Junior/Medior Node.js Engineer

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 (NestJS, Node.js and more), Kubernetes, MongoDB, PostgreSQL. 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 juniors to become better software engineers and further develop their strengths
• Talk to other 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 €4,414 and €6,306 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 kilometres travelled
• Allowances for setting up your home office and for internet use.

It is also important to us that you continue to develop yourself. We give you the space and the confidence to grow in your career and as a person. We help you with:

• Plenty of training and learning opportunities in our Learning & Development Centre
• A large (international) network of colleagues who are keen to share their knowledge with you
• The autonomy to steer your own development path

We work hybrid at NN. Together with your team, you decide where, how and when you work. The official location of this job is The Hague.

Who you are  

You are a software engineer with the focus on backend development in TypeScript, 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.

What you will bring is:

• 3+ years of experience in backend software development, building JavaScript/TypeScript based applications with NestJS or Node.js
• Experience building applications using AWS (Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, etc.) and with both SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.)
• Experience with Kubernetes or Docker and experience with YAML based pipelines for CI/CD
• A passion for automation and implementing recurring tasks, testing, and security in CI/CD systems
• Experience building applications using Serverless is a plus

Who you will work with

You will join a partially remote empowered 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?  

Any questions about the job or the process can be directed to Carolina Remzetti via carolina.remzetti@nn-group.com.

This is a permanent position. A candidate will receive a contract from NN, and we are not open to interim/freelance assignments and/or candidates or recruitment agencies. Thank you very much for your understanding.