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Software Engineer

Adcombi Amsterdam

What is required?

  • Analytical and problem solving skills
  • EU citizenship or valid work permit
  • Good command of the English language
  • You have experience with Ruby, Rails, JS, Git, OOP
  • Bonus: REST and APIs, Docker, Services, SQL Databases, Rspec, Degree in computer science or related field
  • You enjoy working in a team

What will you get?

  • €2,500 - €5,000 gross p/m (depending on experience)
  • 40 hour workweek (flexible working hours)
  • 24 vacation days and holiday pay
  • No work on the weekend
  • Business laptop
  • Budget for education / personal development

What will you do?

  • 20% Internal meeting
  • 20% Test new features
  • 10% Provide feedback to colleagues
  • 50% Coding
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Vacancy

As a Software Engineer at Adcombi you are responsible for developing new tools, which are immediately used by international advertisers and media companies. You do this together with a team of three experienced developers. Your daily tasks include writing tests, reviewing your colleagues’ code and creating new features for a variety of apps and services. You primarily work with Ruby, Ruby on Rails and JavaScript. You also participate in estimation sessions where work that has been requested is discussed and estimated into tickets depending on the complexity and type (features, bugs, tasks, etc.). During the sprint, you can then pick up tickets on Jira, the issue-tracking platform. At the end of each sprint, you’ll also do a team sprint review to discuss how it went.

You perform your tasks independently or in pairs. Working and discussing work together is very important within the Development team.

If you enjoy both front and back-end programming, and you don’t mind quickly switching between different tasks and contexts, then this is a job you would enjoy.

Working week

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Software Engineer
Diosa Taylor

I have an enjoyable day if I have built a new functionality and this really has an impact on the company

I have a less enjoyable day if I am busy solving bugs for too long.
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Firsthand experience

A colleague from the Operations department contacts you and says he gets an error message when he uploads his Excel file. What do you do?

Usually your colleagues submit requests or questions through Jira. The team can then deal with them together and determine their priority and validity. It is also possible that a colleague comes up to you and asks you something. Firstly, you check whether it is urgent, for example, if the current situation is causing problems for an on-going campaign. In this case, you ask them if they can send you the Excel file so that you can reproduce the bug. Then you identify where exactly the problem lies. If it seems to be a large bug, you indicate you are unable to solve it immediately and tell them it has to be looked into more. If it is a small fix, which can be solved by rewriting a small piece of code, then you do this immediately. Lastly, you see how this bug can be avoided in the future. If it appears it may be something that could resurface, you write an automated test for it. Other Software Engineers can then carry this out should it happen again.

Growth

Adcombi is currently in the scale-up phase. This gives you the opportunity to grow and have a say. You are able to develop both in a broad sense. Education and training are offered, depending on the need.

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Working at Adcombi

Adcombi is an ad tech company in Amsterdam with a strong focus on local digital advertising. The company stands out with its smart technology, enhancing existing tools to add real value to the world of online advertising. The organisation is growing fast and has recently opened a second office in Munich, Germany. Adcombi wants to be the market leader in the field of local programmatic advertising in North West Europe within a few years. Thought leadership is a prerequisite for Adcombi as it helps cultivate continuous development of knowledge and product.

View company profile of Adcombi
  • HQ in Amsterdam
  • Active in 2 countries
  • 15% - 85%
  • Average age 30 years
  • 21 employees in The Netherlands
  • 24 employees worldwide

Colleagues

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Dirk Ouwehand (42) - Director NL

Why did you decide to work for this company?
We made the step from our full service (online marketing) agency to ad tech. We now develop our own software for the digital advertising market, so you can add real value for our clients as well as ourselves. This development contributed to my choice for Adcombi.

What was your previous job?
Digital Advertising Consultant - Adcrowd.

What do you do in your spare time?
Sports (football, tennis) and good food.

Gerrit Reinders (41) - Founder

Why did you decide to work for this company?
Making the best advertising platforms accessible for local communities. Building this bridge daily gives me tremendous energy. Being the best possible solution is our goal!

What do you do in your spare time?
Changing diapers, traveling, playing hockey and hort with friends.

Diosa Taylor (34) - Software Engineer

Why did you decide to work for this company?
It is still a relatively small company that is growing fast. I like the fact that I learn a lot from developers from an international team and I can really contribute. The informal and relaxed company culture also appeals to me.

What was your previous job?
Web Developer.

What do you do in your spare time?
Rock climbing.

Sijmon Wals (39) - Campagne Manager

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I prefer to work in an environment that is constantly moving, where there is a lot of growth and ambition. This makes my work challenging, varied and I can use my creativity in working on new services and improve work processes. During my first talk at Adcombi, I felt an immediate click. At this company, I get the freedom to undertake new things and develop myself.

What was your previous job?
Project Manager - MakerLab.

What do you do in your spare time?
Hiking, climbing, running and listening to music.

Thomas van Drie (29) - Campagne Manager

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I was looking for a fun internship and came across Marqeting/Adcombi through a website. The vacancy appealed to me and immediately had a click with the people.

What was your previous job?
Troubleshooter - Vebo.

What do you do in your spare time?
Basketball, watch series, relax with friends.

Diederick van den Berg (44) - CTO

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I have worked at Adcombi for more than 6 years now. The best thing is we have a different view on programmatic display advertising than other media agencies. The combination of how programmatic and software development work, every time makes it an exciting challenge to bring these two together.

What was your previous job?
Campagne manager - Marqeting.

What do you do in your spare time?
Hockey, tennis, tinkering and odd jobs. And especially doing fun things with my kids.

Jelle Pols (54) - Financial Controller

Why did you decide to work for this company?
Working for several start-up companies was very interesting for me because of working in a dynamic environment where a lot is going on.

What was your previous job?
Finance Manager at Stumpel Kantoorboekhandel.

What do you do in your spare time?
Fishing and skating.

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