Junior Angular Developer

Gewis; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Picnic Tech Academy

Lunch & Learn sessions

Language courses

Job summary

Picnic is seeking a skilled React Native developer to join our mobile team in building and evolving our shopping app. You’ll work daily with React Native and our server-driven UI framework, delivering new features with speed and quality.

You’ll collaborate with designers and product owners, contribute to the architecture, and thrive in a fast-paced product-driven environment. A strong TS/RxJS toolkit and hands-on testing experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Enthusiasm to work with a variety of technologies and a problem-solving mindset.
• Hands-on experience with unit testing.
• Experience working in a product-based company is a nice to have.
• Willingness and flexibility to take feedback and learn from other developers.

Responsibilities

• Work with React Native daily and contribute to our server-driven UI framework.
• Implement new features on a daily basis for the Picnic store.
• Collaborate with designers and product owners to create feature specifications.
• Contribute to the React Native architecture and the server-driven UI framework.

Skills

React Native

TypeScript

RxJS

Redux

Styled Components

Jest

Storybook

Unit testing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Jest

Storybook

Job description

At Picnic, we use React Native to provide an innovative service to our customers through our mobile app. Quality is our top priority, so we use TypeScript in our server-driven UI framework as well as our frontend code.

In this role, in addition to working with React Native daily you'll be working with our powerful server-driven UI framework that's at the heart of our business's success:

• Powers our entire shopping app and enables rapid iterations
• Drives sophisticated personalization at scale, delivering tailored content to each user
• Empowers our business teams to operate the store autonomously - dozens of operators and analysts make every day real-time updates without any further tech involvement

Tricks of the trade

• Growth: Learn to collaborate with cross-functional teams across the entire business, get to work on increasingly challenging tasks and projects, and have ownership over your contributions
• Contribution: Work on our customer facing Picnic store, implementing new features on a daily basis, contribute to our React Native architecture and server-driven UI framework
• Collaboration: Collaborate with designers and product owners to create specifications for new features
• Our Tech: TypeScript and RxJS, React Native, Redux, Styled Components, Jest, Storybook
• You have (or will soon have) a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Enthusiasm to work with a variety of technologies and a problem-solving mindset
• Hands-on experience with (unit) testing
• Experience working in a product-based company is a nice to have
• The willingness and flexibility to take feedback and learn from other developers

Picnic Perks

Every expert was once a beginner!

You’ll get plenty of opportunities to challenge yourself and grow, including the Picnic Tech Academy, Lunch & Learn sessions, and tailored soft skills training. We also offer free professional weekly language courses.

Make a difference

You’ll work in an awesome startup environment with the freedom to drive your own projects and create a visible impact. Our fully electric vehicles and sustainable business model mean you’ll also be contributing to making the world a better place!

Teamwork makes the dream work

With more than 80 nationalities across 3 countries, you’ll be part of a diverse company with plenty of cool stuff to get involved with, from board game evenings to after-work drinks to our company ski trip and more!

You are what you eat

You’ll get freshly prepared, healthy lunches and snacks (with plenty of vegetarian, vegan, and halal options). Coffee snob? Don’t worry, our amazing Picnic barista has you covered.

Mental health is important. As well as having the option to speak with Picnic colleagues who act as confidential advisors, our collaboration with OpenUp gives you easy access to professional psychologists, along with workshops and materials.

There are plenty of sports communities and events to get involved with, from tennis to yoga, to climbing!

Attractive package

We offer competitive compensation and a pension plan that looks out for your future self, as well as 25 vacation days per year, so you can recharge your batteries

Benefits for expats

It can be daunting starting a new job AND moving to a new country. That’s why we offer lots of support for our many expat colleagues, if you want to find our relocation benefits, see here .

A bit about us

When you join Picnic, you’re joining the shopping revolution, delivering groceries to millions of people across Europe, and we’re growing fast. Think super fresh products and personal service, but in a modern, sustainable way. The tech team at Picnic is at the core of Picnic. From deep learning models to forecast orders to delivery algorithms to warehouse logistics: we’ve built it all from the ground up. You’ll thrive here if you’re a problem solver with a pro-active mindset who’s not afraid to be challenged daily.