About the Role
You'll join our Engineering team as an individual contributor, working across the full backend surface, including services, APIs, infrastructure, and data collection pipelines. Your focus will adapt weekly based on business needs, whether it's backend feature work, pipeline development, or infrastructure hardening.
Responsibilities
- Design and build backend services and APIs powering the analytics platform and client-facing products.
- Own and evolve data collection pipelines ingesting millions of data points daily.
- Improve reliability, observability, performance, and cost efficiency across infrastructure.
- Participate in code review, technical discussion, and pair programming.
- Utilize AI-assisted development (Claude Code) fluently as a core part of the workflow.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience building and operating production Python services.
- Fluency with Flask (or similar) and RESTful API design.
- Familiarity with tradeoffs in database schema design.
- Experience with modern CI/CD and version control practices.
- Fluent with AI-assisted development tools.
- Commitment to testing and operational rigor.
- Right to work in The Netherlands.
- Ability to work hybrid from the Amsterdam office, 3 days per week.
Skills
- Python
- Flask
- SQLAlchemy
- PostgreSQL
- BigQuery
- dbt
- Airflow
- Kubernetes
- GCP
- RESTful API design
- CI/CD
- Version control
- AI-assisted development tools
Location
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 3+ years
Salary/Compensations
- €67,300 - €74,600
Benefits
- Work-from-home reimbursements
- Internet reimbursement
- Travel reimbursement
- Catered lunch in the office
- Summer Hours
- Flexible National Holidays
- Additional Holidays (purchase extra days off at 50% cost)
- Work from Anywhere (up to 6 weeks annually)
- Personal development budget of €1500
- Awesome Team Events
- Physical activity budget
- Unlimited access to mental wellness support through OpenUp
- Comprehensive pension plan
About the Company
- Newzoo is the global leader in PC and console games data, empowering companies to make confident strategic and operational decisions.
- Provides best-in-class proprietary data through a platform offering game-level metrics, gamer insights, market intelligence, and storefront data.
- Trusted by 80% of the top game developers and publishers.
- The most quoted and reliable source for PC and console gaming insights.
Equal Opportunity
- We believe great talent comes from all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of all genders, identities, experiences, and perspectives.
- If you're excited about this role but don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We value potential, curiosity, and diverse experiences as much as specific qualifications.
