At Picnic, we’re revolutionizing the way people buy groceries with our innovative and sustainable app-only service. We do almost everything in-house, developing cutting-edge technologies and processes to ensure we continue to grow rapidly without missing a beat. If you’re a passionate Java developer we’re offering you the opportunity to join the diverse team at our Amsterdam HQ and make a real difference in our scaleup environment.

🥜 In a nutshell

Picnic has over 20 Java backend development teams, each highly involved with and essential to all parts of the company. From enabling a smooth shopping experience, to ensuring we fulfill our customers’ orders efficiently in our warehouses: there’s a wide range of products to work on. Product teams are also supported by the work of our platform teams on key technologies and infrastructure. Finding the right team to join is a breeze through a ‘Tech Safari’ that will be organized after your onboarding. You’ll get to join three different teams for a week, to find the best match.

At Picnic your skills will be complemented with the latest tech and our diverse projects will keep you challenged and motivated. From designing, developing, and testing new user-facing features, to optimizing supply chain systems and improving the scalability and security of our platform: you’ll be managing individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, while finding yourself fully immersed in an engaging startup culture.

🎯 What you’ll do

  • Take ownership of projects, grow, and work collaboratively with your colleagues
  • Design, test, evolve, and evaluate the nuts and bolts of our operation while offering a creative and analytical approach
  • You feel at home writing platforms and display an intricate understanding of how each line of code fits into a business plan

We don’t hide what we do. Instead, we open-source with the community that helped us grow. Here’s proof: http://picnic.tech

💻 Technologies we use

  • Java 17 (Reactor and Spring 5)
  • ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ, Kinesis
  • Maven and Git
  • PostgreSQL, MongoDB
  • Elastic MapReduce (EMR)
  • AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Vault

Hungry for more? Check out https://stackshare.io/picnic-technologies for an overview of our tech stack.

⭐️ About you

  • You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field 
  • You have at least one year of professional experience in programming and software development
  • You have a profound understanding of back-end development, including Java, Spring MVC, MongoDB, Elastic and PostgreSQL
  • Your English skills are on point (no Dutch required)
Technical Skills
Java
Postgres
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Is a Remote Job?
Hybrid (Remote with required office time)
Employment Type
Full time

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