Engineering Team Lead (Orders & Payments)
Job title: Engineering Team Lead
Team: Orders & Payments
Location: Amsterdam/Groningen, NL - or - Fully-remote from a complimentary timezone
Environment: On-site/Hybrid/Remote (you decide!)
Timezone: +/- 2 hours of CET
Language: Our business language is English
Where the journey began…
From humble beginnings when traveling back in 2014, our co-founders at Parkos embarked on our journey to ensure that the beginning and end of your travel experience are as enjoyable as the actual adventure between!
We make airport parking a smooth, seamless and efficient process for all travelers using our TravelTech price comparison & booking platform.
We started off by winning the major airports within the Netherlands and now operate in over 15 different countries and 3 different regions (and counting)! We’ve grown to over 120 Parkie’s and millions of travelers choose Parkos every year!
The team
Our Order & Payments team are responsible for managing our Global reservations and integrating with a myriad of different payment providers and platforms. They are also responsible for the backend development of our checkout pages.
This is currently a team of 2 individual contributors (of 20+ developers in total and counting) and is an area of the business primed for expansion.
We’ve experienced rapid growth in recent years and have introduced a microservices strategy based around Kubernetes to leave our monolith behind and to standardize our processes.
What you’ll do
Manage a team of individual contributors
Prioritize workflows and manage JIRA
Hire, develop & review team performance
Hands-on contributions to accelerate our technical roadmap
Shape and safeguard our GCP architecture and ensure we have reliable and auditable systems
What you’ll bring
Proven experience in leading Engineering teams
Strong understanding of microservice architecture
Good understanding of large-scale payment systems and their complexities within different regions (OWASP, GDPR, ISO27001 etc.)
Experience as a Senior Software Engineer (ideally with Laravel and Node.js) working at scale and in a multi-region setup
An owner mentality and challenger mindset would set you up for success with Parkos
What we offer
Flexible working: We understand that people’s circumstances vary and allow you to decide where you work from. We can support on-site, hybrid, and fully-remote (so long as the timezones aren’t too far apart!)
Ownership: Take ownership of your work and have the opportunity to drive lasting change within Parkos
Growth: We provide the autonomy and personal development support for you to move quickly through the ranks at Parkos - the sky's the limit!
Transparency: We talk about our plans, allow everyone a voice, work together towards common objectives, and share our successes together as a team
Fast-pace: We love to experiment and try new things quickly. An error is only a mistake when you fail to correct it and we want to reach our destination as swiftly and smoothly as possible!
The road ahead checklist
Fit Interview with recruiter (45-mins)
Technical Assignment (2-4 hours)
Meet team and evaluate maturity (45-mins)
Discuss assignment and findings with CTO (1-hour)
- Department
- Product
- Role
- Backend developer
- Locations
- Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Our Perks & Benefits
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🏄🏻♀️ 30 days paid vacation
We value that you get more time with your family and friends. Therefore we offer everybody 30 days paid vacation. -
🕐 Flexible working hours
We value work-life balance highly, therefore we have flexible working hours. -
🥯 Breakfast at work
Every day we got breakfast at work. We want to make sure our colleagues have the energy to do their work properly. -
Regular social & team events 🕺
Once a quarter we celebrate our successes as a team.
Workplace, Culture & Diversity
Corporate culture is essential to allow the organization to differentiate itself. In terms of image on the one hand, it has strengths both internally and externally to consumers. It is indeed a source of cohesion and motivation of employees and it limits conflicts. With customers, it conveys a positive image and can develop a feeling of closeness to the company or even become a criterion of choice.
Engineering Team Lead (Orders & Payments)
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