Software Engineer II, Amsterdam

Position Overview Position Overview: As a Software Engineer II, you'll take on a hands‑on technical role in building and evolving our Third Party Risk Management (SaaS) platform using Laravel (PHP). You design and deliver scalable, maintainable backend services and APIs, and take ownership of features from implementation through deployment and monitoring. You’ll contribute meaningfully to our mission of making governance effortless for our customers, working in a team that owns its services end to end – from architecture and implementation to monitoring and continuous improvement. This role is ideal for a mid‑level engineer who writes solid code, mentors others, and embraces AI‑powered tools to work smarter and faster. You’ll guide junior engineers, shape architectural discussions, and help scale modern development practices, including responsible use of AI in workflows.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain features and APIs within our Laravel applications

Own and deliver well‑defined stories independently, with a clear grasp of team architecture, frameworks, and tools

Improve application performance, scalability, and reliability

Actively contribute to architectural discussions and technical decision‑making

Review code, uphold engineering standards, and contribute to testing and CI/CD practices

Mentor and support junior engineers (Software Engineer I) through feedback and knowledge sharing

Use AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) to improve productivity across coding, debugging, testing, and documentation while critically evaluating outputs

Understand core LLM concepts (e.g., tokens, context length, hallucinations), recognize safe vs. unsafe use cases, and flag ethical, privacy, or cost concerns

Identify and implement improvements that enhance developer experience and system stability

Maintain healthy development flow by adhering to Agile processes and driving iterative enhancements

Required Experience / Skills

3–5 years of professional software engineering experience in an agile, fast‑paced environment

Strong experience with PHP and Laravel, within the TALL stack (Tailwind, Alpine.js, Laravel, Livewire)

Solid understanding of relational databases (MySQL / MariaDB), including query optimisation and data modelling

Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and working with system integrations

Practical experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms

Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows

Experience working with Docker or containerised environments

Comfortable debugging production issues and working with logs, monitoring, and observability tools

Working knowledge of frontend technologies (e.g., Vue, React, or Blade)

Collaboration&communication: Comfortable discussing architectural decisions, documenting designs (potentially with AI assistance), and presenting technical ideas clearly.

Practical experience using AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) in daily development workflows

Ability to use AI for tasks such as debugging, test generation, documentation, and research

Understands core AI concepts (e.g., LLM behavior, hallucinations, limitations)

Critically evaluates and validates AI‑generated outputs before applying them

Aware of privacy, security, and data sensitivity when using AI tools

Uses AI to improve efficiency while maintaining engineering quality and ownership

This is an on‑site / hybrid role based in Amsterdam. Candidates must already be residing in the Netherlands

An inspiring office in Amsterdam

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