Haskell Software Engineer

Your job:

You will join the Infra Red team, which consists of four Haskell Engineers. This team works on our Infrastructure together with the Infra Blue team.

You will be working on the backend of a complex distributed web application. Our tool provides a number of different services, written in Haskell, Python and Rust.

In this position, you will be responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of new and old features in our application. You will also be working on scaling our Haskell applications to the next level, where we can handle another order of magnitude increase in throughput while keeping our app fast and responsive.

Our Stack includes: Haskell, Python, Rust, PostgreSQL, Redis, Ansible, Terraform, React, Prometheus. And we run all of our infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform.

Your challenges:

• Design, development, and testing of 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

• Work together with our product and DevOps teams on requirements and issues

Who are you?

• Excellent programming skills in Haskell (or similar typed functional language)

• At least 2 years of professional software engineering experience 

• Experience in tuning and scaling a big application

• 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

• You have an EU citizenship or a valid permit to work in the Netherlands. 

• You are available for at least 32h per week 

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Haskell libraries like warp, conduit, async, servant, aeson, compact

• Experience with Nix

• Familiar with Rust 

• Familiar with Python or other dynamic languages

• Interested in automation and fast builds

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.

Who are we?

Channable was founded in 2014 in the heart of Utrecht. We are now a strong team of 250+  diverse individuals, and 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, to help, to take ownership, and create 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.

What do we do?

Channable 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

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.

What do we offer?

• Gross monthly salary ranging from €3.519- €7,296 based on a 40-hour work week. The salary is determined based on your experience.

• 8% holiday allowance - 8% of your yearly salary, which is paid together with your May salary.

• Stock Appreciation Rights: eligible employees can financially profit from Channable’s success.

• Annual L&D budget of €1000 to spend on anything you want to learn. You can take full advantage of this to grow professionally.

• Saving for old age - we have a savings scheme for old age, which can accrue up to 5% of your monthly salary.

• Company-wide performance bonus, up to 10% of your annual salary, determined yearly by our founders based on financial planning and targets

• Traveling to our office? No problem, we got you covered (NS Business Card, or €0,23 per km if you decide to use a different means of transport).

• To work in a beautiful historic and fully renovated office in the heart of Utrecht & with a flexible hybrid working policy of (minimum 2 days in the office).

• Since you can work from home for 3 days a week, we will provide home office supplies.

• Having flexible working hours means starting your day between 8.00–10.00 am.

• 26 vacation days + 2 reload days based on 40 hours.

• We offer a 3-week-long workcation; and an additional 3 weeks, if you live as an expat in the Netherlands!

• Are you going to become a parent? We think it is important that you spend time with your newborn. Enjoy 5 weeks of 100% paid partner leave.

• We want you to feel good - please feel free to use our discounted Urban Sport Club subscription.

• You have free & anonymous access to the OpenUp platform, and psychologists. This free service is also available to your family members.

• Channaweekend (we will go abroad in 2025 for a long weekend with all the colleagues from all over the world).

• At Channable, our Chef and Commis Chef prepare fresh meals Monday to Thursday, catering to all dietary needs - including vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free - to keep our team fueled and inspired!

• Additional working conditions like massages, in-office bar (Channabar), parties, sports teams (even personal training sessions at our Channagym), video games, and many more!

How can you apply?

Are you interested? Please apply by clicking on the "apply now" button below. Please send your application in English. If it's a match, Ioana  (Tech Talent Acquisition Partner) will get in touch with you for an introduction call. After that, you'll be invited for interviews. We look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible!

Contact by job agencies and recruiters will not be appreciated. Each recruiter or headhunter who approaches us agrees with a donation of €250 for 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.