Are you passionate about clean code, creative problem-solving, and meaningful work? Would you like to use your experience to the benefit of the environment? Then a role at Gaia Ecology might be just the thing for you!

Gaia Ecology is a young and ambitious ecological research and consultancy startup. Our team consists of ecologists and developers who believe that nature deserves its own space—even in the middle of urban expansion. We build tools and deliver services to help our clients make responsible decisions with biodiversity in mind. From large infrastructure projects to local field research, we combine ecology and technology to create smart, scalable solutions.

Right now, we’re looking for a senior/lead software engineer to help take our technical projects to the next level.

Gaia’s team of developers has been building a digital tool to support fieldwork, data reporting, and interaction with clients. As the senior engineer your main task is delivering new features and improvements. Our codebase has gone over a full rewrite over the past months and is very clean. No fixing up old legacy crap. You’re in charge of keeping it that way and take our 86% test coverage to 100! You use your leadership skills to mentor medior and junior devs, promoting clean code, solid principles, TTD and other good engineering practices. You’ll work with the CTO on complicated architecture problems and are a good technical sparring partner. You are a hard worker and work well in a fast moving startup environment and never miss a deadline. 

You are very comfortable and know every in and out of the following stack: 

• Languages & Frameworks: JavaScript, Node.js, TypeScript, React
• Databases: PostgreSQL
• Testing: TDD, unit testing
• APIs: GraphQL, Apollo

Bonus experience:

• Mobile development (Native Android, iOS, Kotlin Swift)
• Other languages and frameworks like Java, C#, Python
• Devops

• You have At least 10 years of software development experience
• You know how to break down complex tasks and collaborate with the team
• You speak and write fluent English. Dutch knowledge is a plus.
• You’ve led teams or taken technical ownership in past roles (Required for the high end of the salary range)

• Salary, ranging between €5500-7000/mo, depending on your experience and skills
• Flexibility in hours and vacation days. No 9-5 here.
• Hybrid work possible.
• Pension scheme 
• Travel reimbursement
• An exciting startup environment with a fresh, friendly and informal team!
• Fun company activities like our yearly trip (We rented a castle in Spain last time!), monthly team drinks, games at the office etc.

Send your CV and a short motivation to [email protected].

We’re excited to meet you!