Confirmed Backend Engineer - Carpool Supply at blablacar

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 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 & 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…) • Providing key inventory information for all screens in the product requiring them. • 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. • 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. Your qualifications • You have solid experience from companies with a strong engineering culture, within a growth context • You have a solid knowledge of the Java language and ecosystem, and have good foundations in software architecture • You have hands-on experience with Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and monitoring solutions (Datadog) • You have significant experience building, deploying, and operating Backend microservices in a production environment • You value a product-oriented mindset and are focused on delivering business impact when designing software • You feel comfortable making technical choices and balancing business needs with technical constraints 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 : 2 days at the office per week • 50% healthcare coverage (Alan) • 4 additional weeks on top of legal maternity/paternity leaves • 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 Chloé, Talent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions • a 60-min video-call with Cyril, 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 with Sébastien, VP Engineering, for vision fit and rounding off the process BlaBlaCar is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.