Software Engineer - Team APL

As a Software Developer at PostNL, you will work on the APL platform for parcel lockers. Help build smart logistics technology that you see everywhere. Collaborate on smart software for parcel lockers in an ambitious team. As a Medior Developer, build innovative logistics solutions at PostNL.

That's why you choose PostNL as a Software Developer

Visible work: You will develop software for our network of parcel lockers, a popular delivery option in the Netherlands.

Challenge: You will work on complex cloud systems and embedded technology with AWS.

Innovation: You contribute ideas about technical improvements within a fast-growing IT domain.

Collaboration: You work in a committed team where you can spar and learn from each other.

Autonomy: You work independently on software development, but can always count on help from your colleagues.

This is your role

As a Software Developer, you will contribute to the development of the APL platform: the software that connects our parcel lockers with carriers such as PostNL, FedEx and GLS. You contribute to the cloud applications, embedded software and the APL Management application – our digital representation of the network. You will develop new features, make estimates, and improve technical components of the platform. Think of features that help managing capacity of the lockers or segregating the data accross different carries which you also test yourself! You work in a scrum team with 2 week sprints. You will be given the space to make independent choices and explore new technologies, always in line with the APL architecture and within the framework of self-engineering.

Your colleagues

You will be part of the APL team of the BIT E-commerce department. You will work together with a lead software engineer, a solution consultant, a platform owner and five developers. On Tuesdays and

Thursdays you will be together at the office in The Hague, the other days you will work hybrid. The atmosphere is open, collegial and focused on growth and cooperation.

This is what we deliver to you

A position full of innovation and work that you literally see in every street in the Netherlands. At PostNL, we want to grow into the logistics e-commerce platform of the future. So that we can deliver special moments even smarter, faster and better. Your mentality and our challenge. With us, you bring it together. In addition, you can count on a nice package of employment conditions.

The top benefits of your position are:

• Salary between €4,030.55 and €6,402.21 gross per month (scale 10–11) for 37 hours per week. 32 hours is also possible!
• Space to work hybrid and organize your times flexibly. Do you work from home two days or more a week? Then you will receive a compensation of € 45 net per month.
• Engineering Laptop (Mac or Windows) and a smartphone
• 8% holiday pay and 25 vacation days if you work full-time.
• Travel allowance for commuting. NS Business card or KM reimbursement
• A good pension scheme through the PostNL pension fund.

What you bring

• Je denkt graag mee, werkt gestructureerd en neemt initiatief. Je bent flexibel in een dynamische omgeving en weet technische keuzes goed af te stemmen binnen je team. Dankzij jouw heldere communicatie werk je makkelijk samen met collega’s aan slimme IT-oplossingen die écht impact maken.

  Verder herken je je hierin:

  Je hebt hbo- of wo-niveau.

  Je hebt minimaal 3 jaar ervaring als software developer.

  Je hebt ervaring met TypeScript en AWS-cloudtechnologie.

  Je werkt met frameworks zoals CDK en TDD.

  Je denkt en bouwt vanuit een serverless mindset en kent event driven architectuur.

Want to know more
Talk to Lee (via lee.verschuren@postnl.nl)