About Oneplanetcrowd

Oneplanetcrowd is the largest sustainable funding platform in the Netherlands. The platform connects innovative entrepreneurs and forward-looking investors to accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy. Entrepreneurs and energy projects that contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals can receive funding from the crowd via the platform. Future-oriented investors can invest directly in innovative and sustainable projects.

We are proud to be a certified B Corp – which confirms our positive contribution to people, communities and the planet. We have funded over 175 sustainable projects with over EUR 80 mio of funds for companies as VanMoof and Fairphone. And this is just the beginning.

We are looking for an awesome senior software engineer to scale our crowdfunding platform for financial return and sustainable impact. Our cuttingplatform bringing change-making entrepreneurs and impact investors together.

What you will do

• Collaborate with our Product Owner, two Software Engineers and other stakeholders to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment.
• Take ownership, propose and implement cutting-edge technologies and improvements to our platform architecture.
• Design and prototype new ideas, implement new features, connect with external systems, and optimize existing code to improve quality and usability.
• Perform code reviews, improve test processes and continuous integration pipelines to deliver new features rapidly.
• Ensure the security and reliability of our platform remains top-notch.

Some of the challenges you will be taking on

• Redesign our financial accounting and transaction engine. This will be a tough challenge requiring your technical and collaboration skills.
• Integrate third party applications and our microservices with APIs.
• Improve our administration portal to further automate/ avoid manual processes.
• Continuously improve our Agile software development process (CI/CD) and team collaboration.

What you will bring

• At least 5 years of hands-on experience of building and releasing web applications, both frontend and backend.
• Experience working with technologies like NodeJS, Javascript/ Typescript, REST API and SQL (PostgreSQL).
• Knowledge of AWS cloud services and solutions (e.g. Lambda and ECS).
• Experience with testing, code versioning and release management. Knowledge of Terraform or CloudFormation is a plus.
• Affinity with sustainability and finance.
• You want to work in Amsterdam (on-site or hybrid) and have a valid permit to work in NL / EU.

What you will get

• A working location in the beautiful building in the heart of Amsterdam, the SDG house - part of the Royal Tropical Institute. An inspiring environment with impact start-ups and scale ups.
• You will become part of a small team of around 5 people. You will get a lot of responsibility and opportunities to influence the decision-making process and roadmap.
• You will be challenged and have lots of opportunities to excel and grow. The atmosphere is informal but ambitious and we encourage personal development.
• Work worth doing. Disrupting the traditional financial industry while contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• 25 holiday days, a pension scheme and good gear (MackBook Pro 15 inch).