BlaBlaCar
Back-end
ConfirmedBackendEngineer
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“Confirmed Backend Engineer at BlaBlaCar. Skills: Backend development, Microservices, Java. Design services of BlaBlaCar Backoffice. Build services of BlaBlaCar Backoffice”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Solid experience from companies with engineering culture, Solid knowledge of Java language and ecosystem, Good foundations in software architecture, Hands-on experience with Git, Hands-on experience with Docker, Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Hands-on experience with monitoring solutions (Datadog), Significant experience building backend microservices, Significant experience deploying backend microservices, Significant experience operating backend microservices, Product-oriented mindset, Focused on delivering business impact
Nice to Have
Kubernetes experience a plus
What You'll Do.
Design services of BlaBlaCar Backoffice
Build services of BlaBlaCar Backoffice
Evolve services of BlaBlaCar Backoffice
Maintain strategic user features
Take full ownership of substantial features
Collaborate with Product Manager
Collaborate with other engineers
Translate business needs into technical solutions
Uphold code quality standards
Improve code quality standards
Provide detailed feedback through code reviews
Provide mentorship through code reviews
Ensure APIs are understood
Ensure services are understood
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Other engineers; Product Manager
Full Job Description
## Description About BlaBlaCar BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading community-based travel app enabling 27 million members a year to carpool or travel by bus in 21 countries. Our team of 800 employees counts over 50 nationalities and is spread across our 5 global offices, 30% working fully remotely. ## Your Responsibilities Design, build, and evolve the services of the BlaBlaCar Backoffice Maintain some strategic user features like the claim management and reporting systems of the BlaBlaCar platform Take full ownership of substantial features, from technical design and implementation to deployment and monitoring Collaborate with the Product Manager and other engineers to refine requirements and translate business needs into robust technical solutions Uphold and improve the team's code quality standards, providing detailed feedback and mentorship through code reviews Document the solutions we build and ensure our APIs and services are well understood by consumer teams ## Your Qualifications You have solid experience from companies with a strong engineering culture, within a growth context You have a solid knowledge of the Java language and ecosystem, and have good foundations in software architecture You have hands-on experience with Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and monitoring solutions (Datadog) You have significant experience building, deploying, and operating Backend microservices in a production environment You value a product-oriented mindset and are focused on delivering business impact when designing software You feel comfortable making technical choices and balancing business needs with technical constraints If you don't meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, tell us why you'd still be a great fit for this role in your application! ## What we have to offer Hybrid position : 2 days at the office per week 50% healthcare coverage (Alan) 4 additional weeks on top of legal maternity/paternity leaves Financial support for home office equipment Minimum 25 days holi
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