Senior Backend API Engineer - Hybrid (Paris)

Odaseva; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Odaseva, a leading enterprise data management company, is seeking a senior backend engineer to own critical features and services in Paris. Hybrid work arrangement with three days in the office and two days remote, full-time permanent contract.

The role requires a Master’s in CS or related field and 7+ years’ backend experience, plus proficiency in Node.js/TypeScript, PHP, Go or Python. AWS and observability tooling experience is a strong plus, and English and French fluency is required.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other relevant field.
• 7+ years of hands-on backend development with ownership of significant features.
• Expertise in Node.js/TypeScript, PHP, Go or Python; production experience with two or more is a strong plus.
• Ability to quickly learn complex systems and own key parts of them.
• Strong fundamentals in software design and distributed systems: event-driven architectures, queues, database performance, testing.
• Experience with AWS (serverless, containers, IaC) and observability tooling; Salesforce experience is a plus.
• Fluent in English and French, with clear communication, ownership mindset, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Backend Development: Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs from design to production.
• Architecture & Scale: Own features and subsystems for large data volumes, multi-tenancy, performance and cloud cost.
• Production Ownership: Investigate issues, profile and optimize production code, mitigate risks.
• AI-Augmented Engineering: Use AI tools with judgment to review and guide outputs.
• Technical Leadership: Improve team practices through design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring.

Skills

Backend development

English-French communication

Cloud experience

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

PHP

Go

Python

AWS

Job description

Odaseva, a leading enterprise data management company, is seeking a senior backend engineer to own critical features and services in Paris. Hybrid work arrangement with three days in the office and two days remote, full-time permanent contract.

The role requires a Master’s in CS or related field and 7+ years’ backend experience, plus proficiency in Node.js/TypeScript, PHP, Go or Python. AWS and observability tooling experience is a strong plus, and English and French fluency is required.