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Back-end Engineer

Posted 25 Mar 2024
Work experience
0 to 2 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required languages
English (Good)
Dutch (Fluent)

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So you’re interested in a job, eh? That’s perfect! Well, the first thing you need to know is that engineers are an essential part of Awkward’s product team. Their knowledge of front-end and back-end technologies help us form incredible products. Products that we create for companies like Sketch, Sonos & Revue. Building our own (side)projects is also something we love to do. Apps like Beam and Finer Fields are some great examples. We've recently started the search for an amazing Back-end Engineer to extend our team.

As a Back-end Engineer, you’ll have the position to work on large-scale systems that reach millions of people. We hope that doesn’t sound too scary. Who knows, you might just be the right person to take on this challenge! We’re looking for someone that loves building products from a behind the scenes perspective. Someone who is able to work on one project for months on end, or multiple projects in one month (both examples are not uncommon around the Awkward office). And above all: we’re looking for a dedicated team player with a keen eye for detail.

Have what it takes?

  • You’re passionate to work in a product minded team.
  • You have experience building APIs. You might even be able to show some of your work.
  • A lot of our products are built using Amazon Web Services, so any experience with AWS is a big plus.
  • You’re willing to learn and driven to improve. We’d love you to learn from us, just like we’d love to be able to learn from you.
  • It’s important that you’re able to write and maintain high quality code. Node.js (ES6) and Ruby are frequently used languages at the Awkward office, but experience with other programming languages or frameworks (e.g. Rust, Go, Elixir and/or Scala) would be great.

Please let us know if you have any:

  • Experience with developing iOS apps.
  • Kick-ass personal projects or experimentations.
  • Experience in creating or contributing to open source projects.

We value every year of experience in your field, but experience is not a hard requirement. We’d rather hire someone that has the passion and the knowledge to build high quality products. Someone that is willing to learn and improve, but also someone willing to teach.

You might work on:

  • Design and implement APIs for new features of Sketch Cloud.
  • Improve security, performance and code climate of existing APIs.
  • Work closely with front-end and native teams to coordinate responses and deployments.
  • Think about scalability for new and existing back-end services.
  • Other super secret stuff we can’t tell you about.

What it’s like to be Awkward?

Awkward builds and supports custom software. In the years of our existence, we took on amazing projects with companies like Sketch, Sonos & Revue. Building our own (side)projects is also something we love to do. We primarily focus on software like apps, services and websites.

We’re passionate about our craft. We love making ideas tangible and we believe working closely with our client is the way to accomplish a great end result. We strongly believe that we bring out the best in each other and the industries we work on. We hope it shows, because we’re a company that looks to inspire and motivate through its products.

Our compact yet unified product team consists of a variety of disciplines that work together to provide our clients and partners with products that meet their business goals. We work together with full-stack software engineers, iOS software engineers, and product designers. This has shown to be an effective combination of disciplines. We’re a team that works together as equals and find honesty an important asset. A team that’s no-nonsense and always straightforward.

Awkward is a digital design and development company based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In 2011 we started with a simple mission; bring products to market that make peoples life easier. The last couple of years we’ve helped a wide variety of startups and companies to achieve that and more.
Think of us as a deployable team, ready to face any challenge…


Awkward is a digital design and development company based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In 2011 we started with a simple mission; bring products to market that make peoples life easier. The last couple of years we’ve helped a wide variety of startups and companies to achieve that and more.
Think of us as a deployable team, ready to face any challenge and help your business thrive and grow, like a digital A-Team. We perform best in a partnership where everyone is equally involved and take great effort in making each project our own. This way we make sure we’re building the right things and solve the right problems at the right time.
We believe building something great is about finding the perfect balance between design, technology and strategy. From the first sketch to launch day and the future of the product, every aspect is tailored to the end user and your business.

IT
Rotterdam
10 employees