Who we are

Hi, we’re Cineville – a fast-growing film club for everyone who wants to see more. With one card, our members can discover great films in more than 250 cinemas across the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Sweden. Almost 160,000 Cineville members now make over two million cinema visits a year.

We’re currently investing in strengthening our technical foundations – reducing tech debt and improving performance, security and reliability – so that Cineville can continue to grow. That work makes it easier and faster to build new products and features in the future.

To support this next phase, we are looking for a Frontend Developer in their early career to join and strengthen our Development Team. Your work will directly support affiliated theaters, international Cineville teams, and most of all: our members. You will be part of our Development team, which right now includes three backend developers, two frontend developers, a product owner, and a data analyst, supported by the Director of Software and Services.

What you'll be working on

Cineville’s success is powered by our own software ecosystem, built around two main systems: CultureKit and Cineville Digital.

CultureKit is the core subscription and membership platform for Cineville, Podiumpas, and Nonstop Kino – the heart of Cineville’s software infrastructure. Its APIs integrate with venue Point-of-Sale (POS) systems to handle ticket sales, visit registration, and reservations, and provide programming data to our websites and apps. CultureKit is built as a set of microservices on Google Cloud Platform and is the main focus of our Backend team.

Cineville Digital consists of our public-facing website, mobile app, and internal CMS, developed entirely in-house by the Frontend team.

What you'll be doing

• Contribute to building and maintaining reliable backend services.
• Work independently on well-scoped tasks, keep others informed, raise blockers early, and ask for help when needed.
• Take ownership of your work: ask clarifying questions, communicate progress proactively, and follow tasks through to completion.
• Learn from more experienced engineers through pairing, code reviews, and day-to-day collaboration.

Who you are

• You have 1-2 years of professional experience in backend development and have written production-ready code.
• You understand the basics of good engineering practices and care about clean design, maintainability, and writing code that is readable, structured, and properly documented.
• You can explain the reasoning behind your design and implementation choices.
• You have a good foundation in at least one backend language and framework (e.g. Python/Django, TypeScript/NestJS) and you’re comfortable learning new technologies when needed.
• You have a basic understanding of relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL) and feel comfortable modeling data and writing efficient queries.
• You like to design, implement, and work with (REST) APIs.
• You value an inclusive and respectful work environment.
• You keep the end user in mind when designing and building features, and you care about delivering a great user experience.
• You are proactive about learning: you reflect on feedback, seek growth, and enjoy improving your craft.
• You communicate clearly, ask good questions, and enjoy working in a cross-functional product team.

Nice to have

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, or Kubernetes.
• Experience working on products that serve a large user base.
• Exposure to cloud environments (e.g. AWS, GCP).
• Experience with Git and version control workflows.
• Some familiarity with distributed systems or microservice architectures.

What we offer

• A job for 32-40 hours a week.
• The salary for this job has a range of € 3.341,- to € 3.798,- gross per month based on fulltime (plus 8% holiday allowance). Your salary will be based on your skills and experience.
• A beautiful place to work in central Amsterdam, including a free biological lunch, and as much coffee, tea and fruit as you’ll need.
• The flexibility to work from home a few days a week.
• A MacBook Pro to do your best work on.
• An NS Business Card if you need to take the train to work.
• Great benefits, such as: 25 holidays (based on a fulltime contract), flexible parenting leave, and a sustainably invested pension.
• A Cineville membership, to watch as many films as you like.

Please note that at this time, no relocation or visa sponsorship is possible.

Sounds good?

Apply via the button below with an English CV and a (short) cover letter which clearly states your motivation to work with us. We will get back to you within 2 weeks after the deadline. If you have any questions, just send us an email to [email protected] for the attention of Floor Ploeg.

At Cineville, we believe that celebrating and stimulating diversity in all its forms is natural and important. It doesn't matter where you're from, what your background is, or who you are - everyone is welcome to join our film club. Film is meant for everyone, and so is this job opportunity.

If you’re excited about this role but your past experiences don’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.