Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack, Python

Join Bloomon and Help Disrupt the Flower Industry!

Bloomon is turning the flower industry on its head – for the better. How? By disrupting the traditional supply chain! We skip the auction and wholesale, to shorten the journey for our flowers. And we harness technology, brand and innovation to deliver gifts and subscriptions that delight our customers across Europe.

We launched in Amsterdam in 2014, and in 2021 joined forces with Bloom & Wild, the UK's fastest growing ecommerce company (according to the Financial Times). Our group is backed by top tier investors and is now home to a family of 3 strong brands, Bloom & Wild, bloomon and Bergamotte. Together, we’ve delivered over 20 million orders (and counting!), making us the largest direct to consumer flower business in Europe.

Our vision is to create the destination for making life a little more thoughtful and beautiful. And we won't stop at flowers and plants. Starting with the Bloom & Wild brand, we're expanding our gifting offering to other categories like cakes, candles and cocktails. This is all part of our ambition to build Europe's #1 direct to consumer gifting destination.

We really care about creating a diverse and inclusive team - so we welcome people from all backgrounds, with different perspectives, ideas and experiences to work with us. In our team, everyone has the freedom to give their opinion, grow in their career and be part of a genuinely caring and inclusive team.

⚙️ Technology at Bloom & Wild

Here at Bloom & Wild the Product Engineering team is organised into cross functional squads, each responsible for a business and architectural domain. They are supported by Platform and Data Engineering and are part of the wider Technology team.

You’ll be part of the Production & Procurement squad, a cross-functional squad working within our Ops-Tech team. The primary focus of the squad is our internal systems that facilitate daily operations within our multiple warehouses (for example the production of bouquets and fulfilment of orders). This is one of the most unique and innovative areas of our business, and as our business continues to experience significant organic and inorganic growth, we have ambitious plans to innovate and scale our operations further.

We work with some great technology; our stack consists of a number of Python-based (micro-)services with React frontend, currently running on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You’ll work on multiple services used by the people working in our warehouses.

Most of our team is based in the UK or the Netherlands and works in a flexible model, with choice in how often they travel to the office. Our squads meet all in person at least once per quarter in order to maintain connections, collaborate on larger projects and have fun together.

💻 What you’ll be doing...

• You’ll play an active role in delivering the roadmap for your squad and be a key part of our Engineering team.
• You'll be collaborating with other engineers, designers, product managers and stakeholders as you work together to scope out what to build and how.
• You will own feature development from ideation through to production release and ongoing maintenance, using an iterative approach to validate ideas and learn.
• You will be part of our supportive engineering culture as you learn more, and grow your career, within Bloom & Wild Engineering.

✅ You’ll love this role if you…

• Have demonstrated experience as a Full-Stack Developer with a track record of successfully developing and deploying web applications.
• Have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in full-stack development is required.
• Have Proficiency in Python for server-side development.
• Have Knowledge of React for front-end development and experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and writing efficient SQL queries.
• Love to collaborate and are at your best when working cross functionally with other teams.
• Have a positive and optimistic attitude - you overcome setbacks and obstacles, and inspire and motivate those around you too.
• Take a collaborative, data-driven, and experimental approach to solving complex problems, and are able to demonstrate the ability to foster this mindset in your colleagues.
• Are keen to learn and stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and value sharing your knowledge with your peers.
• It would be great if you also have...
• Experience working on an e-commerce site or in a fast-growing (preferably consumer-facing) start-up.
• Knowledge about distributed service architectures, including how best to test and release them, and how to ensure system stability when making changes independent of other services.

These are some of the skills and experience we think will enable success in this role, but please don’t worry if you are missing some of these. We’re committed to building a team made up of different strengths, skills and experiences, so if you’re excited about our values, passionate about what you do and would like to join us in doing things more thoughtfully, we’d love to hear from you.

🌟 (some of) The good stuff

To care wildly for our customers, firstly we care wildly for our teams. We work hard to craft a culture of thoughtfulness and care, where there is a strong sense of inclusion and belonging, enabling all of our people to thrive and be successful each day.

🌻 Work that works for you

• Flexible working: our core hours are 10-4, but outside of these hours you can start or finish your day when works best for you
• Work Abroad for up to 30 days each year
• Share in our success with a choice to take equity options
• Enhanced family leave policy and a workplace nursery scheme
• 1 day per year to volunteer on a project that’s close to your heart

🌴 Time off

• 25 days’ holiday + your birthday and bank holidays each year
• Summer hours: every Friday afternoon off during July and August (trialling in 2023)
• Flexible bank holidays - trade a bank holiday for another day that fits your beliefs, values and celebration calendar
• Option to buy an extra 5 days’ holiday each year

🌱 Health and wellbeing

• Health cash plan through Simplyhealth
• Company pension scheme
• Mental health support through Open Up, including access to online therapy sessions
• Allies and champions groups
• In person or virtual yoga every week
• Cycle to work scheme
• Our office kitchen is stocked with drinks and snacks to keep you going

🌳 Growth & Development

• A flexible training framework for every stage of your career development through our Bloom & Learn programme
• Mentee and mentor opportunities with our external partners, such as The Women's Association and Mentoring for Growth run by Future Founders
• Internal & external Speaker Sessions on a variety of different inspirational topics

💐 Moments that matter

• Social & wellbeing monthly calendar
• Summer and End of Year events, team lunches and post-peak celebrations
• Irresistible discounts on our products, blooms & subscriptions!

🏡 Belonging at Bloom & Wild

We know that we learn through our differences, and building a diverse team has always been central to creating the best experience for our customers. We value all backgrounds, perspectives, ideas and experiences, and encourage everyone to share their opinions openly within our caring and inclusive team. Our champions community actively advances our culture of inclusion and belonging, which is organised around 8 pillars of diversity. These cross-business networks offer additional opportunities for connection, education, support and celebration, and ensure that inclusivity continues to be embedded in our ways of working.