Senior Backend/Fullstack Developers

Job Number

137707

Location

Amsterdam

Offer Salary

Excellent market competitive package

Job Posted

30 May 2022

  • This is a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor of an exciting new development team with our market leading client. As a key team member, you will play a lead role within a unique professional culture where the championing of software engineering and ownership is paramount.

    About this role
    • You will receive end-to-end ownership in the engineering of systems that would allow the company to scale by 10 customers.
    • You’ll take an active part in the research and development of new and exploratory products that would impact the workflow of users across the world.
    • You’ll be part of the Core engineering group of the company, an R&D department that is based at the company’s overseas HQ, where your manager will be an engineering director who was part of the founding team of the company.
    • You’ll learn about the industry sector, systems, and its unique challenges.
    • You’ll broaden your technical knowledge of distributed, data-driven architecture with an emphasis on AWS cloud resources and services.
    • You’ll have a strategic role that drives scalability, by enabling us to continuously increase the accuracy of our algorithms, across thousands of sites.

    We are looking for
    • Senior-level experience in Software Development
    • At least 5 years of hands-on experience in building complex systems
    • Deep understanding of Computer Science fundamentals – object-oriented design, code optimization, and complexity
    • Passion for elegant and effective technological solutions, and a love for clean code
    • Hands-on experience in building production services end-to-end – including architecture design, research, development, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
    • Strong ability to lead end-to-end development processes
    • A “can-do” attitude and a strong sense of ownership
    • BSc/MSc in Computer Sciences, or equivalent (advantage)
    • Experience in building large-scale data pipelines and systems (advantage)
    • Experience with some or all of following technologies (advantage):
    o Python (the main development language) and/or Java, Node, .Net or modern backend languages
    o Cloud computing – AWS stack and APIs, or equivalent
    o Databases – PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redshift, or equivalent
    o Serverless – Lambda functions, step functions, and the full serverless ecosystem to speed up the development process
    o Containers and Orchestration – Docker, Terraform
    o CI/CD pipelines and practiced Agile experience
    o Frontend applications development experience (relevant only for the full stack position)

    You can expect highly market competitive salaries and the chance to work with passionate and committed technology professionals.

    If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your CV with motivation to Caroline Smith at Shuter Smith International – vacancy@shutersmith.com.

    This position is only open to EU nationalities who are Netherlands-based or those currently in possession of the required work permission.