Senior Full Stack Python Engineer

Location:
The Hague | Hybrid/Remote
Employment:
Full time
Start date:

About the job

At Circularise we are growing at such a strong pace which requires us to expand our Engineering team to keep up with the growing demand for our tech-for-good, circular economy product.

Meet Circularise

Circularise is a supply chain traceability start-up founded in The Netherlands in 2016. We believe that end-to-end traceability holds the key to overcoming major challenges that society faces in areas such as Circular Economy, Environmental Pollution and Carbon Emissions. Therefore, it’s our mission to bring traceability to global supply chains and to accelerate the world’s transition to a Circular Economy.

Circularise is disrupting industries by changing how companies trace their products and materials and share information about them, enabling sustainable practices at an unprecedented level. We achieve that with a blockchain-based open protocol that enables sharing of information about products and materials while retaining privacy over sensitive information.

Perks & Benefits

  • Circularise has an open, informal and growth-oriented culture. A place where you get a lot of freedom and responsibility right away and your opinion counts from day one. 
  • An international environment with a diverse team of over 20 nationalities. Our development team, comprising multiple nationalities, operates across various European time zones, thereby fostering a rich, multicultural work environment
  • Flexibility: This is a hybrid position with flexible hours - our HQ is in The Hague
  • Travel allowance in case you are commuting to the office
  • 25 paid vacation days (+7 official Dutch holidays) - if living in the Netherlands
  • All the tools you need to be a high performer including state of the art  MacBook to work your magic;
  • Equity: In addition to the salary you will get to own a piece of Circularise as we also provide a generous equity package.
  • Pension contribution: Circularise contributes 5% on top of your annual gross salary to your pension.
  • Alleo benefits: When you join us, you will get access to a monthly budget which you can spend in our flexible benefits app, powered by Alleo. 
  • Learning and development budget: Each employer is allocated a budget of €1000 to upskill themselves through programs of their choice (after 6 months of working).

About the role

You’d work on projects in a cross-functional team using Python on the backend, and some Frontend development with ReactJS. Experience in other programming languages like NodeJS are a plus. Your role will be to develop new features, enhance the overall efficiency, stability, and safety of our product - working across both back-end and front-end aspects. You will play a pivotal part in creating a seamless, robust, and secure experience for all our users.

Here's what we're primarily looking for in our (future) team members

  • User-centric mindset: Understanding and empathy towards our users, approaching projects with a user-driven, product-focused mindset.
  • Remote-friendly: The capability to work well in remote or hybrid environments
  • Humility: Having the humbleness to ask for help when encountered with roadblocks.
  • Teamwork & communication: Effective collaboration and communication skills, adaptable to varying team dynamics. 
  • Self-driven: A proactive nature in driving new and improving existing features of our product.
  • Critical thinking & discernment: Strong ability to analyze requirements and solutions critically, recognise when to implement less conventional approaches, and prioritize tasks effectively.

Technical expertise

Must have:

  • Senior level with Python and/or React
  • Experienced and keen to drive architectural improvements 
  • Flexible and used to working in a small company/start-up
  • Ability to work Fullstack on all areas of the application

Nice to have:

  • Experience in NodeJS
  • Experience in GCP
  • Well versed in coaching and mentoring other team members on technical aspects

Recruitment process

  1. Initial introductory call (1 hour)
  2. Take home assignment (couple of hours)
  3. Technical live interview (90 minutes)
  4. Cultural fit interview (1 hour)
  5. (Optional) Founder interview (30 minutes)

Everyone belongs at Circularise

We strive to hire people from all walks of life. Circularise is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and candidates without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. Each person is evaluated on the basis of personal skill and merit. We are continuously working hard to develop and build a culture of inclusivity & diversity.

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