Android Developer, Catawiki
Online auctioning for special objects
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Online auctioning for special objects
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To provide an exciting and seamless experience to customers for buying and selling special, hard-to-find objects.
Role
Who you are
- Strong Object-oriented programming skills - priority
- Strong knowledge of the Android framework
- Proficient with Kotlin
- Proficient with Compose
- Knowledge of the reactive/functional paradigm
- Familiarity with MVVM architecture
- Familiarity with consuming RESTful APIs
- Unit testing
- Next to this, likely, you’ll also have experience with RxJava, UI testing, and A/B testing
What the job involves
- Here at Catawiki, you will have a huge impact, working in a data-driven way to add value to the business along with the other 4 members of the Android team. You will add your own expertise to further grow our business, experiment, and innovate the product
- You’ll be adding new features to create an even greater experience for our users. As well as actively collaborating with your fellow Android developers to take the codebase and the entire Android App to the next level. Our millions of users will thank you for that!
- How we roll - Our Stack:
- Our codebase is primarily written in Kotlin and has very minor traces of Java as we continue to adopt Kotlin for all new features and refactors. Our app uses MVVM as a general architecture, and we rely heavily on the reactive/functional paradigm - moving from RxJava to Coroutines. We also make use of Android’s Architecture Components. We are using the most popular 3rd parties like Dagger 2, Retrofit, as well as Mockito/MockK and Espresso for testing
- As an Android Engineer, you bring a strong track record of shaping tech stacks beyond your immediate team. At Catawiki, you’ll continue to influence company-wide Android development, collaborating across teams and contributing to cross-functional features
- You’re deeply familiar with Android and enjoy supporting peers, both in day-to-day work and within our Android Platform team. You assist the Platform Lead, contribute to stack improvements, and offer long-term coaching to fellow engineers
- You’re also experienced in drafting RFCs and opportunity proposals, clearly articulating technical problems, trade-offs, and solutions. You confidently engage with Product Managers, UX Designers, and other Tech teams to drive impactful decisions. As a passionate engineer, you bring these values to Catawiki:
- You are a passionate, experienced Android Developer with a strong eye for detail
- You strive to be a great team player and don’t shy away from new challenges
- You are comfortable in a startup environment and are ready to jump in and help if needed
- You keep the company's values close to your heart and enjoy being in a diverse environment
Application process
- Apply directly with an English CV and cover letter
Our take
In the past, it was only possible to purchase special items such as rare coins, antiques, and vintage cars at auctions held at physical locations. These days, many people prefer online auctions, but whilst they provide a wider range of objects for sale, this comes at the cost of proper pricing and quality control. Catawiki provides an expert-regulated online auctioning marketplace where users can browse and bid for special objects easily via the web or mobile app.
The objects listed on Catawiki are curated, valued, and verified by in-house experts, with over 65,000 objects passing through the marketplace every week. In this approach, the company has combined the community knowledge found at traditional auctions with the benefits of digital auctioning platforms, occupying a space that has long remained empty, and avoiding competition from bidding marketplace giants such as eBay.
Catawiki has received good funding in the past, which contributed to it becoming the success it is today. A recent venture has seen the company expand to serve artisanal artists with its handmade products auction series.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2020
$174.9m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jul 2015
$87.5m
SERIES C
Total funding: $274.1m
Company benefits
- 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 activity-based 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, single-session therapy, wellness support and more
- Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional growth
- Provide 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 day’s leave to Pursue their Passion!
Company HQ
Westelijk Havengebied, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Marco Jansen
(Co-Founder)Founder and CTO of LastDodo, with experience as Project Manager for ThoughtWorks from 2004 to 2008. Co-founded Catawiki as CTO in 2008.
René Schoenmakers
(Co-Founder)Founder & CEO of LastDodo and of Vipio. Managing Director of Ordina's subsidiaries Wisdom and The Missing Link from 2006 to 2008. Co-founded Catawiki in 2016 as CEO.
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