Senior Backend 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.

How we work

As the biggest marketplace for special items Catawiki operates in a domain which brings plenty of unusual challenges and opportunities. You will be developing testing and scaling our microservices mostly written in Ruby to handle the high volume of requests served by the platform every single day. We do this by using Infrastructure as Code principles collaborative peerreviews Continuous Delivery A/B testing every assumption and using the observability and monitoring tools already in place. We make mistakes and learn valuable lessons from them. Our focus is to be able to recover and iterate quickly.

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 stack is mainly focused around Ruby however if youre passionate about learning new things then prior experience with Ruby is not essential. Next to this:

• You have experience in designing implementing and deploying backend services with a focus on high availability low latency and consistency.
• You have proven experience of collaborating closely with other engineers to become a valued member of an autonomous crossfunctional team.
• You have mentored junior engineers and you enjoy cooperating with engineers throughout the company.
• You understand the value that you can add to the business the product and the impact of your work on customers.
• You feel comfortable documenting RFCS and describing problems opportunities pros and cons of solution alternatives.

As a passionate engineer you bring these values to Catawiki:

• You are a passionate experienced engineer with a strong eye for detail.
• You strive to be a great team player and dont 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 companys values close to your heart and enjoy being in a diverse environment.

Where youll be

This role is based in Amsterdam The Netherlands. We also offer an excellent relocation package for people living outside of the Netherlands.

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.