Java Backend Engineer for Scalable Warehouse Systems

Picnic Technologies; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 68,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Picnic Tech Academy

Lunch & Learn sessions

Tailored soft skills training

Relocation benefits

Pension plan

25 vacation days

Job summary

Picnic Technologies is hiring a Software Engineer (with Java) for Warehouse Systems in Amsterdam. You will own backend work for warehouse processes, focusing on scalable Java-based services and data pipelines.

The role emphasizes collaboration, problem solving, and delivering robust features for inbound items and delivery workflows. You should have 2–5 years of Java experience, a product mindset, and be comfortable with AI tooling and agentic engineering.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or related field.
• 2–5 years of professional Java experience with backend development.
• Product mindset; own and solve business problems with suitable tech solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver backend components for Warehouse Systems from concept to delivery.
• Collaborate on cross-team initiatives to support scalable warehouse operations.
• Build and improve features for processing inbound items, totes via conveyors, and delivery workflows.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

RabbitMQ

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Git

Docker

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Vault

Datadog

Python

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science / AI / IT / related field

Tools

Java 21/25

Job description

Picnic Technologies is hiring a Software Engineer (with Java) for Warehouse Systems in Amsterdam. You will own backend work for warehouse processes, focusing on scalable Java-based services and data pipelines.

The role emphasizes collaboration, problem solving, and delivering robust features for inbound items and delivery workflows. You should have 2–5 years of Java experience, a product mindset, and be comfortable with AI tooling and agentic engineering.