Full Stack Developer

Who we are

at Catawiki we come across exceptional objects such as these every day.

Catawiki is the leading online marketplace to buy and sell special objects. We offer over 75000 special objects in auction every week each reviewed and selected by one of Catawikis hundreds of inhouse experts specialised in Art Design Jewellery Fashion Classic Cars Collectables and many more.

Weve sold 10 million unique items to date and its our mission to become the worlds most popular auction destination for special objects.

Were an innovative pioneering and fastgrowing scaleup. If you think you can make a difference to our team go ahead and apply.

A little bit about the team

Hi I am Jorge! As a Full Stack Engineer in Catawiki I love being part of the whole value delivery process to our endusers acting close to them and incorporating their feedback for continuous improvement. I enjoy building intuitive UIs designing developing and implementing applications & solutions using a range of technologies and programming languages from both frontend and backend stacks.

I cherish the company of the brilliant minds around me which keeps me motivated to grow every day. Join us if you are also passionate about building scalable software solutions and have a genuine interest in delivering value to endusers.

What youll do
Here at Catawiki you will make an impact by improving and delivering product innovations for the Catawiki platform. Along with other members of the Development team you will build scalable microservices while measuring and monitoring system performance. In addition you will use experimentation backed by data analysis to add product features and deliver the best user experience on the platform.

What youll bring
We look for engineers who are motivated to learn new things ship new features and pursue new and interesting challenges. Our backend stack is mainly focused around Ruby and the frontend is mainly built using React. However if youre passionate about learning new things then prior experience with Ruby and React is not essential.

Additionally:

• Proven experience in collaborating closely with other engineers and product managers to become a valued member of an autonomous crossfunctional team.
• Experience in designing implementing and deploying services with a focus on high availability low latency and consistency.
• Proficiency in languages such as Python Ruby Go Java PHP C# and other applicable backend languages is preferred.
• Experience in both Functional and Objectoriented programming paradigms.
• Expertise in frontend frameworks such as React Angular or Ember.
• Good knowledge of Relational databases and familiarity with NoSQL databases.
• Experience and/or interest in Test Driven Development (TDD).
• You know how to monitor and manage the application in production: you build it you run it you love it!
• Knowledge of container orchestration (Docker Kubernetes) is a big plus.

Heres what we can offer you

This is your chance to join our mission to fulfil peoples passions as part of a young and dynamic organisation. Youll be part of an enthusiastic highlymotivated team of 800 Catawikians. Additionally you can expect:

• A challenging role in a diverse international and fastgrowing organisation with over 50 nationalities.
• Regular fun activities both on and offline e.g summer parties boat rides and regular team events.
• Great secondary benefits including a holiday allowance and a fantastic pension plan paid for by Catawiki.
• Hybrid ways of working between home and office. We offer remote and activitybased working suited to the team and individual responsibilities
• We care about our teams wellbeing and offer a holistic wellbeing programme including our Employee Assistance Programme offering clinical services singlesession therapy wellness support and more.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional growth;
• We want to help you celebrate special occasions in life by:
  • providing employees with a 100 EURO Catavoucher upon joining and 50 EURO birthday Catavouchers;
  • Extra days of annual leave for work anniversaries at 3 5 8 and 10 years;
  • Additional leave allowances for important life events such as moving engagement & marriage;
  • Each year Catawikians get an additional days leave to Pursue their Passion!

Please note that our benefits offering changes depending on which country you are employed in. For our countryspecific offering please ask your recruiter.

Our commitment to you

Catawikis eclectic team represents an international and intergenerational mix of people from different professional and cultural backgrounds. We foster an inclusive and queerfriendly work environment committed to making every Catawikian feel welcomed and empowered. Whatever your story we encourage you to bring your unique perspective to the table.

Catawiki stands with Ukraine and encourages people displaced by the current conflict to apply. In addition to the several initiatives weve launched were open to ideas on ways we can continue to support the humanitarian effort.

Our offices and way of working

We have sensational offices in Amsterdam Groningen Paris and our newest office in Lisbon. Most of our employees are within commutable distance of one of our office locations and enjoy a hybrid work model. This means we expect you to be in the office 2 out of 5 days roughly 40% of your working time to collaborate and connect with each other. The exception is of course if the job description specifically states that the role is 100% remote as some experts and sales positions are.

Interested

Apply directly with an English CV and cover letter by submitting your information at the bottom of this page. By submitting your application you agree to .

If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.