Backend Engineer

Tiqets.com; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Energetic, international work environment

Bright, welcoming office in Amsterdam

Annual company getaway

Mental health support

Daily fresh lunch buffet

Sports activities

Company events

20% employee discount code

Pension contribution and travel compensation

Job summary

A leading tech scale-up in Amsterdam seeks a Medior/Senior Backend Engineer to solve complex technical problems and ensure efficient coding practices using primarily Python. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of development experience, a relevant degree, and proficiency in relational databases like PostgreSQL. This hybrid role requires collaboration within multidisciplinary teams to optimize services. Join a supportive workplace offering various perks to promote well-being and team spirit.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a developer working in a product development environment.
• Able to translate requirements into well‑designed technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Solve and code complicated, technical problems.
• Ensure the code is performant, readable, well-structured, and has automated tests.
• Maintain and evolve the architecture based on business, product, and technical requirements.

Skills

Fluent in Python

Good understanding of relational databases like PostgreSQL

Experience with AWS cloud stack

Skilled in other programming languages (Ruby, Java, C#, Go, Javascript)

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Python

Django

PostgreSQL

Flask

Git

Kubernetes

Amazon EC2

Redis

Job description

Tiqets is an award-winning tech scale‑up headquartered in the Netherlands. We are hiring a Medior/Senior Backend Engineer to join our mission to bring the world more ways to culture!

Working at Tiqets

At Tiqets we are changing how our customers experience culture. As a Tiqeteer, you will learn and you will teach; inspire and be inspired; intellectually challenge and be challenged. You will have fun, you will entertain, you will have freedom, autonomy, and work as part of a cohesive team.

What you and your team will do

We work in multidisciplinary teams combining roles such as Product Manager, Design, Backend, Frontend, Data Analysis. As a backend engineer, you will be part of our B2B, B2C, or enabler teams. Our B2B and B2C teams focus on optimising the connection with our venues and suppliers, making tickets available to customers and distributors, ensuring the optimal checkout experience both on web and our App. The Enabler teams power the growth of Tiqets on the operational, technical, and business sides.

First and foremost, you

• Solve and code complicated, technical problems and ensure the code is performant, readable, well‑structured, has automated tests, and follows our architecture, using primarily Python 3.x, Flask, SQLAlchemy, and Django.
• Find the right solution. Not taking too many shortcuts or overengineering.
• Communicate and act proactively. Help each other across team boundaries.

Overall each team is responsible for

• The technology that powers our services.
• The quality, performance, and stability of our services through automated testing, monitoring, solving issues and measuring product and technical metrics.
• Maintaining and evolving the architecture based on business, product, and technical requirements.
• Keeping our Continuous Integration pipeline green, launching our automated deployment to the Kubernetes cluster and monitoring your changes in production.
• Learning and sharing knowledge with internal TechTalks and company with Pizza & Drinks sessions.

Examples of things you would do

• Refactor a piece of legacy code to make it more scalable.
• Review your teammates’ merge requests and give them practical feedback.
• Join the weekly tech sync to discuss cross team and technical roadmap issues.
• Depending on your experience, write a POC to test viability of a potential big feature.
• Investigate with the support of our platform team why our celery workers mysteriously do not pick up tasks for 5 minutes after a deploy.

The type of engineers we are looking for

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience as a developer working in a product development environment.
• Fluent in Python. Skilled in other programming languages like Ruby, Java, C#, Go, Javascript is cool, but not necessary.
• Good understanding of relational databases like PostgreSQL.
• Experience with AWS cloud stack or alternatives.
• Able to translate requirements into well‑designed technical solutions and effective communication skills.
• Living in the Netherlands/EU region.

📍This is a hybrid role working 2-3 per week at our HQ in Amsterdam

Some of the tools we’re working with on the Backend

• Python
• Django
• PostgreSQL
• Flask
• Git
• Kubernetes
• Amazon EC2
• Redis

Perks & Benefits at Tiqets

• Energetic, international work environment.
• Bright, welcoming office located in the centre of Amsterdam.
• Annual company getaway to undisclosed location.
• Mental health support through our partnership with OpenUp.
• Daily fresh lunch buffet provided by Join Programs.
• Sports activities: free gym, running sessions, boot‑camp, football, climbing and more.
• Fun, sociable company events in and out of the office.
• 20% employee discount code to explore great museums/venues worldwide.
• Pension contribution and travel compensation.