Senior Backend Engineer, Payments Platform

BlaBlaCar; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid position

Maternity leave top-up

Healthcare coverage 50%

Home office equipment support

25 days holiday

Swile card meal plan

Mobility subsidy

Unlimited carpooling & bus rides

Training & mentorship

Employee stock plan

Team building events

Product testing day off

Job summary

BlaBlaCar is seeking a confirmed Backend Engineer to join the Payment Squad. You will help build a reliable, scalable platform that supports the full payment lifecycle, fraud prevention, and compliance.

You will collaborate with a team of 10 Backend and Frontend Engineers and a Product Manager, reporting to the squad's Engineering Manager, contributing from design to deployment. This is a hybrid role with ownership and cross-functional impact.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a growth-focused engineering environment.
• Fluent in Java with Spring ecosystem and modern backend patterns.
• Hands-on experience with Git, Docker, Kubernetes and monitoring Datadog.
• Strong communication skills and English proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the full application lifecycle from design to deployment, including monitoring and support.
• Collaborate with product/design teams to define features for BlaBlaCar members.
• Share technical expertise across a cross-functional team and mentor others.

Skills

Java

English

Tools

Spring

Spring Boot

JUnit

Mockito

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Datadog

Job 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 Mission

We are looking for a Confirmed Backend Engineer to join the Payment Squad. They manage BlaBlaCar’s payment solutions that provide reliability, trust and smooth end-to-end experience.

As a Backend Engineer, your role will be to contribute to delivering a reliable and, scalable platform that supports the full payment lifecycle, fraud fight and compliance requirements. This includes participating in the integration of new payment methods, interacting with our numerous payment services providers, and displaying a strong ownership of the payment experience from end-to-end together with frontend developers.

You will be reporting to the squad's Engineering Manager and working with a team of 10 Backend and Frontend Software Engineers and a Product Manager.

Your responsibilities

• Participate in the whole application lifecycle, from early meetings and design to development, test strategy, and deployment and of course, monitoring, alerting, and support.

• Participate in the definition of the features with the product and design teams to find the most relevant solutions for our members

• Interact with people with different roles and backgrounds, and share your technical expertise with a mix of technical, product, and business people

Your qualifications

• You have 3+ years of 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 , and monitoring solutions (Datadog).

• You know what service-oriented architecture looks like, and you can determine when to apply a given architectural pattern.

• You have good communication skills, you’re humble and you're a team player.

• Full working proficiency in English

• Fit with our BlaBlaPrinciples

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

•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

Interested in joining the ride?

• a 45-min video-call with aTalent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions

• a 60-min video-call with Julien, Engineering Manager, to discuss your experience and share more details about the squad

• a 90-min live coding session with Software Engineers

• a 60-min design interview with Software Engineers

• a 30-min video-call for vision fit and rounding off the process

Our hiring 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.

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