Lead software engineer / CTO (32-40 hours/wk)

An opportunity like this doesn’t come by often. We are looking for a lead software engineer / CTO for our social enterprise and fintech startup: The Social Handshake.

ABOUT THE SOCIAL HANDSHAKE

Doing Good is in our nature, but often barriers limit our good intentions. That’s why The Social Handshake makes doing good easy. We are a fintech startup that provides Payroll Giving, Emergency Giving for Ukraine, and Christmas Giving to 40+ clients like HPE, BUX and Bain & Co, and will soon add Holiday Giving to our online platform. Payroll Giving is one of the easiest and most effective ways to help solve problems like poverty and climate change. With 1000+ users we contributed 100K+ to charities like Unicef or JustDiggit, and we only just got started. When you join The Social Handshake you will not only be lead software engineer in our fast growing startup but, also contribute to a more sustainable and just world, daily.

WHAT WILL YOU DO

Work together with the team to:

  • Ensure our platform is ready to grow to serve 100K+ users

  • Lead the development for the expansion with other sorts of Giving (Holiday Giving, Tree Giving, Bonus Giving) to increase our impact

  • Integrate with different salary administration software systems (API) and benefit platforms to make it easier than ever for companies to join our mission to make doing good easy.

  • Build and lead the dev. team to our next phase of growth and international expansion

  • Be hands on at the start, implementing many features yourself, and then transitioning into the leadership role as the team grows

ABOUT YOU

You are a (back-end focused) software engineer who is also capable of doing front-end, and wants to lead our scalable platform to the next phase of growth to serve 100+K users. 

  • Familiar with Java and JavaScript in a full stack environment (3+ years’ experience)

  • Familiar with creating and consuming APIs

  • Preferably familiar with Google Cloud

  • Preferable experience with startups/scaleups

  • Available at least 4 days a week

  • Able to travel to Amsterdam 1 day a week

  • You live in the Netherlands and you speak Dutch

About our stack: LoonGift is currently built on the Google Cloud, with Java as its back-end and React/Typescript as its front-end. This does not necessarily have to stay this way in the future. Now that our standalone MVP has been a success, we are starting to integrate with different payroll and benefit platforms out there.

WHAT WE OFFER

The ability to play a big role in a fast-growing company and lead the dev. team. Depending on your experience you can be hired as lead developer with possibility to be promoted to CTO, or be hired as CTO directly.

  • You contribute daily to a more sustainable and social world while working together with a passionate team of professionals;

  • An inspiring work environment at a fast-growing startup and social enterprise, accompanied by a large network with the business community and charities;

  • A great workplace at SDG House in the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam and an opportunity to do part of your work remote;

  • This role is essential for our success, so we like to share that with you in the form of stock options (SAR)

THE SOCIAL HANDSHAKE IS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION WHEN HIRING

  • All applications are treated equally and based on its content only

  • We look beyond (validity of) diploma’s

  • Would you like to say something about how this vacancy can be made more inclusive? We'd love to hear from you!

Interested? Send an email with motivation and resume to marieke@thesocialhandshake.com