Experienced/Senior Backend Engineer, Back Market
Platform
3+ days a week in office
Online marketplace for refurbished electronics
Open for applications
Online marketplace for refurbished electronics
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
3+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To do more with what we already have.
Role
Who you are
- Technical Excellence: You possess deep expertise in Python, Bash, or Go, and have a strong command of infrastructure tools such as Kubernetes, CI/CD systems, and cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)
- You bring proven experience in designing, building, and maintaining robust, scalable developer platforms, and are comfortable working across both backend and frontend frameworks
- DevOps Mindset: You’re passionate about automation, developer productivity, and modern release engineering
- Leadership & Collaboration: You inspire others, lead by example, and thrive in cross-functional teams. You help teams adopt new tools and best practices with empathy and conviction
- Communication: You’re able to translate complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences, and you enjoy mentoring and knowledge sharing
- Continuous Learner: You’re always on the lookout for new technologies and better ways of working, and you love spreading that energy to those around you
- Hybrid work environment, with 2 remote days a week and 1 remote work week per quarter, plus 3 flex days
What the job involves
- Within the BoT (Bureau of Technology) department, the Platform tribe plays a central role in designing and maintaining the core technical components of our infrastructure, providing key tools, services, and solutions to support the development of our products and engineers
- Our Engineering Productivity team is on a mission to empower every engineer to deliver value faster, safer, and with more joy. We design, build, and scale the infrastructure, tools, and workflows that enable our entire platform — from a developer’s first line of code to smooth, reliable production deployment
- As a Platform Engineer within this team, you’ll join a passionate group dedicated to removing friction, automating the mundane, and accelerating innovation across all our squads
- Enable engineering teams to focus on what matters most: delivering impactful features and experiences, while we take care of the development, deployment, and operational excellence behind the scene
- Developer Experience: Build and improve the full toolchain (from local development to production), making it seamless for backend, frontend, mobile, and data engineers
- Automation & Standardization: Eliminate repetitive tasks and manual processes through automation, ensuring alignment on code, configuration, and deployment standards
- Collaboration: Work closely with Product teams, Staff Engineers, QA, and Chapters to understand their needs and provide tailored solutions (release management, testing, workflow enhancements, etc.)
- Continuous Improvement: Propose, design, and implement enhancements to boost productivity, reliability, and scalability of our engineering platforms
- Community & Knowledge Sharing: Lead workshops, share learnings, and present at Platform Chapter meetings to promote best practices and foster a culture of continuous improvement
- Performance & Scalability: Optimize our tools and systems to support fast-growing teams and ambitious projects
- Our Tech Stack:
- Python, Go
- JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue.js
- Kubernetes, GCP, Terraform, Crossplane, Helm
- Backstage, CI/CD (CircleCI/GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, etc)
Application process
- Call with Stéphane, our Tech Talent Acquisition Partner - 1h
- Coding and Testing - Tech Interview - 60 min
- System Design and APIs - 45min
- Infrastructure knowledge Q&A - Tech Interview - 45 min
- Technical Leadership - 45 min
- Meet your manager - 30 min
- BM values interview - 45 min
Our take
At a time when new smartphones launch frequently but with fewer new features and when individuals want to contribute to sustainability and the circular economy, Back Market is setting out to provide customers with a viable option of purchasing refurbished electronics goods.
The vision of the company is to become the default choice when it comes to electronics purchases, irrespective of the customers' budget. In order to materialise this vision, Back Market guarantees that all the devices sold on its platform are 100% functional. The company screens sellers before allowing them to join its platform and it monitors their performance in real-time by collecting detailed customer feedback. By doing this, it hopes to restore trust in refurbished devices and to make sustainability an easy, safe, and affordable choice.
Back Market operates in 17 counties and has a client roster that includes Netflix, Disney, BBC, Sony, and Apple. The company has also raised over $1 billion in capital, which has been invested in expansion across new and current markets. And with the recommerce market only growing, Back Market has a lot of room for exciting future growth.
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Insights
-4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Beaubourg, Paris, France
Leadership
Thibaud Hug de Larauze
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Logistic Export Assistant at Devanlay Lacoste and an Account Manager at Neteven.
Amandine Durr
(CPO)Amandine joined Back Market in 2021 as CPO. Prior to this, they were a Product Director at ManoMano, a Senior Innovation product Manager at Kering, and CPO/CEO and Head of Product at We Are TV.
Clément Petit
(CFO)Previously spent nearly 3 years at Veepee, initially joining as a Financial Director before becoming CFO of France then later Group CFO. Prior to that, they spent 4 years at Elanco in Financial roles.
Dawn Baker
(CTO)Dawn joined Back Market in 2022 as Senior VP of Engineering, becoming CTO in 2023. Prior to this, they worked at Google as a Senior Director of Engineering, at Fitbit as the VP of Software Engineering, and at LinkedIn as a Senior Manager of Site Reliability Engineering.
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