Confirmed Backend Engineer - Carpool Core

BlaBlaCar; France; À distance; EUR 50 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading travel technology company in France is seeking a Confirmed Backend Engineer to join their Carpool Core team. Responsibilities include backend service design and ownership of features that impact millions of users. Ideal candidates have 3+ years of experience in a strong engineering culture, solid Java skills, and are comfortable with Docker and Kubernetes. This role offers flexibility for remote work and several appealing perks, including extended parental leave and mental health support.

Prestations

Full remote possible

4 additional weeks parental leave 100% paid

Financial support for home office equipment

Free unlimited carpooling & bus rides

Employee Stock Ownership plan

25 days holiday per year + RTT

Local meal plan policies

50% transportation paid in France

Mental health support

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience from companies with a strong engineering culture.
• Solid knowledge of Java language and ecosystem.
• Hands-on experience with Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and monitoring solutions.

Responsabilités

• Design, build, and evolve backend services for carpooling inventory.
• Take ownership of features from design to deployment.
• Collaborate with Product Manager and engineers to refine requirements.

Connaissances

Java

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Microservices

Monitoring solutions (Datadog)

Description du poste

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 consists of over 50 nationalities and is spread across 5 global offices, with 30 % working fully remotely.

Your Mission: We are looking for a Confirmed Backend Engineer to join our Carpool Core team. The Carpool pillar’s mission is to “Grow long‑distance carpool usage worldwide, while developing its revenues.” The Carpool Core team manages the very heart of our product: the global carpool inventory. We build and operate the backend engine that handles millions of trips published, searched, and booked across 22 countries.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve the backend services that serve the whole carpooling inventory on the BlaBlaCar platform.
• Take full ownership of substantial features, from technical design and implementation to deployment and monitoring.
• Work on strategic inventory topics, including validating and storing the publications of our drivers (incl. their route), serving the internal search engine to display results in the BlaBlaCar app & website, managing the lifecycle of bookings (requested, accepted, confirmed…), and providing key inventory information for all screens in the product.
• Enhance and maintain our critical geo‑spatial services that handle routing and places (computing routes using OSRM and Google Maps), dynamic search (powering features like Smart Stopovers via our meeting‑points service), and user location (integrating GPS data for a real‑time experience).
• 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.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience from companies with a strong engineering culture, within a growth context.
• Solid knowledge of the Java language and ecosystem, and good foundations in software architecture.
• Hands‑on experience with Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and monitoring solutions (Datadog).
• Significant experience building, deploying, and operating backend microservices in a production environment.
• Product‑oriented mindset focused on delivering business impact when designing software.
• Not afraid to ask questions and to proactively seek feedback.
• Comfortable making technical choices and balancing business needs with technical constraints.

What we have to offer

• Full remote possible in the country of the role (plus access to BlaBlaCar co‑working spaces in Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lyon, Nantes and Sophia Antipolis).
• 4 additional weeks parental leave 100 % paid.
• Financial support for home office equipment.
• Free unlimited carpooling & bus rides.
• Employee Stock Ownership plan.
• 25 days holiday per year + RTT.
• Local meal plan policies (Swile card in France).
• 50 % transportation paid in France (Forfait Mobilité Durable).
• Mental health support.

Hiring process

• 45‑min video‑call with Talent Acquisition Manager to get to know you, understand your career expectations, and answer your questions.
• 60‑min video‑call with Engineering Manager to discuss your experience and share more details about the squad.
• 90‑min live coding session with Software Engineers.
• 60‑min design interview with Software Engineers.
• 30‑min video‑call with VP Engineering for vision fit and rounding off the process.
• Process lasts on average 25‑30 days; offers usually come within 48 hours.
• BlaBlaCar is an equal‑opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.