Backend Engineer Registry Services

You’ll join an international team working on a platform that enables global domain name registrations for multiple top-level domains (TLDs). That implies systems that run 24/7, are extremely reliable and process millions of transactions.

While the project’s international dimension brings challenges due to the different time zones and different working practices, it also makes the work dynamic and stimulating. Good communication and coordination make the partnership strong and effective. The role will involve occasional travel to CIRA in Canada.

Your work will have direct impact, considerable technical depth and short reporting lines in an environment where you contribute to the stability, availability and security of the internet every day.

You’ll be building and maintaining the backend systems at the heart of the registry platform:

• Developing scalable backend services for domain registration processes

• Working with and extending EPP-based registry systems

• Designing high-availability container-based systems

• Helping to integrate registries around the world within Hello Registry

• Improving the performance, uptime and resilience of critical services

• Working on security systems

• Contributing to architectural decision-making in a mission-critical environment

_{(*) Hello Registry is a partnership between .ca registry CIRA and .nl registry SIDN, who have joined forces to develop a next-generation domain registration system. Our activities are based in both Canada and the Netherlands.}

Our core values of customer focus, trustworthiness, innovation, flexibility, independence and professionalism strike a chord with you. You see international collaboration as an exciting challenge. And you want to keep learning and developing. If that sounds like you, you'll fit right in! Because we allow people to be themselves.

You'll also have:

• Considerable experience of backend development (Java)

• Experience with container-based (Kubernetes) systems and high-availability architectures

• Knowledge of API design and integrations (REST)

• Experience with databases (large-scale SQL)

• Knowledge of security and system reliability engineering

• Desirable: experience with registry systems or the EPP protocol

• Desirable: experience with the cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)

For us, it's all about balance. Balance between hard work and relaxation, between performance and reward, between your ambitions and ours, between an inspiring office environment and the convenience of working from home, and of course between professional and private life. As well as utilising the latest, proven internet technologies, we also work with modern IT systems for easy collaboration, remotely, physically and in hybrid forms. We also make sure that our people have well-equipped home workstations, plus access to an office space with everything they need to get together, collaborate and inspire each another.

If you want to go running or visit granny during office hours, we're okay with that. What's more, a workation is also possible with us. As long as you live up to your professional responsibilities, we'll work out between us exactly how and when you do your work. And we're not fans of formal appraisal. What really matters is year-round personal development. Where you take the lead. It’s a philosophy that our personnel really like: Effectory designated us a Worldclass Workplace for 2025-2026. Recognition for our passion and outstanding employment practices.

Pay and other benefits

What’s in it for you? First, ample opportunity for growth and skills development. After all, you'll be helping us take our IT set-up in a whole new direction. On-the-job growth will go hand-in-hand with training-based personal development -- for which we have a generous budget! There's an attractive benefits package as well:

• Gross monthly salary of up to €5,800

• Holiday pay of 8 per cent, plus a thirteenth salary payment

• A variable collective bonus of up to 4 per cent

• An attractive extra bonus if you introduce us to a new colleague

• A basic holiday allowance of 25 days, plus scope for building up to 13 days' occasional leave entitlement, if you work full time

• A pension with ABP

• A business rail card if you come to work by public transport

• A travel allowance if you come to work using your own transport

• Travel allowance of €0.33 per kilometre for business travel

• A PluralSight licence and the opportunity to acquire other certificates

• A daily home working allowance for every day that you work from home

• A complete, healthy home workstation

• €55 a month (net) for your home broadband

• €25 a month (gross) contribution to your health insurance

• Additional parenthood leave on full pay

• An optional cycle lease scheme, where SIDN covers 50 per cent of the lease cost, up to a maximum of €60 (gross) per month

• €500 a year to donate to a good cause of your choice

• Your own .nl domain name and hosting package

• Ample education and training opportunities

• Professional coaching and budget coaching

• A relocation allowance if taking the job means moving house

Everything above is for a full-time role (40-hour week).

The selection procedure includes screening, which involves obtaining a Certificate of Good Behaviour (similar to a criminal record check), and performing reference and integrity checks.