Software Engineer

Note: Apply before April 15

Picnic is the world’s fastest-growing online supermarket. We make grocery shopping simple, fun and affordable for everyone! We launched in 2015 after building the platform in stealth mode with a team of 30 engineers. Then things came quickly together: 2015 challenger award, 2016 best startup award, 2017 most innovative company award. What started as a mobile-first venture is now a true AI-first company where all innovations and operations are powered by our machine learning core engine. At Picnic it’s all about Think. Dare. Do! 

Our objective is to achieve zero-click fulfillment. Picnic owns and operates the entire supply chain. Food supply chain logistics is highly complex: there are perishable products, different cooling requirements, intricate transportation requirements, complex packaging, varying product quality and a non-trivial quality identification process. 

You will design, implement and optimize our autonomous warehouse fulfillment systems consisting of networked mobile robots and ultra-fast conveyor belts for fully machine-operated splitting, receiving, replenishment and dispatching. In doing so, you will crack hard problems like motion planning (path, trajectory and graph search) and vehicle control (kinematic model, path stabilization, trajectory tracking, predictive control, linear parameter varying controller). The best for last: you are free to choose the technology you like and love – no constraints!

Your role/opportunity

You will join the supply chain automation team consisting of our best engineers and analysts. This is a great opportunity to further develop yourself and unlock your full potential! Let's build the future of supply chain automation together!

What we expect from you

You are thrilled by solving hard problems and are not intimidated by tackling grand challenges. You’re looking forward to joining a team that is only satisfied if it can improve continuously.

Bonus points for

• Achieving a secure/frictionless checkout using only voice interface
• Submitting a working solution in another language (English is required)
• Making your code so clean and elegant that even Alexa would like to read it!

If you're really looking to grab our attention, show us some real passion! Tell us if:

• You have participated in AI or IoT hackathons and challenges
• You have personal AI or IoT projects

What are the perks?

Picnic has a lot of cool stuff to offer. We have an awesome startup culture, where everything you do matters. It’s also an environment where you can develop yourself super-fast and get the freedom to create your own future. Our canal-facing office – complete with a roof terrace – is located in the center of Amsterdam. We work very hard, but we also have a lot of fun together.

Our company / our team

We make grocery shopping simple, fun and affordable by connecting farmers with consumers through an ultra-efficient zero-waste supply chain. We are building the best milkman on earth by deep-linking mobile apps with supply chain technology.

Selection process

Picnic is always looking for bright minds to join our team. Let us share the ingredients of a successful application procedure. To determine the right fit, we’ll first take a good look at your resume. If we see a possible fit, we’ll invite you to do an online test, a screening call, followed by an assignment and two interview rounds.