about the company

benerail is the Leading Railway Retail Expert in Europe

Have you ever tried to book an international train ticket? Nightmare, right? That’s what we are trying to solve. Our organisation enables companies to sell international railway tickets across Europe, regardless of the company operating the train. Our API and front-ends are the market standard in the Benelux and are accompanied by supportive services like product data management, consultancy and integration services. In this way we reduce complexity for our customers, so they can focus entirely on optimising service to the travellers while making it easier for them to opt for international railway travel as everything is interconnected.

benerail is your smart ticket to a greener world

Benerail is a spin-off from The Belgian and Dutch national railway, well established yet very ambitious. To help the railway industry become the most attractive environmentally friendly and competitive means of transport, our strategy now focuses on expansion. Driven by our mission to facilitate a significant contribution to a better climate, we are building a scalable and sustainable organisation built on autonomous and purpose-driven teams.

Our main office is located in Antwerp, with flex in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and Brussels. We connect remotely and in person.

about the team:

You will be part of the Agent Success Team, a team that is focused on assisting travel agents in implementing our APIs. As part of this dynamic team, your focus will be on delivering top-notch quality and support for our customers. The team operates as a fully t-shaped team in which each member actively contributes to the customer lifecycle:

  • Analysis and development of new features,
  • Analysing and solving incidents and problems/bugs,
  • Test automation: running & maintenance,
  • Automate implementation support & reduce lead time,
  • Monitoring & alerting

about the job:

As a developer, you are involved to varying degrees into all aspect of the development process, from refinement of user stories to testing. You attend and participate actively to all usual Scrum ceremonies and remain focused on the goals of the team and the organization. While your main tasks will consist in implementing & maintaining functionalities in the code, you are involved in design & architecture discussions, and can handle some tasks outside your core skills. You are comfortable with the iterative process for delivery that go with a Scrum/agile approach. 

We are looking for a fulltime employee on the benerail payroll. 

about you:

We are looking for a candidate who:

  • Has a passion for Java
  • Has knowledge of Spring, Spring Boot and hibernate
  • Has knowledge of Generics and Lambdas
  • Has knowledge of VUE JS framework and other FE related languages
  • Has knowledge of Unit Testing
  • Has worked in Scrum/Agile teams and is enthusiastic on the methodology
  • Masters English as the working language
  • Has knowledge of and is interested in working with: REST APIs (JSon, Swagger/OpenAPI, …), Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, SQL-databases
  • Can speak Dutch and/or French (not a must, but a nice to have)
  • Takes pride in creating consistent high quality code, based on best practices
  • Is flexible to travel to Antwerp on a regular basis (~1 day a week)

what we offer

  • The unique chance to put a very strong product in the market together with a group of enthusiastic specialists, contributing to a modal shift into sustainable mobility. 
  • A job with the freedom and responsibility to shape development activities towards what is best in your vision. 
  • Flexibility, including the opportunity to work from home for up to 4 days a week. 
  • A modern office at walking distance of the railway station Antwerpen Centraal. 
  • A competitive remuneration

If you share our core business values; daring, connected & trusted, chances are we will have a match!

To contact us about this job, please send an e-mail to: hr@benerail.com