Senior Software Engineer

Our Java teams in the Logistics domain make sure that our products travel all the way from the suppliers in our electronic vehicles, and arrive at our customers’ houses with a smile. From optimizing our routes, to making our drivers’ lives easier, to planning and executing all inbound and outbound products: there’s a wide range of products to work on. Through designing, developing, and testing new features, or improving the scalability and security of our platform: you’ll be owning a product together with your team, while finding yourself fully immersed in an engaging scaleup culture.

Tricks of the trade

• Ownership: Take ownership of projects from concept to delivery, aligning technical solutions with business goals with a product engineering mindset

• Problem solving: You see a problem, you tackle it with technology - with your users always in mind

• Contribution: Design, test, evolve, and evaluate the systems that underpin our Logistics operations, offering a creative and analytical approach

• Impact: You will share your expertise on tech decisions within your product

• Our Tech: Java 21/25 (Spring 6 with Spring Boot 3.5, Reactor, Immutables, Maven), React, Angular, RabbitMQ, Kafka, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Git, Docker, AWS, Helm, Terraform, Kubernetes, Vault, Datadog, Python 3.x

We’re looking for

• You have a Master’s Degree (in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or a related technical field) or equivalent experience

• You have a product mindset: you own and solve business problems through tech

• You have 5+ years of professional experience in programming and software development

• You have a profound understanding of software development principles and are ready to have hands on backend and frontend alike

• Your English skills are on point (no Dutch required)

• You're based in or happy to relocate to the Netherlands*

*We work from our office in Amsterdam. Being present makes a genuine difference to your team and the work. There's flexibility to work from home when needed, but if remote or hybrid-first is what you're after, this probably isn't the right fit.

Please send your CV in English for complete consideration.

Picnic Perks

• Mastery is a journey! You’ll get plenty of opportunities to challenge yourself and grow, including the Picnic Tech Academy, Lunch & Learn sessions, and tailored soft skills training.

• Make a difference You will work on real-world problems, seeing the impact of your work every day in our warehouses and in our satisfied customers. Plus, 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.

A bit about us

When you join Picnic, you’re joining the shopping revolution, delivering groceries to millions of people across Europe, and we’re growing fast. Think super fresh products and personal service, but in a modern, sustainable way. The tech team at Picnic is at the core of Picnic. From deep learning models to forecast orders to delivery algorithms to warehouse logistics: we’ve built it all from the ground up. You’ll thrive here if you’re a problem solver with a pro-active mindset who’s not afraid to be challenged daily.