Senior Python Engineer

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
1. With a diverse team of over 80 nationalities, you’re sure to find your people
2. You’ll work in an awesome scaleup environment with the freedom to drive your own projects and create a visible impact
3. 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

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

Additional details

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. 

Recruitment process

1. First screening call

2. Take home assignment

3. Assignment presentation

4. Assesment day

Commitment to equal opportunities 

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.