Haskell Software Engineer - Creatives Team

Join the Creatives Team at Channable

Your job:

You will join the Creatives team, consisting of three more Haskell engineers, a Frontend engineer, a Product Manager and a UI/UX designer. This team works on and is responsible for our Image Editor and related image-processing features.

You will be working on the backend and sometimes a little bit on the frontend of a complex distributed web application. Our tool provides a number of different services, written in Haskell, Python and Rust.

In this position, you will be responsible for the architecture, development, and maintenance of new and old image-related features in our application. An important aspect of our work is scaling our services to the next level, so we can handle another order of magnitude increase in throughput while keeping our app fast and responsive.

Ready to truly make a difference? Collaborate with diverse teams and create meaningful features that directly serve our clients!

Our Stack includes: Haskell, Python, Rust, PostgreSQL, TypeScript, React, Ansible, Terraform, Prometheus. And we run all of our infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform.

Your challenges:

• Plan and shape the future of the Creatives suite of features with our tight-knit team
• Design, develop, and test new product features
• Collaborate with and review PRs of other team members
• Improve the reliability and robustness of our application
• Work on scalability and performance improvements
• Collaborate with our other product and platform teams to integrate image manipulation features with other parts of our tool.

Job requirements

Who are you?

• Excellent programming skills in Haskell (or a similar typed functional language)
• Familiar with other programming languages and polyglot programming: we regularly need to make modifications to services written in other languages (especially Python).
• At least 2 years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience in tuning and scaling a big application
• Experience with web development, web technologies, and APIs
• Familiarity with SQL and relational databases, preferably Postgres
• Good working knowledge of Linux, git, and the command line
• You are available for at least 32h per week
• Living in the Netherlands (or willing to relocate) and in possession of a valid work permit (if you’re a non-EU citizen)

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of Haskell libraries like warp, conduit, async, servant, aeson, effectful
• Some knowledge of TypeScript/React, which we use in our WYSIWYG Image Editor
• A passion to provide value to customers and figure out the 'question behind the question'

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 salary of €3.519- €5.900 based on your experience (based on 40 h/w)
• 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 in 2025 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.