Fullstack Engineer

How we work

As the biggest marketplace for special items, Catawiki operates in a domain that brings plenty of unusual challenges and opportunities. You will be developing, testing and scaling our microservices, mostly written in Ruby, to handle the high volume of requests served by the platform every single day. We do this by using infrastructure as code principles, collaborative peer reviews, continuous delivery, A/B testing every assumption and using the observability and monitoring tools already in place. We make mistakes and learn valuable lessons from them. Our focus is to be able to recover and iterate quickly.

Our Fintech team covers the Payments, Pricing and Finance domains of Catawiki. We are responsible for a smooth payment experience and a timely payout. We make sure the users can pay with ease in their preferred manner. Moreover, we take care of the taxation and invoicing of our users and prepare financial reports for our stakeholders. 

What you’ll do   

Here at Catawiki, you will make an impact by improving and delivering product innovations for the Catawiki platform. Along with other members of the Development team, you will build scalable microservices while measuring and monitoring system performance. In addition, you will use experimentation, backed by data analysis, to add product features and deliver the best user experience on the platform.
As part of our Fintech team, you will partner with other Engineers and a Product Manager to think of new ways to improve the payments, pricing and financial administration experience of our users and stakeholders. You ensure that your web components work well and are responsive to desktop, tablet, and mobile screens. By measuring and monitoring system performance, you optimise the performance of your products.

What you’ll bring 

We look for Engineers who are motivated to learn new things, ship new features, and pursue new and interesting challenges. Our stack is mainly focused on Ruby; however, if you’re passionate about learning new things, then prior experience with Ruby is not essential. Next to this:

• At least 5+ years of experience in software development, specifically with OOP (object-oriented programming).
• You have experience in designing, implementing and deploying backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency, and consistency.
• You have proven experience in collaborating closely with other Engineers to become a valued member of an autonomous, cross-functional team.
• You have mentored junior Engineers and enjoy collaborating with Engineers across the company.
• You understand the value you can add to the business and product, and the impact of your work on customers.
• You feel comfortable documenting RFCs and describing problems, opportunities, pros and cons of solution alternatives.
• You have prior experience in the Fintech domain or have a keen interest in the field.
• You are proficient in web technologies - JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS.
• You are familiar with popular libraries like ReactJS, NextJS, Redux, CSS Modules, Tailwind, and/or Rails.
• You understand the browser environment and how it interprets code - HTTP/S, Critical Render Path, CORS, Caching, CDNs.

As a passionate Engineer, you bring these values to Catawiki:

• You are a passionate, experienced Engineer with a strong eye for detail.
• You strive to be a great team player and don’t shy away from new challenges.
• You are comfortable in a startup environment and are ready to jump in and help if needed.
• You keep the company's values close to your heart and enjoy being in a diverse environment.

Where you’ll be