At Picnic, we are revolutionizing the way people buy groceries with our affordable and sustainable food delivery service. We do almost everything in-house, from developing cutting-edge technology to running analytical processes that drive continuous growth without missing a beat. If you’re a passionate Fullstack or React Native developer, then we’re offering you an unique opportunity to join our tech team at our Amsterdam HQ where you can make a real difference by developing our customer facing mobile app that services millions of users every day.
🥜 In a nutshell
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
You can expect to work with a wide range of technologies within the JavaScript ecosystem, across the full stack!
🎯 What you'll do
- 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, with a focus on developer experience, performance optimization, and establishing best practices for scalable development
- Collaborate with designers and product owners to create specifications for new features
- Build out our backend-driven UI framework (developed in React Native) and transition existing functionalities from native to React Native whenever possible
- Leverage your communication skills in a cross-functional team, including to mentor our amazing team of mobile engineers
💻 Technologies we use
- TypeScript and RxJS
- React Native
- Redux
- Styled Components
- Jest, Storybook
⭐ About you
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or equivalent
- 5+ years in full-time software development, of which 3+ in TypeScript, React, or React Native
- Experience in shipping high-traffic applications
- A willingness and desire to work with a variety of technologies
- Hands-on experience with (unit) testing
- A problem-solving mindset
- The confidence to transform high-level business requirements into a technical plan
- Experience working in a product-based company
- The ability to coach fellow developers using a structured communication style
📖 Picnic Perks
Every expert was once a beginner!
You’ll get plenty of opportunities to challenge yourself and grow, including our 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.
Stay healthy
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, including:
- Relocation package: If you join Picnic from abroad, we’ll cover your trip to Amsterdam, sponsor your Visa, and offer you a month of accommodation while you settle in.
- In the Netherlands, we offer support with your first tax report as well as arranging the 30% ruling.
- From health insurance to living arrangements to pet passports, there are always colleagues who’ve faced the same challenges and are more than happy to help!
Commitment to equal opportunities
Picnic is an equal opportunity employer—this means that all decisions regarding applications will be based on qualifications and merit. Applicants will be regarded independently of age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, skin color, civil status, religious beliefs, physical or mental disability, or any other factors protected by law.
At Picnic, we celebrate and value our differences and are committed to building a safe and inclusive working environment where everyone can be themselves.