Software Engineer

As Virtuagym keeps on growing, we are now looking for a new face to complement our Development team. As Software 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?

This is a remote freelance position in Turkey, where you will be working for our office based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be hired on a remote freelance basis.

What this role looks like

A software engineer at Virtuagym will be responsible for developing and maintaining features in our software suite. This includes refining product requirements and being the 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 has a passion for technology, a strong work ethic, and confidence to work independently as well as a part of a team. Software engineers at Virtuagym will develop and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end testing suites for our software.

Responsibilities

• Participating in designing simple and scalable technical solutions with good system design practices for product shapes;

• Working effectively within established architectures, following current best practices;

• Effectively delivering software following the specifications in the technical solution of a given shape;

• Actively monitoring production systems for which the team is responsible;

• Documenting technical solutions including descriptive diagrams;

• Communicating proactively, delivers progress updates, asks questions for clarification or confirmation, and actively solicits feedback;

• Providing effective code reviews for all members of the engineering team while asking empathetic and honest questions;

• Actively participating in the planning of future work, including Sprint Backlog, and Product Backlog;

• Actively participating in pair or group programming exercises with all members of the engineering team

• Supporting members of the engineering team on technical and professional matters by providing advice and dedicating time to them upon request

• Understanding and making use of the software development methodology chosen by their team to complete the Software Development Lifecycle.
  

Our tech stack

• Python, Vue.js, PHP, NodeJS

• Kakfa, ksqlDB, Kafka Connect

• Kotlin, Swift, Objective-C

• MariaDB, MongoDB, Rabbitmq, Elasticsearch, Redis

• AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Vault, Gitlab

What you will bring to our Development team

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, a related field or equivalent experience;
  

• You are self-employed and have previous experience with working on a contractor/freelance basis;

• 3+ years of professional experience in software development, with expertise in PHP, Python, and/or JavaScript;

• Experience in building, testing, and maintaining software systems while adhering to engineering principles such as testability, maintainability, observability, and reliability;

• History of contributions to the improvement of 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 team's success, sharing your knowledge with others and learn from your team;

• Love for delivering high quality and well-tested software;

• Relevant software development experience across the full stack;

• Relevant experience with an RDBMS and Entity Relational Diagrams;

• Experience with version control and various git workflows;

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, our company language. Dutch is not required;

• Knowledge of the agile philosophy and ways to implement it, like SCRUM and DevOps lifecycles (Plan, code, build, test, release, deploy, operate, monitor).

Bonus points for...

• Experience with distributed services and event-driven applications

• Experience working with VueJS

• 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 can't check off a few requirements but are a fast learner, we’d love to hear from you

Ready to join us?
Please do not hesitate to apply by clicking the ‘Apply for this Job’ button below! We look forward to receiving your CV and cover letter in English. 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 recruitment@virtuagym.com.

The hiring process

The hiring process for this role consists of:

• Screening call with Recruitment

• 1st interview with Head of Engineering and Senior Software Enginee
  

• 2nd interview with our CEO