Vandebron is a scale-up in the energy world, with a mission to transform the energy market, starting with 100% green and local energy in the Netherlands. We are doing so by using state of the art technology that helps us distinguish ourselves from other utility providers. Our Digital team is looking for a motivated Backend Developer to join us.

As a Backend Developer your main focus will be on developing, improving and maintaining our digital products. Our products include energy, electric mobility, energy trading, smart grids and much more. The team is working mostly in Scala with technologies and tools like Kafka, Spark, Kubernetes and much more. You will be surrounded by a diverse team that strives to push each other forward, and you will become an integral part of this by also sharing your own knowledge and expertise. In addition you will also work closely with our designers, product owners and stakeholders to help shape the future of Vandebron.

Vandebron is a flat organization so you will be able to get in direct contact with the business and you will be responsible for gathering requirements and designs and implementing the solution. We follow agile development practices, we have a daily stand-up, we demo our work regularly and we do team retrospectives to constantly improve our development process.

What is your profile?

• You have professional working experience as a software engineer.

• You have strong experience with functional programming, in a JVM based language (preferably Scala).

• You have experience building RESTful APIs, preferably in a microservice architecture. 

• You take responsibility for the quality of your work i.e. through the disciplines of automated testing, continuous refactoring and CI/CD.

• You are a quick learner who values personal development by keeping up-to-date with the latest developments in tech.

• You ideally have JavaScript experience (preferably React and TypeScript).

• You are a passionate developer and you motivate the developers around you by sharing your knowledge and your enthusiasm for technologies.

• Experience with Big Data technologies is a plus (Kafka, NoSQL, Apache Spark, Elastic). 

What do we offer?

• The experience of contributing to changing the world for the better.

• An ambitious, innovative, and fun work environment.

• Room for your own initiative.

• Salary in conformity with the market.

• Daily fresh organic lunches (if possible again).

• An office in the heart of Amsterdam (if possible again).

• Friday drinks, company and team building events (if possible again).

• A discount on your Vandebron energy contract.

• Personal development budget of 800,- per year, available after 6 months in service.

Interested?

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