As Virtuagym keeps on growing, we are now looking for a new face to complement our Development team. As Software Engineer, you will be joining the team responsible for our blue domain, which focuses on billing & payments. Will you join us in our quest to create a healthier and happier world?

Although you will be working for our Amsterdam office, we are a remote-friendly company! This means you can work from home within the Netherlands, or work from our office in the city center of Amsterdam.

What this role looks like

A software engineer at Virtuagym will be responsible for developing and maintaining features in our software suite. This includes refining product requirements and being the one of the main contributors to the design, implementation, and testing of technical solutions that meet the needs of our customers. A successful software engineer has a passion for technology, a strong work ethic, and confidence to work independently as well as a part of a team. Software engineers at Virtuagym will develop and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end testing suites for our software.

Responsibilities

• Participating in designing simple and scalable technical solutions with good system design practices for product shapes;

• Working effectively within established architectures, following current best practices;

• Effectively delivering software following the specifications in the technical solution of a given shape;

• Actively monitoring production systems for which the team is responsible;

• Documenting technical solutions including descriptive diagrams;

• Communicating proactively, delivers progress updates, asks questions for clarification or confirmation, and actively solicits feedback;

• Providing effective code reviews for all members of the engineering team while asking empathetic and honest questions;

• Actively participating in the planning of future work, including Sprint Backlog, and Product Backlog;

• Actively participating in pair or group programming exercises with all members of the engineering team

• Supporting members of the engineering team on technical and professional matters by providing advice and dedicating time to them upon request

• Understanding and making use of the software development methodology chosen by their team to complete the Software Development Lifecycle.

Our tech stack

• Python, Vue.js, PHP, NodeJS

• Kakfa, ksqlDB, Kafka Connect

• Kotlin, Swift, Objective-C

• MariaDB, MongoDB, Rabbitmq, Elasticsearch, Redis

• AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Vault, Gitlab

What you will bring to our Development team

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, a related field or equivalent experience;

• 3 years of professional experience in software development, with expertise in PHP, Python, and/or JavaScript;

• Experience in building, testing, and maintaining software systems while adhering to engineering principles such as testability, maintainability, observability, and reliability;

• History of contributions to the improvement of the Development Lifecycle;

• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with Product Management to create actionable product specifications;

• A team player who actively participates in daily rituals and contributes to the team's success, sharing your knowledge with others and learn from your team;

• Love for delivering high quality and well-tested software;

• Relevant software development experience across the full stack;

• Relevant experience with an RDBMS and Entity Relational Diagrams;

• Experience with version control and various git workflows;

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, our company language. Dutch is not required;

• Knowledge of the agile philosophy and ways to implement it, like SCRUM and DevOps lifecycles (Plan, code, build, test, release, deploy, operate, monitor).

Bonus points for...

• Experience with distributed services and event-driven applications

• Experience working with VueJS

• A well-curated portfolio

• An obsession with customer satisfaction

Important note: please do apply if you meet 80% of the criteria. At Virtuagym we hire great people, not just resumes. If you can't check off a few requirements but are a fast learner, we’d love to hear from you

Here’s why you should join our team!
Benefits: 

🌎 Remote-friendly: you can work from home in The Netherlands whenever you like. 

Please note: for our Amsterdam office vacancies, even though we are remote-friendly, we can only hire people who live in the Netherlands/are open to moving to the Netherlands, and hold a Dutch citizen service number (BSN).
🌴 25 paid vacation days per year (based on a full-time contract), with the option to buy extra vacation days when you have used up all 25 days

🏡 Pension scheme and a holiday allowance of 8% 

💻 We provide your home office set-up and hardware and a working-from-home allowance.

💪 The Virtuagym Health Program: a monthly contribution towards your gym subscription (Trainmore, Basicfit, Classpass, Onefit etc.), Friends & Family gym discount and free video-on-demand workouts.

✈ Work from abroad (within Europe) for up to 12 weeks a year with a maximum of 4 consecutive weeks.

💬 Unlimited access to on-demand coaching with psychologists via chat, phone, or video call through the platform OpenUp.

Cultural perks:

📈 Many opportunities for personal and professional growth within the company.

😎 A fun, healthy, and international work environment made up of over 35 nationalities.

🗣 We believe in a flat hierarchy with room to take ownership: your voice will be truly heard.

⚽ Organized Virtuagym sports events throughout the year.

🎉 Awesome company events such as New Year's dinners, Summer outings, ski trips, etc.

🍹 Weekly Friday drinks and snacks in the office!

🐶 Pet-friendly office at the Amsterdam canals. Bring your pup to work day!

About Virtuagym
Virtuagym is a leading and fast-growing innovator in the digital health and fitness domain, offering a Software as a Service solution and multiple native apps to users worldwide. We offer coaching and management solutions for trainers, studios, clubs and corporate wellness, all with the vision to make the world a healthier and happier place.

Virtuagym is an ambitious, passionate and multicultural team of talented people who want to create a healthier world for all. We believe in teamwork, challenging each other, being bold and adventurous, working lean, taking care of each other and sharing success. As a scale-up, we embrace our diversity, international character and our flat hierarchy that promotes great freedom, taking ownership and making a true impact. Our talented staff of 200 employees are based out of two locations: Amsterdam, NL, and Medellin, CO.

Every day with us will be an opportunity to cultivate and evolve your personal and professional skills, as well as to make a significant impact on a global scale. At Virtuagym everyone can grow, whatever background you bring with you. We are not just colleagues, we are friends, willing to help and support each other. By joining us, you become a part of a joyful and energetic team.

Ready to join us?
Please do not hesitate to apply by clicking the ‘Apply for this Job’ button below! We look forward to receiving your CV and cover letter in English. We will get back to your application within 10 working days. 

For any questions on the vacancy, please get in touch with the recruitment team at recruitment@virtuagym.com.

The hiring process

The hiring process for this role consists of:

• Screening call with Recruitment

• 1st interview with our Software Development Manager and Head of Engineering 

• An assessment

• Final interview/introduction with the team.