Application Engineer II

Mollie
Milan, Italy

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates comfortable with building internal developer tooling and working in a collaborative, cross-functional environment, with a focus on Golang, TypeScript, and React in a European-based, infrastructure-adjacent role.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in building backend systems and a passion for developer tooling.
    — “build backend automations or services in Golang”
  • Individuals who thrive in small, autonomous teams and enjoy shaping engineering standards.
    — “work in small teams, with real ownership”
  • Professionals who can abstract complexity and create reliable workflows for others.
    — “abstract platform complexity and remove repetitive friction for engineers”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a strong grasp of CI/CD, Kubernetes, and Terraform, even though direct cloud management is not required.
    — “foundational working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Docker and Terraform”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with Golang and TypeScript/React in your resume and interview responses.
    — “build automations, mainly in Golang alongside TypeScript and React”
  • Showcase your ability to prototype and validate tools before scaling them across an organization.
    — “prototype libraries and tools, validate them and graduate them across the organisation”
  • Emphasize your background in authoring Architectural Decision Records (ADRs).
    — “experience authoring ADRs”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Developed and evolved internal developer tooling
  • Built and maintained interfaces in the Mollie Developer Portal
  • Created production ready developer automations in Go
Typical background
Experience in backend developmentFamiliarity with cloud infrastructureStrong automation skills

Skills & requirements

Required

GoTypeScriptReactCi/cd PipelinesKubernetesTerraformAutomation MindsetSystems DesignADR Authoring

Preferred

AI ToolingGreptile IntegrationEvaluation HarnessesAI Marketplace Capabilities

Stack & domain

GoTypeScriptReactCi/cd PipelinesKubernetesDockerTerraformArchitectural Decision Records (adrs)Automation MindsetDrive To Abstract Platform ComplexityComfort With AmbiguityAbility To Work With Diverse Cross-functional StakeholdersFinance

About the role

Original posting from Mollie via Ashby

Build with us

Since 2004, we've had one clear goal: to make payments and money management effortless for every business in Europe.

Today, more than 250,000 companies use Mollie to get paid, manage money and grow – with products designed to be simple, scalable, and dependable.

With 950+ Mollies across 14+ locations, we care deeply about autonomy and craft. So we work in small teams, with real ownership, and we trust you to make the right decisions.

We're building for the long term, so we provide the tools you need, processes you can rely on, and a balanced work environment to help you do work you're proud of.

Sound like your kind of place? Let's build together.

Your impact

As an Application Engineer II in the Discover & Create team, you'll work where Platform and Application Engineering meet. Your customers are Mollie's own engineers. You'll build and evolve internal developer tooling, the Mollie Developer Portal (MDP), software catalogs and self-service workflows, so product engineers can ship quickly and safely. Every automation, portal feature or CLI you build speeds up hundreds of developers.

Your day to day mixes exploration and delivery. You'll run exploratory R&D, set golden paths and engineering standards, and write Architectural Decision Records (ADRs). You'll build automations, mainly in Golang alongside TypeScript and React, that hide the complexity of CI/CD, Kubernetes and Terraform. You'll also help design and deliver developer tooling for AI, such as evaluation harnesses, Greptile integration and AI marketplace capabilities.

You'll have real freedom here. Plans are shaped by what developers need, so you'll prototype libraries and tools, validate them and graduate them across the organisation. Fast, friction-free tools and dependable golden paths let product squads build and release secure payment products quickly. That moves us toward our mission of being the most loved financial services provider in Europe.

What you'll ship

  • Features on the TypeScript and React frontend of the Mollie Developer Portal, starting in your first three months.
  • Your first Golang automations early on, while you shadow cross-team discovery sessions.
  • Production ready developer automations in Go that interface with platform systems.
  • ADRs for emerging developer tools.
  • Golden paths, built together with platform teams across Risk, Security and EDA.
  • Developer-facing AI tooling, including Greptile, AI evaluation harnesses and AI marketplace features, driving next year's roadmap initiatives.
  • New libraries and tooling you incubate, then hand over smoothly to the designated platform teams once they mature.

What you'll bring

  • Demonstrated experience building backend automations or services in Golang, with solid proficiency in the language.
  • Practical web development skills in TypeScript and React, so you can build and maintain interfaces in the Mollie Developer Portal.
  • A strong automation mindset, with a drive to abstract platform complexity and remove repetitive friction for engineers.
  • Foundational working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Docker and Terraform. The work is infrastructure-adjacent: you create abstractions rather than manage cloud infrastructure.
  • A high level understanding of systems design and experience authoring ADRs.
  • Comfort with ambiguity and flexible roadmaps, and the ability to work with diverse cross-functional stakeholders.

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. Apply with your CV (in English) using the form below.

Want a peek behind the scenes? Check out what life at Mollie is really like.

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

Source: Mollie careers (Ashby)

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