Job Description:
Title: Lead Software Engineer
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About the Team:
Eco-Movement, part of Dow Jones, is a leading global platform for EV charge point location and pricing data. Customers of the platform include navigation providers, charge point operators, eMSPs, and the public sector. As an independent platform with more than 1.5 million connectors in over 80 countries, Eco-Movement is in a unique position to support the electrification of the passenger and heavy-duty vehicle segments.
To learn more about us, check out this page.
About the Role:As a software engineer, you will design, test and build new functionalities for our clients. Your challenge is to further develop and maintain the applications, data and security architecture.You will work in the domain of validated and enriched location data and real-time status data of charging stations around the world. The main language experience that we are looking for is Go.
You Will:Rebuild critical components of our systems to be ready for the future.
Proactively identify and propose opportunities to improve the product, architecture and systems (performance, scalability, security, etc.).
Provide input on priorities and (jointly) manage the roadmap.
Go experience: >4 years of professional software engineering experience, including at least 2 years of hands-on Go development on professional projects (for businesses or open source).
Tech-Savvy Developer: Our stack uses Go, Gitlab-CI, Google Cloud Platform, MySQL, Postgres, Kubernetes, Docker, and more. It's nice if you're already familiar with our stack, but because you're experienced, we assume you'll quickly learn new tools if needed;
Quality-Oriented: Have experience with testing and passionate about code maintainability and readability;
Team Spirit: Accountable, an effective communicator and a true team player;
Adaptive Learner: Embrace a growth mindset - open to feedback, eager to learn, and always in sync with the latest technical advancements.
Our Benefits
Fun international team and frequent events
Dynamic scale-up vibe and lots of opportunities to make an impact
Our own office, next to Utrecht Central Station. We have a hybrid way of working with 3 days from the office and 2 days from home with Monday and Thursday as our mandatory office days with free healthy lunch
25 vacation days
Medical Allowance
Employee Well-being Support & Fitness Programs
Membership of MyWheels EV car sharing service
A role with a lot of freedom, challenge, and opportunity. No dull moments, guaranteed!
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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Business Area:
Dow Jones - Energy
Job Category:
Software Product Engineering
Union Status:
Non-Union role
Base Pay Range: €60000 - €75000
We’re committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate’s experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors.
For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions.
For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.
Skills Required
- 4 years of professional software engineering experience
- At least 2 years of hands-on Go development
- Familiarity with our tech stack (Go, Gitlab-CI, Google Cloud, MySQL, etc.)
- Experience with testing and code maintainability
What We Do
When you join Dow Jones, you become part of the most dynamic, creative and savvy news and information companies in the world. As a global leader in news and business intelligence, we're newswires, websites, newspapers, apps, newsletters, databases, magazines, and video --including some of the widest-read and most-respected brands, like The Wall Street Journal, Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Financial News, DJX, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource. Our products inform the discussions and decisions that are vital to the world's commerce, while our databases make the business world more transparent. We continually develop technology to transform information into insight and prosperity. We enlighten and inspire audiences around the globe with authoritative, differentiated and trusted content.
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