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Platform Engineer II - Observability

Mollie is hiring a Platform Engineer II - Observability in Lisbon, Portugal. Level rates it ; you can apply on Mollie.

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  • Level rates this role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include Grafana, observability and monitoring.
  • Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
  • Level lists 53 other open roles at Mollie.
  • The role was posted within the past week.

AI in this role

Mollie is seeking a Platform Engineer II for Observability to enhance monitoring systems, manage telemetry data pipelines, and improve reliability.

grafana
observabilitymonitoringdistributed-systemsdata-pipelines

Build with us

Businesses deserve better from finance. Less friction, more freedom. Since 2004, Mollie has been on a mission to make payments and money management effortless for every business in Europe.

Today, more than 250,000 companies trust our all-in-one platform to get paid, manage money and grow on their terms. Simple, scalable and built with real businesses in mind.

We’re one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs, with 900+ Mollies across 12+ locations. Our people make this growth possible. We move fast, build with purpose and care deeply about our customers. Whether you're solving problems, building market-leading products or exploring how AI can make work smarter, you’ll have the freedom to create and the trust to deliver.

If you’re ready to grow, shape the future of fintech and join an ambitious, high-performing team, this is the place for you.

Your impact

Join our dynamic Developer Enablement domain at Mollie as an Platform Engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in enhancing our monitoring systems, ensuring operational excellence across our platforms.

As a Platform Engineer on the Observability team, you'll be working on providing deep insights into our services' health, enabling engineers to diagnose issues, and optimising platform usage to deliver an unparalleled service experience to our customers.

What you’ll ship

  • Develop and maintain our observability tools and platforms, focusing on high-quality, scalable solutions.

  • Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate observability practices into the development lifecycle, enhancing system transparency and reliability.

  • Lead the creation and adoption of standardised observability frameworks to ensure consistency and efficiency across the organisation.

  • Design, implement, and refine data pipelines that collect, aggregate, and normalise telemetry data from diverse sources.

  • Advocate for best practices in code instrumentation, ensuring high-quality data collection for insightful monitoring and analysis.

  • Contribute to the development of a comprehensive service inventory, tracking changes and impacts to guide operational decisions.

  • Engage in continuous learning and sharing of knowledge within the team, promoting a culture of innovation and excellence in observability.

What you’ll bring

  • A solid background in software engineering, with a specific passion for observability and monitoring of distributed systems.

  • Experience with at least one major cloud-based provider

  • Experience in tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, and Sentry, and development practices using Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, Terraform.

  • Know your way around Linux systems and the shell

  • Demonstrated experience in developing or adopting libraries for seamless integration with observability tools.

  • Good coding skills in languages relevant to our stack (e.g., PHP, Java, Python, Go).

  • Excellent problem-solving skills, with a creative approach to tackling complex challenges.

  • Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, comfortable working in a hybrid work environment to foster team synergy and influence without authority.

  • Bonus: Prior experience with Data Analytics and Data Pipelines to collect and derive insights from observability data.

Grow your way

At Mollie, growth is personal. We believe everyone should have the chance to develop their skills, explore new challenges and shape their career on their own terms.

You’ll get regular feedback and performance reviews to support your development, with fair and transparent salary reviews along the way. Many Mollies move into new roles or take on new projects to stretch themselves, and we actively hire from within to help you take the next step.

No matter if you’re aiming for promotion, exploring a different career path or building new skills, you’ll be supported with the tools, trust and opportunities to grow your way.

Unlock your full potential and join us to eliminate financial bureaucracy

If you're excited by the idea of building what’s next, for yourself and for thousands of businesses across Europe, we’d love to hear from you.

AI at Mollie

We believe in Always Be Shipping, and AI brings that philosophy to life across every team, every role, every day

AI is core to how we build. It helps us move faster, simplify work and make smarter decisions, creating real impact for the businesses we serve. We’re looking for people who are excited to use AI to shape the future of finance with us.

Please apply with your CV in English
Kindly note that relocation or visa support is not offered for this role.

How we rate this

Platform Engineer II - Observability at Mollie rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

ObservabilityMonitoringDistributed SystemsData PipelinesGrafana

Questions you could be asked

  1. Tell me about a project where observability was part of your work. What did you do?
  2. Tell me about a project where monitoring was part of your work. What did you do?
  3. Tell me about a project where distributed systems was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where data pipelines was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Walk me through how you've used Grafana in your day-to-day work.

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  • List these exact terms on your resume: Observability, Monitoring, Distributed Systems, Data Pipelines, and Grafana. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
  • Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.

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