DevOps Engineer

About Peaks

We’re Peaks, a fast growing, innovative Dutch fintech scale-up on a mission to help 1 million Europeans build wealth with investing and feel better about their financial future.

Since the launch of our app in November 2017 we have grown to one of the largest investment platforms in The Netherlands and Germany and serve more than 100,000 customers.

We serve these customers with a team of 40 very ambitious talents.

About You

Do you thrive on building reliable systems that scale smoothly? Are you passionate about automation, cloud infrastructure, and enabling teams to deliver with speed and confidence? Do you want to make an impact in a fast-growing international fintech scale-up? If so, keep reading. Peaks might be your perfect match!

As a DevOps engineer, you’ll design, build, and maintain the infrastructure that powers our products. You’ll play a key role in shaping our delivery pipelines, ensuring system reliability, and driving automation across our platform. You’ll collaborate closely with developers to streamline deployments, optimize performance, and strengthen security. You’ll contribute to a resilient infrastructure with a focus on scalability, observability, and best engineering practices.

What you will be doing

You will work directly with our CTO and collaborate closely with backend and mobile engineers to own the infrastructure that powers Peaks. You take responsibility for designing, building, and maintaining our cloud architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring systems. You drive automation and reliability across our platform, ensuring deployments are smooth and systems are secure, scalable, and resilient. You don’t just keep things running, you anticipate problems, solve complex challenges, and make sure our infrastructure is ready for the future.

What you will need to apply

• At least 5 years of engineering experience with a strong focus on infrastructure, automation, and reliability
• Solid understanding of cloud architectures, infrastructure as code, and engineering best practices
• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and strong skills with container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and observability tools
• Are a result-driven professional who can deliver reliable systems while experimenting with new technologies
• Have a strong awareness of security and compliance
• Take ownership of tasks end-to-end, from design to production
• Have strong communicative skills to interact with other internal teams and work directly with the CTO
• Live or plan to live in the Netherlands (Peaks is located in the heart of Amsterdam)

What we offer you

• A good salary complemented by the chance to share in our success through our employee stock ownership program
• The opportunity to develop yourself quickly within an ambitious and results driven fintech scale-up
• No bureaucratic hassle: a flatter than flat organization and no-nonsense culture
• An international environment with a great team of very talented people
• An office in a prime location in the center of Amsterdam

Why you should apply now!

Our culture rewards ownership, excellence, and high energy. We care deeply about outcomes and hold each other accountable. We’re here to win and fix one of the largest challenges Europeans face: closing the pension gap and democratising wealth. If this gets you fired up, reach out!