Picnic Technologies

Junior React Native Developer

Picnic Technologies  •  Amsterdam, NL (Onsite)  •  13 days ago
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Job Description

In a nutshell

At Picnic, we're revolutionising the way people buy groceries with our affordable and sustainable grocery service. We do almost everything in-house, developing cutting-edge technologies and processes to ensure we continue to grow rapidly without missing a beat.

In all our customer-facing products, we use React. Our mobile application uses React Native, combined with our home-grown server-driven UI framework We have ambitious plans to unify our mobile and web applications into a single platform. Quality is our top priority, so we use TypeScript across the board.

In this role you can expect to work with a wide range of technologies within the JavaScript ecosystem, across the full stack! Experience with React Native is not required, we’ll get you up to speed with that on the job.

Tricks of the trade

  • Impact: Help us bring the grocery shopping revolution to millions of customers. As a front-end engineer, you’ll contribute to a product that is central to our business and directly impacts how people shop every day.
  • Contribution Work on our powerful server-driven UI framework at the heart of our app, powering the entire shopping experience, enabling rapid iteration, driving large-scale personalization with tailored content for each user, and empowering business teams to operate the store autonomously through real-time updates by operators and analysts without engineering involvement.
  • Growth Learn to work with cross-functional teams across the entire business, get to work on increasingly challenging tasks and projects, and have ownership over your contributions
  • Collaboration Collaborate with designers and product owners to create specifications for new features
  • Our Tech React, React Native, TypeScript and RxJS, Redux, Styled Components, Jest, Storybook

We’re looking for

  • 2+ years of full-time software development, and have worked with React, React Native, Typescript, or similar JavaScript frameworks
  • Experience in shipping applications
  • A willingness and desire to work with a variety of technologies
  • Hands-on experience with (unit) testing
  • Enthusiasm to work with a variety of technologies and a problem-solving mindset
  • The confidence to transform business requirements into a technical plan
  • 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.

🚴🏽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, if you want to find our relocation benefits, see here

Picnic Technologies

About Picnic Technologies

At Picnic, we’re revolutionizing the way people buy groceries. Our affordable and sustainable service is made possible by our passionate people, cutting-edge technology, efficient planning, and, of course, our fleet of iconic electric vehicles! It’s why our customer base is growing rapidly across the Netherlands, Germany, and France.

One of the things that makes Picnic different is that we handle almost everything in-house: forecasting, developing our first automated warehouse and new electric Picnic vehicles, internal and customer-facing applications—the list goes on. It gives us more freedom when it comes to trying out new and innovative ideas, which is something we do a lot!

We love to challenge ourselves and learn new things. Our teams have access to various meetups, language classes, ‘Lunch & Learn’ sessions, our very own Tech Academy, and tailored soft-skills training. Professional development is as important to us as the service we provide to our customers.

As a diverse team made up of over 80 nationalities, there are always plenty of activities to get involved with, whether you’re into sports, board games, charitable causes, dancing (at our legendary Picnic festival), or licorice tasting—yes, even that!

Our scale-up culture means you get to own your role and bring fresh ideas to the table. So, if you’re looking for an opportunity to make a real difference, get in touch—we’d love to hear from you.

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Amsterdam-Duivendrecht, NL
Year Founded
2015
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