Internship Backend Developer

Our values:

• We learn, together. By embracing mistakes, providing feedback and stimulating learning (e.g. with books, training, presentations).
• We show we care. By rewarding, giving, and helping out.
• We deliver extraordinary results. By pushing ourselves to be the best, and own up to that.

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You:

• You love writing backend-code (and have some demonstrable experience with it, preferably in Python)
• You are interested in pursuing a career in a fast-growing, HR-tech startup
• You like to be surrounded by a team, to learn from, but also to help each other out and to have fun with
• You are responsible and want to get things done
• You are open to feedback and want to make sure to learn everything you need to become an even better developer
• You have an excellent command of the Dutch language.

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What we'll provide:

• Our tech stack: python (backend) and javascript/typescript/svelte (frontend). Check out the overview below.
• A startup environment in which you get the chance to make an impact and learn every day.
• An amazing office in the centre of Amsterdam. We provide a lot of flexibility but do have an office-culture, and expect you to be there most of the time.
• Free lunch, drinks, activities and parties
• A monthly compensation of €450,-, plus an optional €30,- if you use your own laptop
• Lots of extra's: in office bootcamps, trees planted to compensate your emissions, 25 days holiday + 2 non-bank holidays days by default off

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A typical day for you

• 9:00: your first coffee at the office. Want to start earlier? Go for it.
• 9:15: the daily start of the day with the whole team, briefly sharing your focus for the day
• 9:25: your developer-team standup, in which we can dive into your planning, discussing obstacles, questions, and progress
• 9:35: typically some programming in which you either join a developer to learn from, or get help to get things done together
• 12:00: lunch-time!
• 12:30: time to review some pull-requests of your team members and take part in valuable code discussions
• 13:00: a collaborative planning- or project refinement-session with (a part of) the team
• 14:00: a focus block to write some code yourself
• 16:30: a 1-1 with your manager
• 17:15: tick off some last todo's or help out the support team with some tech-related issues
• time to go home, join the bootcamp or office-drinks!

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Background info:

• The Selection Lab, deelnemer Techleap's Rise batch #13
• Wired heeft The Selection Lab gekozen als "One of the hottest startups in Amsterdam"
• Nederlandse startup The Selection Lab haalt €1.25M op voor verder ontwikkeling van haar assessmenttechnologie