Staff Backend Engineer

Who we are

Built and run from Rotterdam, the site connects pet owners with local sitters and dog walkers.

This is a backfill for a team member who moved to another team. We want someone who writes boring, reliable code and leaves good logs behind. Remote, open to candidates across the Netherlands. Flexible hours with a daily team call in the morning.

Main duties

• Secure endpoints with OAuth 2.0, JWT validation and proper input checks
• Document APIs in OpenAPI and keep the docs current
• Tune slow queries, add indexes and read query plans
• Handle on-call for services the team owns and lead incident follow-ups
• Design and build REST and gRPC APIs in Go, Java or Python

Who you are

• 7+ years of backend development experience in a production environment
• Working knowledge of message queues or streaming platforms
• Understanding of concurrency, transactions, idempotency and retries
• Strong SQL and relational data modelling skills
• Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP or Azure services

What you get

Salary range: €10,500 - €12,000/month

• Pension scheme
• Laptop and phone
• 8% holiday allowance
• Bike plan
• 25 annual leave days
• Home office allowance

We may close the role early, so do not wait too long to apply.

Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at de Jong Marketplace.