Backend Engineer

🚀 Build the backbone of the world’s best onboarding platform and help the team level up as you go! 🚀

About the role 🧐

Are you the technical rockstar we’re looking for? We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to join our team and provide innovative solutions for our platform.

In this role, you’ll help design and build the services that power Appical’s onboarding platform, influencing how hundreds of customer organisations welcome new hires using our platform.

You’ll work hands-on in our Ruby on Rails codebase, champion clean code and pragmatic testing, and contribute to our journey toward a more modular service architecture.

In this role, you'll be joining the Product & Development team. A team led by Gijs Hendrix.

What you’ll do

• Ship and refine backend features in Ruby on Rails.
• Design APIs and data models that remain fast, reliable, and secure as customer volumes grow.
• Collaborate with product, design and QA to break down work, estimate effort, and deliver value in small, measurable increments.
• Monitor performance, observability, and cost, surfacing improvements backed by data.
• Support teammates through thoughtful code reviews and the occasional pair-programming session. You’ll learn from seniors and pass on what you’ve mastered so far.
• Uphold engineering best practices: CI/CD, automated tests, documentation and blameless incident post-mortems.

You’re a match if you… 💗

• Have 3 + years building production software, ideally SaaS.
• Feel comfortable in Ruby/Rails (or a comparable MVC framework and ready to ramp up quickly).
• Enjoy giving and receiving constructive feedback. Mentoring interests you but you’re still honing the craft yourself.
• Can weigh trade-offs between speed, scope and tech debt without losing sight of customer value.
• Bonus points for hands-on exposure to AWS, Docker or other cloud-native tooling. Extra bonus points if you’ve had some exposure to React.
• Hold a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent practical experience).

Don’t worry if you don’t meet all the criteria; a growth mindset and eagerness to learn are more important than ticking all the boxes.

At Appical we’re all about teamwork! You’ll collaborate daily with engineers, product owners and QA to achieve the best results. Constructive feedback and continuous learning keep us sharp.

What you'll get 🎉

• A challenging full-time position (40 hours) with plenty of freedom and responsibility.
• You will become part of a unique scale-up organization with over 45 inspiring and talented colleagues.
• Option to exchange knowledge and experiences with colleagues from other international Visma companies.
• Cool office in Amsterdam-Noord (Pand Noord - Meeuwenlaan).
• An open and inclusive culture with lots of freedom and room for initiative.
• Competitive salary (Between €4.000,- and €5.250,- fulltime) based on your level of experience.
• An extensive pension plan to be tailored to your needs.
• A MacBook.
• Opportunity to participate in OneFit (company fitness) at a discount or other gym memberships.
• Hybrid and flexible work schedule.
• Opportunity for workations for 4 weeks per year.
• Daily delicious and healthy lunch.
• Access to mental well-being platform OpenUp for big or small challenges, whether work-related or not.
• We value personal growth, and Appical supports your ambition and professional development with various resources, training, and workshops.
• A Fun Committee that organizes fun activities such as board game nights, sports events, and theme parties.

About us 😃

"New beginnings start here!"

Since our establishment in 2012, we have been fully dedicated to transforming the world of pre- and onboarding. With our interactive platform, we offer newcomers worldwide a warm welcome and an unforgettable start. Together, we can turn every new beginning into an unforgettable experience!

Our mission goes beyond just the first day of work; we create digital, personal onboarding experiences from start to finish. We support organizations in successfully integrating new colleagues during their initial period of employment, as well as during any transitions they may experience thereafter (think of reboarding and offboarding).

With over 450 clients and 620,000+ users now, and as a proud member of the Visma family, we invite you to join us in further expanding the success of Appical!

Sounds good, right?

Are you the Senior Backend Engineer we're looking for? Then we'd love to receive your cv and motivation letter. We look forward to meeting you!

Note: We do not work with external recruiters for this position.