Haskell Software Engineer - Creatives Team
What’s in it for you (to start with):
Gross monthly salary ranging from € 4.000 to € 5.700 based on a 40-hour work week. This salary range reflects our career framework. Your final role level will be determined throughout the recruitment process, based on alignment with this framework
8% holiday allowance - 8% of your yearly salary, which is paid together with your May salary
Saving for old age - we have a savings scheme for old age, which can accrue up to 5% of your monthly salary, or you can get an additional +2.5% to your monthly base salary.
And many more benefits that you can read about at the bottom of the job description!
Your challenges:
The Creatives team works on and is responsible for our Image Editor and related image-processing features.
You will be working on the backend and sometimes a little bit on the frontend of a complex distributed web application. Our tool provides several different services, written in Haskell, Python, and Rust.
In this position, you will be responsible for the architecture, development, and maintenance of new and old image-related features in our application. An important aspect of our work is scaling our services to the next level, so we can handle another order of magnitude increase in throughput while keeping our app fast and responsive. To give you a sense of scale: a couple hundred millions of images are inspected, transformed and created by our services every day.
Plan and shape the future of the Creatives suite of features with our tight-knit team
Design, develop, and test new product features
Collaborate with and review PRs of other team members
Improve the reliability and robustness of our application
Work on scalability and performance improvements
Collaborate with our other product and platform teams to integrate image-manipulating features with other parts of our tool.
Our Stack includes: Haskell, Python, Rust, PostgreSQL, TypeScript, React, Ansible, Terraform, Prometheus. And we run all of our infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform.
Who are you?
You have good programming skills in Haskell (or a similar typed functional language)
You are familiar with other programming languages and polyglot programming: we regularly need to make modifications in services written in other languages (especially Python and Rust) as well
You have approximately 4-5 years of professional software engineering experience
You have experience in tuning and scaling a big application
You have experience with web development, web technologies, and APIs
Familiarity with SQL and relational databases, preferably Postgres
Good working knowledge of Linux, git, and the command line.
Nice to have:
Knowledge of Haskell libraries like warp, conduit, async, servant, aeson, effectful
Knowledge of Rust and its ecosystem
Prior experience in image processing
Some knowledge of TypeScript/React, which we use in our WYSIWYG Image Editor
A passion to provide value to customers and figuring out the 'question behind the question'.
Practical requirements:
EU citizenship or a valid work permit for the Netherlands; you are preferably already living in the Netherlands
Available for at least 32 hours a week, with two days spent at the Utrecht office.
Important note: we understand that studies show women may only apply for roles when they feel they meet 100% of the requirements; therefore, we strongly encourage you to apply even if you don't check every box, as we are looking for passionate individuals with potential and a willingness to grow.
The team:
You will join the Creatives team, consisting of five more Backend engineers, two Frontend engineers, a Product Manager, and a UI/UX designer.
Who are we?
Channable was founded in 2014 in the heart of Utrecht and is a fast-growing B2B SaaS platform that offers a fully integrated way to market your products online. We empower marketers and online businesses to manage, scale, and optimize their marketing. We are now a strong team of 320+ diverse individuals from more than 40+ nationalities.
Joining Channable means you’re looking for a bit more than just a job. Diverse as we are, we all share our love for growth, helping, taking ownership, and creating an awesome journey together. Feel free to take a further look at who we are here and on our Instagram or LinkedIn! Wanna get to know us even more? Give our Culture Playbook a read.
Why Channable?
At Channable, you’ll find a culture that values openness, craftsmanship, and collaboration. We invest in our people and give them the autonomy to drive meaningful change. You'll work on technical challenges that matter, with colleagues who care deeply about the product and each other.
Want to read more about our development adventures? Then visit our inspiring tech blog: https://tech.channable.com/
And if this makes you enthusiastic, you can also take a look at some of our open-source work at https://github.com/channable to get a feeling of how we work together and what our code looks like.
More benefits:
Annual L&D budget of €1000 to spend on your professional growth.
Company-wide performance bonus, up to 10% of your annual salary, determined yearly by our founders based on financial planning and targets.
Stock Appreciation Rights: senior employees can financially profit from Channable’s success.
26 vacation days + 2 reload days based on 40 hours, with the possibility of buying up to 5 extra vacation days per year
Are you going to become a parent? Enjoy 5 weeks of 100% paid partner leave!
Commuting to our office? Choose between an NS Business Card or a €0.25/km travel allowance for alternative transport.
Work from our office in central Utrecht at least 2 days a week, and from home for the rest (we'll provide the gear and a budget for extra supplies). Plus, enjoy flexible working hours with a morning start window between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
We offer a 3-week-long workcation; and an additional 3 weeks if you live as an expat in the Netherlands!
Your well-being matters: we offer a discounted Urban Sports Club subscription and anonymous access to OpenUp psychologists and resources.
Fresh daily lunch: enjoy fresh meals prepared Monday to Thursday by our in-house Chef (fully catering to vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free diets). On Fridays, we switch it up by ordering in tasty sandwiches and salads.
Additional working conditions include massages, even personal training sessions at our Channagym, video games, an in-office bar, and many more!
Channaweek & Channaweekend: connect with your global colleagues at our annual team gathering in Utrecht, and pack your bags for Channaweekend, our annual company-wide getaway.
How can you introduce yourself to us?
Are you interested? To ensure your application reaches the right team quickly, please submit it in English directly through our careers page by clicking the “Apply” button. Applications submitted via email won’t be considered. We look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible!
Interview steps:
If it's a match, Ioana (Tech Talent Acquisition Partner) will get in touch with you for an introductory call (25 minutes)
Then you are going to have a tech interview with the team members (1h)
For senior candidates, we schedule a system design as well (1h)
After that, we will schedule a culture and role fit interview with the Creative Team Lead and one more colleague (1h)
When we don’t have enough information, we might ask you to work on a short assignment before your tech interview.
Please note that after the interviews and before the offer stage, we’ll conduct reference checks.
Important note: We know that in the current AI era, it's tempting to use technology to polish your interview performance. While we value your ambition, please do not use AI assistance during the first screening, so we can get to know the real person behind the resume.
Note: Contact from job agencies and recruiters will not be appreciated. Each recruiter or headhunter who approaches us agrees with a donation of €250 to Make-A-Wish.
At Channable, we strive to create and foster an environment of belonging and collaboration, and we believe in diverse and inclusive teams
