Confirmed Backend Engineer - Search

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 Search team at BlaBlaCar. Their mission is to enable passengers to seamlessly choose the most relevant multimodal trip from our carpool, bus, and train supplies. 

As a Backend Engineer, your role will be to contribute to delivering a reliable and scalable multimodal search platform. You will be reporting to the team's engineering manager and working with a full-stack team of 12 team members. 

Your responsibilities 

• Participate in the design, development, and maintenance of the Java microservices that serve the Search flow for the Blablacar platform.

• 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

• Full remote possible in the country of employment

• 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- Mental health support through Moka.care

• 1 day off per year to test our product

• 1 day per year for social engagements with non-profits

Interested in joining the ride?

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

• a 60-min video-call with Louise, Head of Engineering - Demand, to discuss your experience and share more details about the team

• a 90-min live coding session with Software Engineers

• a 60-min design interview with Software Engineers

• a 30-min video-call with Gilles, VP Engineering, 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.