Backend Engineer (TypeScript)

New10 B.V; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 74,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Development budget

NS Business Card

Apple gear

Paid holidays

Hybrid work

Work abroad option

Job summary

New10 is a fintech scale-up backed by ABN AMRO Bank, based in the Netherlands. We’re hiring a NL-based TypeScript Engineer to strengthen our backend microservices (AWS serverless) and collaborate with frontend (React) and infra teams.

You’ll work on designing, implementing and evolving scalable services in a fast-paced fintech environment, with a strong emphasis on reliability and security. You’ll own technical decisions, write thorough tests (unit, integration and E2E), participate in

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and NodeJS ecosystem.
• Experience with AWS cloud services and serverless architecture (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB).
• Experience with Docker and containerized applications.
• Strong design skills for microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Knowledge of REST APIs and asynchronous messaging patterns.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on architecture, technical design and the building of applications to improve team competency.
• Produce clean, stable, fast and well-architected code.
• Own code quality with unit, integration and E2E tests.
• Own and operate the backend of New10, rotating on-call incident management shifts.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies.
• Collaborate closely with frontend, Salesforce, PO, business analyst, UX designer and data analyst.

Skills

TypeScript

AWS

REST APIs

Event-driven

React

Python

Microservices

Node.js

Tools

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Your new company

We are New10, a financial service scale-up initiated by ABN AMRO Bank. At New10 we believe that business financing should be easy and accessible. Our purpose is to empower businesses to access the funding they need. Though our mission is simple, our ambition is bold: become the #1 engine powering North-West European SMEs.

We are on a quest to transform the financing ecosystem by using the speed and innovative strength of a fintech with the expertise and funding of a bank to deliver a fast, simple, and clear financing experience to SME businesses. To support our growth towards this ambition, we’re looking for a TypeScript Engineer.

Your new role

We are looking for a new member(NL based) to help strengthen our products and applications (microservices).

As a TypeScript Engineer, you’ll be working as part of a feature team on our backend components (mostly) where frontend (React) and infra (AWS) knowledge are a must. We’re powered by AWS serverless products such as API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, EventBridge, SQS, etc.

You have concrete and relevant experience in design and development in microservices and event-driven architectures.

We’re looking for someone who has

• Extensive Experience of the JavaScript and the NodeJS ecosystem(TypeScript preferred)
• Experience with AWS cloud services and serverless architecture, such as Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, EventBridge, etc.
• Experience with Docker and containerized applications
• Strong experience with designing, managing and working with synchronous (REST APIs) and asynchronous communication patterns (Event driven architectures)
• Python knowledge/experience is a major plus
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) experience is a major plus
• Good knowledge of modern Frontend JavaScript frameworks (React preferred)
• In addition to technical skills, the successful applicant should possess durable skills such as empathy, communication, (self-)leadership, organisation, time management, and presentation skills. These are only some examples.

Some key characteristics that describe you

• You just love to code and improve every day
• You have years of experience with fast-paced applications and products
• You strive for clean maintainable code and know how to test thoroughly
• You’ve already shifted left on security and quality
• You work comfortably in an agile environment
• You’re pragmatic and have a history of getting things launched
• You’re a self-starter who takes the initiative to seek product improvements

What you’ll be doing

• Collaborate on architecture, technical design and the building of
  applications so that together with fellow software engineers you help to
  improve the team’s competency
• Produce clean, stable, fast and well-architected code
• Own the quality of the code you produce by taking measures to build it
  in and keep it high. This includes writing unit, integration and E2E tests
• Own and operate the backend of New10 together with your teammates
  by rotating through on-call incident management shifts
• Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies
• Closely collaborate and ensure alignment with the rest of the team –
  frontend, Salesforce, PO, business analyst, UX designer and data analyst

Our New10 culture

At New10 we put our people first. We offer an open, collaborative and supportive working environment and guarantee every New10er that they’ll have a tremendous opportunity for long-term growth and learning. Between the 175 of us, from 30+ different nationalities, we are:

• Entrepreneurs ourselves, thinking on our feet and making sure the right things happen
• Genuinely interested and curious, looking to deeply understand our customers and their context
• Driven by data, embracing creativity and exciting technologies
• Open-minded, bringing fresh perspectives and jumping at the opportunity to build an effective team together

We offer

• The unique opportunity to grow with a fast-growing fintech scale-up backed by one of the largest banks in the Netherlands
• Gross Salary in between €6.596 and €8.490 (based on 36 hours) including 8% Holiday Allowance and 11% Benefits Budget
• Great pensions scheme
• €1000,- Annual Development Budget
• Private and Business use of the NS (Dutch Railway) Business Card and Phone Subscription
• Apple Gear for work
• 5 weeks of paid holiday and the possibility to buy more holidays using your Benefit Budget
• Hybrid way of working, balanced with office life and in-person events at our fantastic offices near Weesperplein with table football & events like summer parties, wine tastings, hackathons, winter sports and much more.
• The possibility of working from abroad

For more information, please contact [e-mail].

Please note that the successful applicant must be in The Netherlands for the interview process, and must reside/relocate in The Netherlands prior to the starting date. Additionally, due to banking and compliance requirements, this role requires a background check (which we will organise) to be passed.

Equal opportunities for all

The success of our organisation depends on the quality of our people and the ideas that they have. Genuinely surprising insights and innovative solutions for our clients result from an interplay of cultures, knowledge and experience. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are therefore extremely important to our organisation. To ensure that everyone at New10 can develop their talents, we encourage an inclusive culture in which all colleagues feel engaged and appreciated.