Backend Software Engineer, Skilllab
Ruby
€55-65k
More information about location
Career exploration platform
Job no longer available
Career exploration platform
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
€55-65k
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To empower people to turn their skills into careers.
Role
Who you are
- You have 3-5 years of experience as a web application backend developer focusing on Ruby on Rails
- You have experience with Postgres, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes and adjacent tech
- You are able to take a feature from business requirements to secure, performant implementation in collaboration with a small team
- You have a learning mindset and bring curiosity to tackle new coding challenges
- You work collaboratively in an engineering team and are empathic towards our end-users
- You are excited about our social mission to empower everyone to have a pathway to employment
Desirable
- You have experience with some front-end development work and specifically React/Typescript
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our development team in Amsterdam
- Your initial focus will be in back-end development of a Rest API in Ruby on Rails backed by Postgres and deploying as containers orchestrated by Kubernetes in several cloud and bare-metal environments
- We are a tightly integrated team, so you will also have the opportunity to work with our React/Typescript front-end and our machine-learning codebases
- You will join our engineering team as the new Backend Software Engineer. The engineering team is comprised of three small squads. You will report to Yasser who is one of team leads and leads the Rocket squad
- The other two team leads are Lala and Aaron. Aaron is also the Head of Engineering at Skilllab
- You will collaborate closely with our growing team of UX researchers, designers, data scientists, QA and DevOps engineers to develop our core product that helps connect people to jobs based on their skills
- You will write maintainable, performant and secure code that needs minimal improvements after QA ( Make it work, make it correct, make it fast)
- You will review your teammates' code in a way that allows other developers to improve their code
- You will positively contribute to our code-base beyond implementing product features, keeping out technical debt in check and proposing new techniques and technologies
- You will write unit and integration tests as well as collaborate with QA to create realistic acceptance testing plans and simulated data
Application process
- We accept applications on a rolling basis, and we envision a start date as soon as possible
Our take
Founded with a focus on the integration of refugees into European labour markets, SkillLab is now a technology company assisting all job seekers that are in need of career support.
Using artificial intelligence, SkillLab helps people discover their skills and connects them to relevant careers and education. Founded in Amsterdam, the company operates in over fifteen countries and has grown its market position after its innovative use of AI was recognised with the Google AI Impact Award.
Despite expanding its services to cater to all job seekers, it hasn’t forgotten its original focus on work with social impact, recently partnering with Humans in the Loop to improve the employment and education prospects of forcibly displaced people in seven different countries.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jan 2021
$1.8m
SEED
Total funding: $1.8m
Company benefits
- Join our bi-annual offsite events for the whole company
- Easily access your learning budget to invest in your personal development
- Access to mentors & coaches (SkillLab is part of the Google for Startups SDG accelerator)
- Learn from your colleagues during company-wide lunch learning exchanges
- Receive feedback from your peers and team lead at least twice per year
- Contribute to various digital or physical company-wide events through the year
- Work flexibly from our office in Amsterdam, or remotely with intermittent trips to Amsterdam
- Get relocation support, incl. visa, 30% ruling application, to move to Amsterdam
- Get work equipment and commuting support if you don’t live in Amsterdam
- Work in a team with people from 12 countries, using English as their shared language
- Enjoy 25 paid vacation days per year, and additional leave (e.g. parental leave)
- Regularly interact with our users and see our impact on their lives
Company HQ
Oude Pijp, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Ulrich Scharf
(Managing Director)Previously co-founded rootAbility and Maastricht University Green Office, serving there as Sustainability Project Coordinator. Experience as Director of IT and Analytics for GRESB and as a Bank Clerk for Commerzbank AG.
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