 28 vacation days on a full-time basis
  • ● Excellent salary
  • ● Pension plan
  • ● Stock participation plan
  • ● Hybrid mode of work (at least 3 days onsite in Amsterdam)
  • ● International working environment
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  • ● Daily lunch provided by our in-house chef
  • ● Access to OpenUp (mental health platform)
  • ● Friday drinks and team events