Junior Backend Engineer

Join a fast-growing, listed company with a purpose! Fastned owns and operates a network of 300 fast charging stations across Europe, allowing electric vehicle drivers to charge their car with 100% green energy in just 15 minutes. Our goal is a European network of 1000 fast charging stations in prime locations, where all electric vehicles can charge with renewable energy from the sun and wind. We have recently been voted best charging network in the UK, France and the Netherlands. If you want to make a difference and work in an informal, international scale-up environment with future prospects, then read on!

⚡️Your role

Fastned is a pioneer in a completely new industry, aiming to accelerate the transition towards sustainable mobility by giving freedom to electric drivers. As a Junior Backend Engineer at Fastned you have a unique opportunity to join a team of engineering professionals to learn, develop your professional skills and eventually assist in accelerating the transition to sustainable mobility!

You will become a part of the Product and Software Engineering scrum team consisting of fellow Backend Engineers, Frontend Engineers, Engineering Manager, Product Owner and Product Designer.

We use Kotlin, Spring Boot (Micro Services), AWS, Kubernetes, SQL, Kafka, CI/CD and Rest API’s on our backend. Working side by side with our engineers you will get all the guidance you need to develop relevant skills and succeed in a fast paced environment!

⚡️Your overall responsibilities include

• Development, testing, and review of reusable, maintainable, and scalable code for the Fastned Revolt platform and infrastructure;

• Deliver high-quality software through security practices, high performance, tests, and great user experience;

• Assisting your squad in constructing sprint planning to agree on technical direction and overseeing technical development from ideation to deployment;

• Assisting the team in improving development methodologies and applying best practice patterns;

• You'll be the driving force behind all back-end activities to help all EV drivers have a great charging experience!

⚡️Who we are looking for

• You have an engineering mindset and a strong desire to learn and develop your programming skills.

• You are a 2023/2024 graduate with a Bachelor's or Master's in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field; or you have completed a relevant third-level study (e.g. Coding Bootcamp, HBO)

• You have less than 1.5 years of relevant work experience, age is no bar

• You have an understanding of object-oriented programming as we predominantly use Kotlin on our backend

• You demonstrate critical, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills

• You demonstrate great communication skills and love working in a team

• Proficiency in English is mandatory for this role

⚡️Join us in building a better future
We work hard to change the world, but we don't forget to recognise & celebrate our successes, big and small. We put a focus on work-life balance, provide you with genuine work flexibility and have family-friendly policies in place. Our benefits include:

⚡️ Stock option plan -> we believe in shared value creation;

⚡️ A training and development budget of €3,000 per year per employee, because development and training are important to us and our sector offers endless opportunities;

⚡️ Daily vegetarian lunches, snacks & drinks are provided at our office locations;

⚡️ Full access to our electric vehicle fleet with all charging expenses covered;

⚡️ Next to fun events year-round, we throw notorious Christmas parties and organize an amazing yearly trip abroad with all employees;

⚡️ Other perks include flexible working hours, full travel compensation and the working gear of your choice

Interested in making an impact?

We would love to have a conversation with you! Apply now, send us your CV and explain in your motivation letter why you’re excited about joining Fastned. Here are the next steps of the hiring process:

• First chat with the Recruiter and Engineering Manager

• Take-home assignment and technical interview with our Engineers

• Meet your future team and chat with Head of Engineering
  

Then, it’s time to welcome you on board to Fastned!

If you have questions or need further information regarding your application, please contact our recruitment team via recruitment@fastned.nl

Fastned stands for equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, gender identities, sexual orientations, religions, neurodiversity, disabilities, parental status or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique.