Senior React Native Engineer - Consumer

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
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

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Position

At Picnic, we are revolutionizing the way people buy groceries with our affordable and sustainable food delivery service. We do almost everything in-house, from developing cutting-edge technology to running analytical processes that drive continuous growth without missing a beat. If you’re a passionate Fullstack or React Native developer, then we’re offering you an unique opportunity to join our tech team at our Amsterdam HQ where you can make a real difference by developing our customer facing mobile app that services millions of users every day.

In a nutshell

At Picnic, we use React Native to provide an innovative service to our customers through our mobile app. Quality is our top priority, so we use TypeScript in our server-driven UI framework as well as our frontend code.

In this role, in addition to working with React Native daily you'll be working with our powerful server-driven UI framework that's at the heart of our business's success:

Powers our entire shopping app and enables rapid iterations

Drives sophisticated personalization at scale, delivering tailored content to each user

Empowers our business teams to operate the store autonomously - dozens of operators and analysts make every day real-time updates without any further tech involvement

You can expect to work with a wide range of technologies within the JavaScript ecosystem, across the full stack!

What you'll do

Work on our customer facing Picnic store, implementing new features on a daily basis

Contribute to our React Native architecture and server-driven UI framework, with a focus on developer experience, performance optimization, and establishing best practices for scalable development

Collaborate with designers and product owners to create specifications for new features

Build out our backend-driven UI framework (developed in React Native) and transition existing functionalities from native to React Native whenever possible

Leverage your communication skills in a cross-functional team, including to mentor our amazing team of mobile engineers

Technologies we use

TypeScript and RxJS

React Native

Redux

Styled Components

Jest, Storybook

Your qualification

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or equivalent

5+ years in full-time software development, of which 3+ in TypeScript, React, or React Native

Experience in shipping high-traffic applications

A willingness and desire to work with a variety of technologies

Hands-on experience with (unit) testing

A problem-solving mindset

The confidence to transform high-level business requirements into a technical plan

Experience working in a product-based company

The ability to coach fellow developers using a structured communication style

What we offer

Every expert was once a beginner!

You’ll get plenty of opportunities to challenge yourself and grow, including our 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, including:

Relocation package: If you join Picnic from abroad, we’ll cover your trip to Amsterdam, sponsor your Visa, and offer you a month of accommodation while you settle in

In the Netherlands, we offer support with your first tax report as well as arranging the 30% ruling

From health insurance to living arrangements to pet passports, there are always colleagues who’ve faced the same challenges and are more than happy to help!

Additional details

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.