Confirmed Backend Engineer - Carpool Monetization

BlaBlaCar; Paris; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid work model

4 additional weeks of leave

50% healthcare coverage

Financial support for home office equipment

Minimum 25 days holiday

Local meal plan policy

50% transportation paid

Free unlimited carpooling & bus rides

Personal growth opportunities

Employee Stock ownership plan

Regular team building events

1 day off per year to test the product

Résumé du poste

A leading travel tech company in Paris is seeking a Mid-level Backend Engineer to develop and optimize Monetization core services. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams and ensuring high-quality delivery of impactful features. Required qualifications include strong experience in Java, familiarity with frameworks like Spring, and hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes. The position offers hybrid work flexibility and generous employee benefits including healthcare coverage and training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Solid experience from companies with a strong engineering culture.
• Fluency in Java and knowledge of frameworks like Spring and Spring Boot.
• Hands-on experience with Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and Kafka.

Responsabilités

• Develop, maintain and monitor Monetization core services.
• Participate in design and code reviews for quality assurance.
• Collaborate with various teams to deliver impactful features.
• Document work and contribute to shared knowledge.
• Engage in continuous improvement initiatives.

Connaissances

Java

Spring

Spring Boot

JUnit

Mockito

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Datadog

Service-oriented architecture

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 counts over 50 nationalities and is spread across our 5 global offices, 30% working fully remotely.

Your Mission

The Carpool Monetization team plays a key role at BlaBlaCar: designing and iterating on the models that monetize our core carpool activity.

We are looking for a Mid-level Backend Engineer to help us build, scale and optimize our Monetization core services. You will work on the full feature lifecycle, from early discovery and technical design to implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring and continuous improvement.

As part of a multi-stack team (3 FE engineers, 4 BE engineers, 1 PM, 1 UX Designer, 1 EM), you will contribute to initiatives such as subscriptions, freemium experience, insurance flows, ESC deployment (Energy Saving Certificates), and the rollout of monetization in new countries.

Tech Stack

• Java backend services exposed through REST APIs
• Kubernetes-based infrastructure managed with Terraform
• Event driven architecture with Kafka
• Datadog for application and infrastructure monitoring

You’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to frontend developments depending on your interests.

Your responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and monitor our Monetization core services
• Be responsible for the quality of the application, and contribute to improving it. Participate in design and code reviews
• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, product managers, designers, and business stakeholders to define, develop, and deliver impactful features.
• Document your work and contribute to shared knowledge and technical standards
• Participate actively in continuous improvements across the team and codebase

Your qualifications

• You have solid experience from companies with a strong engineering culture, within a growth context.
• You are fluent in Java and know frameworks such as Spring, Spring Boot, JUnit, and Mockito.
• You have hands‑on experience with Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Database at scales and monitoring solutions (e.g., Datadog).
• You have a good knowledge of service-oriented and event-driven architecture, and can determine when to apply a given architectural pattern.
• Strong communication skills, humility, and a collaborative mindset
• Ability to balance fast iterations with high-quality delivery
• You have a results-driven and impact-oriented mindset
• Fluency in English

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 status for this role : 2-3 days at the Office
• 4 additional weeks on top of legal maternity/paternity leaves
• 50% healthcare coverage (Alan)
• Financial support for home office equipment
• Minimum 25 days holiday per year
• Local meal plan policy (Swile card)
• 50% transportation paid (Forfait Mobilité Durable)
• Free unlimited carpooling & bus rides
• Personal growth via trainings, mentorship, and internal mobility programs
• Employee Stock ownership plan
• Regular team building events
• 1 day off per year to test our product

BlaBlaCar is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.