Senior JavaScript Engineer (Backend Focused)

What are you looking for?

We offer you

• NS Business card
• 13th month and holiday allowance
• 27 leave days and 1 Diversity Day
• Hybrid working

Why Nationale-Nederlanden

• Support +20 million customers
• Strong Dutch brand
• Inclusive employer
• Working on a vital Netherlands

At NN we are undergoing a digital transformation and aim to create an engineering culture in which empowered product teams design sustainable and innovative products for our users and customers. In this position, you will help us to create innovative solutions, change and simplify existing ones and make sure our products are scalable, manageable, and ready for the future. We believe that it is vital to create and foster an inclusive and safe working environment and encourage everyone to bring a DevOps mindset. 😊

What you are going to do

You are going to use technologies and tools such as AWS (Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, etc.), JavaScript/TypeScript (Next.js, React, NestJS, Node.js and more) and A.I. Besides directly contributing to the codebase, a big part of your responsibility is to coach others to become better software engineers, help us develop general best practices and foster a true engineering culture. Your main responsibilities are to:

• Build software with the best possible user experience, while following an API-first approach
• Implement modern best practices for software development, such as automated building, testing and deployment through CI/CD
• Collaborate closely with your team members by doing pair and mob programming
• Coach others to become better software engineers and further develop their strengths
• Talk to other departments, teams, and users to explore their needs and produce feasible solutions
• Advocate a DevOps mindset and help us to create a true engineering culture

What we offer you
NN invests in an inclusive, inspiring work environment and in skills and competences for the future. We match this with employee benefits that are in line with what is needed today and in the future. This way, we offer our employees the opportunity to get the best out of themselves. We offer you:

• Salary between €4,686,- and €6,694,- based on 36 hours per week and depending on your knowledge and experience
• 13th month and holiday allowance are paid with your monthly salary
• 27 vacation days for a 5-day working week and one Diversity Day
• A modern pension administered by BeFrank
• Plenty of training and learning opportunities
• NS Business Card 2nd class, which gives you unlimited travel, also privately. Do you prefer to travel with your own transport? Then you can declare the kilometers travelled
• Allowances for setting up your home office and for internet use

Who you are

You are an all-round software engineer, but more importantly, a team player. You have a strong sense of ownership, high quality engineering standards and the ability to develop high quality code. You clearly communicate with others, and both seek out and provide constructive feedback. You maintain a growth mindset and feel responsible for both the technical and personal development of the team and the department. Finally, you are eager to learn and always looking to acquire new skills or try modern technologies, methodologies, and processes.

You have 5+ years of experience in software development and have experience in building applications using AWS (e.g., API Gateway, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, etc.).
You have a passion for automation and implementing recurring tasks, testing, and security in CI/CD systems.

Furthermore you will bring:

• Experience with NodeJS (TypeScript) and NestJS
• Experience in developing standard RESTful APIs
• Experience with SQL and noSQL databases
• Experience with DDD and microservices design

A big plus is:

• Experience building applications using Serverless
• Experience with tools and frameworks like Next.js, Zod
• Experience with Docker or K8s

Who you will work with

You will join a partially remote cross-functional product team in the IT department of Schade Intermediair. In this department, we create B2B insurance products for intermediaries and direct customers. Our focus is to create an amazing user experience, expand our product offering and improve operational efficiency.

Any questions?

If you have any questions about the job, you can reach out via phone or WhatsApp to Björn van der Kaa, Manager via bjorn.van.der.kaa@nn.nl. Any questions about the process can be directed to Carolina Remzetti, Talent Acquisition Specialist via carolina.remzetti@nn-group.com.

Impressions

Our offices are renovated in a 100% circular way. This means zero waste without loss of design and aesthetics.

Our in-house 'event-space' is the creative centre for knowledge sharing.

At NN, we have a hybrid way of working. Together with your team you decide where and when you work.

'You Matter' is our brand promise. You see this in our employee benefits, communication and at the office.

The office is a place to meet colleagues, to brainstorm and really co-create.

Our The Hague headquarter in honouring of the event: 'The Hague city of Escher' in 2023.

NN has a rich history, of over 175 years. We like to remember and share stories with each other.

We believe in the added value of art and are proud partner of the Mauritshuis.