Python Software Engineer - Infrastructure Team

Join the Python Infrastructure Team at Channable

Your Job:

In this position, you will join the Python Infrastructure team, which currently consists of 2 members and the team lead. The team works on improvements to the Python code's maintainability, reliability, and scalability. Taking a broader view, this team is responsible for improving the codebases on a systemic level, upgrading widely-used dependencies, and improving its build systems. The team also spends time on writing proposals for architectural changes and facilitating discussions with other development teams (their primary customers).

Your challenges:

• Continuously improve the maintainability and quality of our Python codebase.
• Remove technical debt by modernizing legacy code and carrying out large-scale migrations and refactoring.
• Monitor and improve the performance of our API endpoints and of our background jobs.
• Migrate our codebase to newer versions of Python and keep library dependencies up to date.
• Improve the performance and correctness of our test suite.
• Work on security improvements together with other security specialists in the company
• Collaborate with other developers to learn about what problems and opportunities they see.
• Building new features will not be the primary focus of this team. However, there are occasionally smaller Python-related projects that the team can pick up, when they don’t fall into the domain of any of the product teams.

Who are you?

You are committed to high engineering standards; you care about making things robust and easy to maintain. Making other developers' lives easier makes you happy.

You don't just want things to work: you also want to understand how and why they work. You love diving deeply into technical details and finding creative solutions to complex problems. You can be pragmatic, but also truly enjoy doing things the right way.

You like working in a team and taking ownership of your projects. You can communicate and coordinate with colleagues across teams effectively.

You enjoy finding ways to accomplish large-scale improvements in small incremental steps. You’re interested in systems thinking.

You also:

• Have excellent backend development skills in Python or similar languages.
• Have significant experience working on larger production codebases.
• Are experienced with web technologies.
• Are comfortable with SQL and relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL.
• Have experience with typing (mypy, pyright) in Python.
• Have high engineering standards: do you like to leave your code cleaner than you found it? So do we!
• Have a good working knowledge of Linux, git, and the command line.
• You are available for at least 32h per week
• Live in the Netherlands or are willing to relocate, and have a valid work permit (if you’re a non-EU citizen).

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Haskell, Nix or other functional languages.
• Experience in optimizing the performance of database queries and application code.
• Having worked with distributed systems before.

Important note: we understand that studies show women may only apply for roles when they feel they meet 100% of the requirements, therefore, we strongly encourage you to apply even if you don't check every box, as we are looking for passionate individuals with potential and a willingness to grow.

Who are we?

Channable was founded in 2014 in the heart of Utrecht. We are now a strong team of 250+ diverse individuals, and more than 40+ nationalities.
Joining Channable means you’re looking for a bit more than just a job. Diverse as we are, we all share our love for growth, to help, to take ownership, and create an awesome journey together.

What do we do?

Channable is a fast-growing B2B SaaS platform that offers a fully integrated way to market your products online. We empower marketers and online businesses to manage, scale, and optimize their marketing

What do we offer?

• Gross monthly salary ranging from € 4,554 to € 6,912 based on a 40-hour work week. The salary is determined based on your experience.
• 8% holiday allowance - 8% of your yearly salary, which is paid together with your May salary.
• Stock Appreciation Rights: eligible employees can financially profit from Channable’s success.
• Annual L&D budget of €1000 to spend on anything you want to learn. You can take full advantage of this to grow professionally.
• Saving for old age - we have a savings scheme for old age, which can accrue up to 5% of your monthly salary.
• Company-wide performance bonus, up to 10% of your annual salary, determined yearly by our founders based on financial planning and targets
• Traveling to our office? No problem, we got you covered (NS Business Card, or €0,23 per km if you decide to use a different means of transport).
• To work in a beautiful historic and fully renovated office in the heart of Utrecht & with a flexible hybrid working policy of (minimum 2 days in the office).
• Since you can work from home for 3 days a week, we will provide home office supplies.
• Having flexible working hours means starting your day between 8.00–10.00 am.
• 26 vacation days + 2 reload days based on 40 hours.
• We offer a 3-week-long workcation; and an additional 3 weeks, if you live as an expat in the Netherlands!
• Are you going to become a parent? We think it is important that you spend time with your newborn. Enjoy 5 weeks of 100% paid partner leave.
• We want you to feel good - please feel free to use our discounted Urban Sport Club subscription.
• You have free & anonymous access to the OpenUp platform, and psychologists. This free service is also available to your family members.
• Channaweekend (we will go abroad yearly for a long weekend with all the colleagues from all over the world).
• At Channable, our Chef and Commis Chef prepare fresh meals Monday to Thursday, catering to all dietary needs - including vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free - to keep our team fueled and inspired!
• Additional working conditions like massages, in-office bar (Channabar), parties, sports teams (even personal training sessions at our Channagym), video games, and many more!

At Channable, we strive to create and foster an environment of belonging and collaboration and we believe in diverse and inclusive teams.