Senior Java Cloud & DevOps Engineer (ReadID)

Signicat is a pan-European digital identity company that makes it easy and safe for organisations to know who they are interacting with online. Using our proprietary technology, we help companies and public organisations securely verify the identities of people and businesses, authenticate users, and enable compliant electronic document signing, so their customers can access services and complete online processes with confidence.

Today, Signicat employs over 530 people across 20 offices in 15 European countries. We work with leading banks, fintechs, telcos, public authorities, healthcare providers, and enterprises across retail and mobility to deliver trusted digital identity and onboarding solutions at scale.
Joining Signicat means contributing to a mission that has a real impact on how society works and trusting each other in an increasingly digital world.

About the Role

Join our team behind ReadID, the market leader in mobile identity verification. As a Senior Java Cloud & DevOps Engineer, you will design, scale, and secure our high-throughput SaaS platform. You will bridge backend software engineering and modern cloud operations, driving progressive continuous delivery across public and sovereign clouds on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and/or AWS with Kubernetes.

About the team

You will be joining a multi disciplinary agile team with an informal, open and positive atmosphere with a culture of mutual help and support. The team is located in the heart of Enschede in a modern workplace offering a comfortable working setup. There is a friendly, social vibe, with activities during and outside of work. A significant part of the team usually works from the office which helps integration and getting up to speed.

What you will do

• Backend Engineering: Develop and maintain the high-performance ReadID SaaS backend with a security-first, high-availability mindset.

• Cloud & Container Orchestration: Manage, optimize, and deploy containerized workloads across multi-region Kubernetes (GKE) environments on GCP and other cloud infrastructures.

• CI/CD & Progressive Delivery: Architect robust CI/CD pipelines supporting zero-downtime releases, canary/progressive deployments, and automated rapid rollbacks.

• Clean Code & Quality Engineering: Write clean, modular, and thoroughly tested code (Unit, Integration, E2E) with backward-compatible APIs and technical documentation.

• Quality Assurance: Participate in release testing and validation to ensure seamless interoperability across diverse mobile devices and international identity documents.

• DevOps & CloudOps Leadership: Proactively drive infrastructure-as-code, backend optimization, observability, and automated operational workflows.

• Agile Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional, global engineering teams and enterprise customers in an agile setup.

What we expect

• Education: BSc or MSc degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field.

• Strong Java skills: 7+ years of proven professional experience in server-side Java engineering (Java 17+, Jakarta EE / Java EE, Spring / Spring Boot).

• Cloud & DevOps Expertise: Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (or AWS with a strong desire to focus on GCP), Kubernetes (GKE), Docker, and modern CI/CD automation tools.

• API & Data Standards: In-depth knowledge of RESTful API architecture, JSON, XML, and relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle).

• Security Mindset: Strong grasp of application security principles, identity/cryptography standards, and OWASP guidelines.

• Problem-Solving & Leadership: Ability to take ownership of complex architectural challenges from design and prototyping to production rollout.

• Communication: Full professional proficiency in English (both verbal and written).

• Site Reliability & Support: Take part in periodic 24/7 on-call shifts to support incident management and platform reliability.

• Location: Located within commuting distance of Enschede (or willing to relocate), comfortable working from the office at least 2 days a week (most colleagues prefer ~4 days).

Nice to Have

• Experience with Observability & Logging platforms (e.g., ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Monitoring).

• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and GitOps tooling (e.g., ArgoCD).

• Basic knowledge of frontend web technologies (JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular).

• Relevant certifications: Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect / DevOps Engineer or CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator).

What we offer

• Enschede: Modern workplace - our office in the heart of Enschede offers a comfortable working setup and so much more!

• Tailored benefits package by location - we aim to empower our employees by offering customised benefits suited to each market.

• Your tech, your way - choose the tech gear that aligns with your comfort and meets your preferences.

• Onsite work style - collaborate with the team in-office.

• Work-life balance - enjoy an extra 5 paid days off annually, and we will celebrate your work anniversaries with additional days off to recognise and reward your milestones.

• Health & Wellness - we prioritise your physical and mental well-being by providing designated packs and access to the Headspace app.

• Continuous growth - quarterly development talks, a dedicated time during working hours each week for training and development, defined career paths and internal mentorship opportunities.

• Customised onboarding - we will prepare an Onboarding Plan to ensure an easy and smooth beginning.

• Be part of an international team - the opportunity to work from any other Signicat office for 2 months per year and 3 weeks per year from any European country.

• Give back to the community - option to use 16 hours of paid volunteer time each year to support a charity or cause you are passionate about.

• Empowering feedback culture - by using employee engagement tools, we ensure that every voice is heard, empowering us to grow together.

• Meet-ups - frequent office gatherings and biennial Kick-off event to bring every Signicat under one roof that you don’t want to miss.
  

During the hiring process, we will discuss your salary expectations to ensure alignment with your skills and competencies.

We build technology for people to trust each other in the digital world. Signicat is the leading provider of trusted digital identity across Europe. We are growing fast, so joining us means you will too. We connect businesses with their customers and users with digital services. But the greatest connections are the human ones that we have within Signicat, working with the brightest minds in our industry.

We value the well-being of each employee and all work together to create a supportive and inspiring work environment. Signicat has several offices around Europe. We encourage creativity, initiative and independence to get things done. The digital space is our playground, and we are making it safer together, one day at a time. For further information about Signicat, please visit