Developer Experience Engineer (DevEx Engineer)

Geplaatst op 18 februari 2026

Developer Experience Engineer (DevEx Engineer)

As a DevEx Engineer, you build and improve the engineering platform used by PostNL teams every day. You make development faster, safer, and simpler by strengthening our toolchain, scaling integrations, and making our platform AI-ready.

Daarom kies je als Developer Experience Engineer (DevEx Engineer) voor PostNL

Visible impact: Your work is immediately visible across PostNL engineering. You’ll build and improve tooling used by 400+ software developers and data specialists, reducing delivery friction, increasing reliability, and helping teams ship faster with confidence.
Challenge: Help us scale our DevEx platform to the next maturity level by driving toolchain standardization and AI readiness. You’ll solve complex integration challenges across CI/CD and developer tooling, build scalable and maintainable platform foundations, and make AI Coding adoption secure and practical for teams.
Great team spirit: You’ll collaborate in a multidisciplinary team that’s open to ideas, supports each other, and dares to innovate.
Freedom: Enjoy a hybrid way of working—from home and from our vibrant, modern office in the historic Stationspostgebouw next to Holland Spoor station.
Development opportunities: You’ll have plenty of room to grow—technically and personally—through the PostNL Academy and specialised training in AWS and software engineering.

Dit is jouw rol

In this role, you work on the backbone of our DevEx platform. You improve the tools and services that our engineering teams use every day by managing and developing core engineering tools such as GitHub, JFrog Artifactory, SonarQube and GitHub Copilot. You make these tools stable, secure and easy to use. You also create and maintain integrations and automations that reduce manual work and help teams deliver software faster, safer and with more confidence.

You shape our DevEx platform so engineers can adopt AI Coding in a secure and practical way. You set and operate guardrails that support cloud and code delivery. You expand self‑service options for onboarding, access and provisioning. You also build automated compliance checks to keep the toolchain reliable and auditable. In everything you do, you work closely with engineers, security experts and colleagues across our Cloud Center of Excellence to create a smooth, modern and future‑ready development experience.

Jouw collega's

You’ll join the Developer Experience team, which consists of about 9 members. The team is divided into two areas: Tooling and Insights. You’ll be part of the Tooling team, focused on the tools our engineers use daily. We work in an informal and open atmosphere where curiosity, innovation, and knowledge-sharing are key.

Dit bezorgen we jou

The top five benefits of your role:

• Hybrid working and flexible hours. This team works 2 days in the office. Work two or more days from home? Then you’ll receive a €45 net monthly allowance.
• Engineering Laptop and phone (Mac or Windows—your choice).
• 8% holiday pay and 25 vacation days (full-time).
• A solid pension scheme via the PostNL pension fund.
• Training and development opportunities through the PostNL Academy.
• Discounts on holidays, events, and products via the PostNL benefits programme.

Dit breng je mee

You’re a user-focused engineer who works independently and communicates well with colleagues. You’re eager to grow, both technically and personally, and enjoy helping others through smart solutions. You don't go for quick wins but know how to deliver the right quality of code and use the right tools to do so.

You also bring the following:

• A bachelor’s or master’s level thinking level.
• At least 3–5 years of experience in cloud engineering with AWS Serverless products.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, and experience in Python is a pré!
• Experience with AWS CDK is a must, CI/CD, and delivering scalable quality code.
• Confidence to proactively support and advise developers across the organisation.

• As part of the application process, we’ll perform a background check. You’ll need to provide a Certificate of Conduct (VOG).
• Because we believe in equal opportunities, candidates may be asked to complete an assessment designed to evaluate the skills and competencies relevant to this role.