Remote Backend Engineer - Open Source & Cloud APIs

Vates SAS; Grenoble; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Cinema tickets

Employee savings plan (PEE)

Annual bonus

Job summary

Vates SAS, a French software company specializing in Open Source and virtualization, seeks a backend-focused engineer for remote work. Our Xen Orchestra and XCP-ng projects span the full virtualization stack and demand collaboration across borders.

Fluent English is required for international teamwork. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s to Master’s in CS and 3–5 years of experience, with a proactive, autonomous mindset and strong knowledge of REST APIs, databases, CI/CD, and cloud/container

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree to Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in software development.
• Fluent English required.

Responsibilities

• Participate in development of new backend features per product specs.
• Ensure corrective and evolutionary maintenance of existing code.
• Write and maintain automated tests (unit, integration).
• Provide advanced technical support to users and internal teams.
• Contribute to writing and updating technical/user documentation.
• Ensure compliance with security, performance and software quality standards.
• Assist in defining functional/technical specifications with product teams.
• Contribute to improvement of development tools, procedures and practices.

Skills

REST API development

Database management

CI/CD pipeline implementation

Cloud and container technologies

Git

Agile methodologies

Teamwork

Proactivity

Pressure management

Adaptability

Time management

Autonomy

Curiosity

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree to Master’s degree in Computer Science, software engineering, software development, or information systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

AWS

Job description

Vates SAS, a French software company specializing in Open Source and virtualization, seeks a backend-focused engineer for remote work. Our Xen Orchestra and XCP-ng projects span the full virtualization stack and demand collaboration across borders.

Fluent English is required for international teamwork. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s to Master’s in CS and 3–5 years of experience, with a proactive, autonomous mindset and strong knowledge of REST APIs, databases, CI/CD, and cloud/container