Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Full-time / Part-time · Utrecht, The Netherlands

Are you ready to take ownership of modern infrastructure platforms and elevate engineering operations across multiple teams? Join us as Lead Infrastructure Engineer, where you’ll lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure for both internal teams and external clients.

about the role

In this role, you’re responsible for leading infrastructure architecture and operations across projects. This includes owning platform reliability, improving scalability, and defining infrastructure as code practices (e.g., Terraform). You’ll advise teams on hosting strategies across Azure, GCP, and AWS, while also driving platform security, compliance, and cost awareness.

what you do

You’ll collaborate closely with engineering leads and project managers from project kick-off to delivery. Identifying infrastructure needs, improving DevSecOps maturity, and ensuring systems are designed for long-term success. You will also contribute to incident response processes, technical documentation, and shared tooling improvements.

You’ll be part of a growing engineering culture that values autonomy, curiosity, and collaboration. Our infrastructure and DevOps group currently includes multiple engineers with AWS expertise, and we’re now seeking someone who can take a broader lead, working across Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments, and helping us raise the bar in system design, security, and platform reliability.

what you bring

We’re looking for someone who combines strong technical expertise with leadership skills. You should be able to demonstrate:

Hands on experience with cloud platforms: Azure, GCP, and/or AWS

Experience with implementation of CI/CD pipelines, Github actions and knowledge of GitLab.

Experience with infrastructure automation tools (Terraform) and platform engineering practices.

Advocate of infrastructure security principles, from secure networking and IAM to data protection and compliance.

Experience designing and implementing observability stacks (OpenTelemetry, Honeycomb, Sentry).

A general Linux knowledge and scripting experience.

Don't feel you meet 100% of the requirements? We celebrate building diverse teams from all backgrounds, so we encourage you to apply anyway and show us your potential! At the moment, we’re only able to hire people already living in The Netherlands.

€ 5.500 - € 7.500

25 vacation days

Flexible hours

Laptop, headphones and more

Knowledge sharing

what we offer you

If you're spending a big portion of your life working, why not do it where you really count, and where there's room for your ambitions? Imagine a place where you can experiment with trending technology and create beautiful products for intriguing clients. Our success lies in our people, and that's why we put them at the heart of everything we do. This translates to a constant focus on them: we're always looking out for their well-being and growth. That's not only about basic terms; it's also about focusing on you as an individual and on your role within your team.

Key aspects of those efforts include foundational conditions, a strong focus on individual ambitions and nurturing collaboration.

Benefits & perks

Starting salary of at least € 5.500 per month and with experience and growth, it can go towards € 7.500.
25 vacation days and a favourable pension plan
Bonus (one month salary) in case of a positive operating result
An office centrally located in Utrecht, The Netherlands, walking distance from a public transport hub

A naturally lit, green environment that is healthy and provides tranquility
A strong focus on your personal ambitions
Hybrid working and flexible hours in consultation with your team
The opportunity to work from abroad for a period and to further balance work with enjoyment and relaxation in the form of a workation
No concessions on gear you need to do your job well including laptop, headphones and more

Team:

Our international team consist of 90+ colleagues. Lab Digital has a strong engineering culture and you’ll be working in multidisciplinary teams with talented colleagues
For several consecutive years, Lab Digital has been recognized by its team as an official Great Place To Work(GPTW).

Freedom and DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)
We organise team events and once a month also themed drinks and a facilitated lunch for the whole company. But also the freedom to arrange it yourself, whenever you want.

(Personal) development

Active in the Open Source community. Check out our 100+ projects on our GitHub profile and machcomposer.io
Help to develop our clients with multiple brands and regions like Danone, Frasers Group, Mars, Knives & Tools, Heijmans, Spring GDS & SLB Diensten
Constant focus on your development, drivers and ambitions through Mentorship Programme, PersonalDevelopment Plan, Lab Academy, Growth Paths for Juniors and Mediors and collaborations with educational institutions.

3-day personal development training with a great external coach in the 1st year of your employment. Set by the beach and fully catered for.
Weekly dedicated time for learning and a library of courses, books and trainings to choose from.

"Because we work with innovative technologies and follow new developments closely, there is something new to learn on every project, which makes the work fun, dynamic and challenging."

Mike, Technical Lead