Software Engineer

As Virtuagym keeps on growing we are now looking for a new face to complement our Development team. As aSoftware Engineer you will be joining the team responsible for our Blue domain which focuses on billing & payments. Will you join us in our quest to create a healthier and happier world

Join a high performing team and make an impact!
Were a passionate driven team with a strong focus on growth and delivering outstanding results. At Virtuagym we cultivate a high-performance culture built on dedication ownership and driving excellence. If youre a self-starter who embraces challenges thrives in a fast-paced dynamic environment and keeps going where others might stop this could be the perfect role for you! In return youll join a team where you can grow develop and truly unlock your full potential.

We have a beautiful office in the center of Amsterdam and while we foster getting together to exchange ideas and energy we are a remote-friendly company. This means that you have the freedom to work from home whenever you want provided you keep delivering great results!
At the same time we love bringing our teams together by organizing team events and company parties to brainstorm about the future of our industry and build friendships while having fun along the way.

What this role looks like
As Software Engineer you have a direct impact on improving the experience of more than 35 million end-users. As a Software Engineer on Blue Domain youll be responsible for developing and maintaining features across our billing and payments platform. This includes refining product requirements and being one of the main contributors to the design implementation and testing of technical solutions that meet the needs of our customers. A successful software engineer here has a passion for technology a strong work ethic and confidence to work independently as well as part of a team. Youll also develop and maintain unit integration and end-to-end testing suites for our software.

Responsibilities

• Designing solutions that are simple scalable and actually make sense not just technically correct

• Building on our existing architecture and levelling it up with current best practices

• Shipping features end-to-end from technical design through to something real customers use

• Keeping an eye on the production systems your team owns so issues get caught early not from a customer complaint

• Writing docs and diagrams your teammates will genuinely reach for later

• Speaking up early: sharing progress asking questions before youre stuck and asking for feedback rather than waiting for it

• Giving code reviews that are honest kind and actually useful - the kind youd want to receive yourself

• Having a real voice in what we build next through Sprint and Product Backlog planning

• Pairing or mobbing with teammates when two (or more) heads genuinely beat one

• Being someone people can tap on the shoulder for advice and enjoying that part of the job

• Bringing your own take on how we work within the agile/DevOps rhythm the team has chosen
  
  

Our tech stack

• PHP Python NodeJS

• Kafka ksqlDB Kafka Connect

• Kotlin Swift Objective-C

• MariaDB MongoDB RabbitMQ Elasticsearch Redis

• AWS Docker Kubernetes Helm Vault GitLab

What youll bring

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering a related field or equivalent experience

• At least 2-3 years of professional experience in software development; Experience building testing and maintaining software systems while adhering to engineering principles such as testability maintainability observability and reliability

• Solid hands-on production experience with PHP - this is a hard requirement for this role experience with Python is a strong plus

• A love for delivering high-quality well-tested software

• A track record of contributing to improvements in the Development Lifecycle

• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with Product Management to create actionable product specifications

• A team player who actively participates in daily rituals and contributes to the teams success sharing knowledge with others and learning from the team in turn

• Relevant experience with an RDBMS and Entity Relationship Diagrams

• Experience with version control and various git workflows

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English our company language

• Knowledge of the agile philosophy and how to implement it like Scrum and DevOps lifecycles (plan code build test release deploy operate monitor)

Bonus points if youll bring:

• Experience with distributed services and event-driven applications

• Experience working with

• A well-curated portfolio

• An obsession with customer satisfaction

Important note: please do apply if you meet 80% of the criteria. At Virtuagym we hire great people not just resumes. If you cant check off a few requirements but are a fast learner wed love to hear from you. If you have read everything carefully please add a in the anything you would like to add section.

Ready to join us

Please do not hesitate to apply by clicking the Apply for this Job button below! We will get back to your application within 10 working days. For any questions on the vacancy please get in touch with the recruitment team at .

The hiring process

The hiring process for this role consists of:

• Screening call with Recruitment

• 1st interview with two Software Engineers in which you will show a project youve built and are proud of and explain why you decided to build it the way you did. Make sure to show us the parts that youre most proud of or were hardest to get right.

• 2nd interview with our CTO and CIO
  

* Please note that we do not collaborate with third parties to fill this vacancy so third parties are kindly asked not to contact us about this role.