Senior Backend Engineer – Ruby

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in France.

📋 Description

• We are expanding a platform utilized by millions throughout Europe and are in the process of evolving our architecture, balancing a Rails monolith with distributed services.

• We are in search of a Backend Engineer who takes pleasure in making practical technical choices that have a tangible impact on the product.

• You will become part of an agile team that has full autonomy over a broad range of the JobTeaser product.

• Together with fellow engineers, a product manager, and a product designer, you will have the opportunity to make technical decisions to maintain and enhance a complex SaaS product that significantly affects millions of users across Europe.

• Design, develop, and sustain features using a modern tech stack that includes Ruby and Go microservices, a Ruby on Rails monolith, Kubernetes, gRPC APIs, Kafka, ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL, and MySQL databases.

• Guide product design, priorities, and limitations within an autonomous product squad.

• Engage in architectural decisions and tooling enhancements for our tech stack and our transition to a microservice architecture.

• Contribute to discussions on best practices and process enhancements within the Backend Chapter, our internal community of backend engineers.

• Write automated tests and deploy to production multiple times a day in a Continuous Deployment DevOps culture.

• Monitor and address production issues within your team’s functional and technical scope.

• Take part in code reviews and pair programming sessions.

• Learn and educate others through dedicated time for Tech sharing and Mentoring.

⛳️ Requirements

• A passionate developer with some experience in at least one web backend technology, but eager to expand your knowledge.

• While our squad primarily utilizes Ruby and Go, we believe specific technologies can be learned, and we value your problem-solving skills over experience in a particular language or framework.

• You aim for Technical Excellence, for yourself and your team.

• You take ownership of the code you write and support it in production: “You build it, you run it.”

• You are at ease communicating with non-technical stakeholders, understanding their concerns as well as those of our users.

• You are driven to join a team that shares values of humility, engagement, agility, and enthusiasm.

• You must be a resident of France and possess a valid work permit to apply.

🏝️ Benefits

• Join a mission-driven company that makes a tangible impact on the new generation.

• Share our three core values with our people across Europe: #Committed, #OneTeam, #DrivEn.

• Participate in a vibrant internal culture where everyone can contribute (all-hands meetings, local parties, team drinks, team-building events, etc.).

• Advance your career with a robust training policy, including an annual individual budget for learning opportunities (95% of our employees received training last year!).

• Enjoy our flexible working environment: remote-friendly, with one month each year to work from anywhere in Europe, plus home office equipment support.

• Benefit from our Family Care Policy: 4 additional paid days off during your return month from parental leave, 3 paid child-sick days per year, and various initiatives to support parents.

• Prioritize your mental health with Moka Care: 4 free therapy or coaching sessions per year (with extra support in challenging personal situations), along with regular workshops for managers in collaboration with Moka Care and Alan.

• Make your voice heard: our Take Care Survey (conducted twice a year) ensures that employee feedback directly influences JobTeaser’s culture, collaboration, and cross-team interaction.

• Protect your focus time with our No-Meeting Wednesday mornings initiative.

• Work closely with our CSE, who is actively involved in enhancing work-life and benefits (utilizing the HappyPal platform).

• Enjoy essential benefits: RTT, health insurance, meal vouchers, holiday bonuses, and 50% reimbursement for public transport.

• Access a modern and conveniently located office at WeWork, complete with delicious barista coffee and complimentary yoga lessons.

• Feel proud: 88% of our employees report feeling proud to work in their team at JobTeaser (Internal Take Care Survey, November 2024).