Senior Python Engineer (Supply Chain) | Relocation Offered

Senior Python Engineer (Supply Chain)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Picnic

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About Picnic

Building the supermarket on wheels

Started in 2015 in the Netherlands, Picnic now delivers groceries to millions across three countries, growing fast. The idea? We’re bringing back the milkman. Imagine personal service and fresh products but in a modern, sustainable way. We’re looking for bright minds to shape the future of grocery shopping with us. Ready to join the revolution?

Tech at Picnic

At Picnic we merge advanced technology with a customer-centric approach. We aim to create a simple, affordable, and enjoyable grocery shopping experience. Work on various aspects like our mobile app, store backend, internal development platforms, delivery routing, warehouse logistics, and ML models – all built in-house. We’re looking for problem-solvers who thrive in a collaborative environment. We are open to junior and experienced software, data and ML engineers. Our diverse team welcomes innovative and bold ideas.

Picnic perks

• With a diverse team of over 80 nationalities, you’re sure to find your people
• You’ll work in an awesome scaleup environment with the freedom to drive your own projects and create a visible impact
• We offer a well rounded relocation package to help you make your new step
  
  

“At Picnic, we build the technology that powers the transition towards a sustainable food

supply chain where we delight customers with more choice, fresher products, and less

waste. The team behind this innovation loves to crack hard problems, uses data to

explore unbeaten paths, and strives to stay ahead of the curve in this fast-paced

industry.”

– Daniel Gebler, CTO

Want to learn more? Check out our blogs!

Position

In a nutshell

As one of our Python developers, you grab ownership of projects, grow, and work collaboratively with your colleagues. From designing, developing, and testing new user-facing features, to optimizing supply chain systems and improving the scalability and security of our platform: you’ll be managing individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, while finding yourself fully immersed in an engaging culture.

We don’t hide what we do. Instead, we open-source with the community that helped us grow (here’s proof!), and talk about software in our engineering blog. Check out here how we use Python at Picnic!

Tricks of the trade

• Drive: Design, develop, and test software for our platform
• Engineer: Create high-quality code that is scalable, reliable and reusable
• Mentorship: Help our analysts with any engineering questions or challenges they may face
• Improvement: Develop new features and improve the scalability and security of our Python systems
• Ownership: Take ownership of projects and manage their entire life cycles.
• Our Tech: Python 3.10/3.11/3.12, many Python libraries across various domains, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Snowflake, RabbitMQ, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, TeamCity
  
  

Your qualification

• You have a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent (or relevant experience)
• You have outstanding Python skills (with at least 5 years of Python-focused professional experience)
• You have a good understanding of relational databases and SQL and you know when to use NoSQL solutions like MongoDB, ElasticSearch, and RabbitMQ
• You feel comfortable building microservices
• You know your way around software versioning (git), test suites, technical documentation, and continuous integration and deployment
• You have experience with Docker and you don't mind collecting bonus points with your cloud and Kubernetes skills
  
  

What we offer

• 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.

Additional details

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.

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