2 days ago

Senior Backend Engineer

Fastned

Amsterdam

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Fastned, a listed company operating a network of fast charging stations for electric vehicles, is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join its Charging team in Amsterdam. The role involves designing and building scalable, high-availability services for the charging platform, with a focus on OCPP protocol, microservices, and AI-augmented engineering. Candidates should have 7+ years of backend experience, strong Kotlin/Java skills, and expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, and SQL.

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Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, NL

Work Model

Remote

Experience Required

7 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

KotlinJavaSpring BootAWSKubernetesDockerApache KafkaSQLPostgreSQLREST APIsGitLab CI/CDMicroservicesEvent-driven architectureAI toolingClaude Code

Soft Skills

CommunicationCoachingMentoringEntrepreneurial mindsetOwnershipTeamwork

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)

OCPPOCPIMSP/CPO modelsReact NativeLLMsMachine Learning

Key Responsibilities

•Designing, developing, testing and reviewing reusable, maintainable and scalable code for Fastned's charging platform and infrastructure
•Delivering core charging milestones: migration from OCPP 1.6 to OCPP 2.x, Autocharge and Plug & Charge, and shift to advanced maintenance using granular data and ML/AI modelling
•Working AI-first: using AI-augmented engineering (Claude Code, agentic workflows and AI tooling) as a natural part of design, build, test and review
•Overseeing technical development from ideation to deployment, and taking operational responsibility for what you build (monitoring, alerting, incident analysis)
•Helping improve engineering methodologies and best practices, and mentoring others as a tech lead in the Charging team

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Key Responsibilities

•Designing, developing, testing and reviewing reusable, maintainable and scalable code for Fastned's charging platform and infrastructure

•Delivering core charging milestones: migration from OCPP 1.6 to OCPP 2.x, Autocharge and Plug & Charge, and shift to advanced maintenance using granular data and ML/AI modelling

•Working AI-first: using AI-augmented engineering (Claude Code, agentic workflows and AI tooling) as a natural part of design, build, test and review

•Overseeing technical development from ideation to deployment, and taking operational responsibility for what you build (monitoring, alerting, incident analysis)

•Helping improve engineering methodologies and best practices, and mentoring others as a tech lead in the Charging team