Junior Platform Engineer

Ready for a challenge?

Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We're a leading global online food delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience. Whether it's a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe.

About this role

Join our Platform Engineering team as a Junior Platform Engineer with Python experience. In this role, you'll help create an exceptional developer experience and elevate our developer platform to the next level. We're building the next generation of Platform Engineering solutions, and we need talented developers who can adapt quickly and deliver results. You'll work with cutting-edge technology while embodying our values of leading with purpose, delivering excellence, and caring for our teams and customers. This is a hybrid role based in Enschede, offering the opportunity to work with a globally distributed team.

These are some of the key components to the position:

• Planning and developing new engineer-facing products and features that enhance developer productivity
• Building reliable and scalable software components and services
• Improving applications to maximize speed and scalability
• Collaborating with team members and stakeholders globally
• Taking a flexible, proactive approach to delivering solutions

What will you bring to the team?

• An innovative mindset with commitment to continuous learning and offering fresh perspectives on existing solutions
• Proven experience with Python in production environments, with solid understanding of design patterns (SOLID, DRY)
• Demonstrated experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms, with focus on containerization and Kubernetes
• In-depth knowledge of RESTful API or GraphQL API design and development
• Experience with DevOps practices including CI/CD tooling (Github Actions, GitLab, Argo CD, Azure DevOps) and version control (GIT)
• Hands-on experience monitoring production systems using observability tools (ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, or AWS CloudWatch) with ability to debug and optimize code effectively
• Comfortable working in Agile environments with focus on collaboration, clear technical documentation, and knowledge sharing

At JET, this is how we play

Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment. Being the best at what we do isn't just about delivering on our strategy. It's a competition for something incredibly valuable – our customers' choice. Every time a customer decides where to order, they're picking a side. At the heart of the JET Customer League are our values and behaviours. They guide every interaction, every decision, every innovation. These are the actions we need to perform consistently and brilliantly, to surpass the competition and earn our customers' loyalty, again and again. Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth, helping one another to succeed and celebrating wins. By truly living our values and embodying our behaviours, we're building a customer-first culture which enables us to stay one step ahead of the competition.

Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging

No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.

What else is cooking?

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Are you ready to take your seat? Apply now!