Senior Backend Engineer, Back Market
$150-190k
+ Equity
Online marketplace for refurbished electronics
Job no longer available
Online marketplace for refurbished electronics
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$150-190k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To do more with what we already have.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of Python, Go or other backend engineering experience
- Track record of strong technical leadership on strategic projects, ability to turn high level requirements into concrete deliverables balancing scope with dates for on time delivery
- Technical expertise in building and scaling backend end services, with high traffic, weekly features delivery & resolving complex issues
- Experience successfully operating in a microservices architecture
- High knowledge and advocacy of engineering best practices
- Proven track record for mentoring and developing engineers
- Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to play a pivotal role in our strategic app-first approach to the US market
- Our goal is to enhance user engagement by accelerating the development of innovative features and optimizing the overall app experience
- As one of two backend engineers in our first US-based engineering team, you will work with two iOS engineers and an iOS tech lead/manager
- You will be at the forefront of our engineering efforts to create an amazing US customer experience for our service offering within our mobile application
- You will be instrumental in aligning, designing, and driving the architectural vision for our mobile platforms & app features as we work to be US first and app first in all that we do
- Your expertise in scalable, performant backend platforms, combined with your ability to make strategic decisions and communicate effectively across teams, will be key to driving the team’s success
- You will work closely with the product manager and UX designer to ensure the right set of features, priority and impact at velocity are being designed and delivered
- You will participate in the Back Market backend community, partnering with others to continuously improve our practices
- We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help us build & operate a set of efficient, highly cohesive, loosely coupled services with {security, privacy}-by-{default,design} to support the growth of the business
- You will be working in an agile “build it and run it” environment where engineering teams build, launch, monitor and support the product that they own
- We are looking for someone passionate about creating systems by producing clean, consistent and well-organized code, a team player interested in working with supportive colleagues and contributing to a learning and sharing environment!
- Lead the backend effort in delivering high-quality user experiences, setting benchmarks for excellence and scalability, thereby propelling our app's capabilities and product cycle velocity
- Elevate the development of advanced app-first features, by emphasizing platform innovation, bridges, and actively building expertise within the backend engineering community at Back Market
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team of peers from various disciplines (iOS, Android, SRE, Backend, Frontend, CyberSec, Data, etc.), to foster a culture of technical excellence and shared knowledge
- Take ownership & anticipate high impact technical projects, managing dependencies both internally and externally, to realize the engineering and product visions
- Drive the user experience forward by partnering with Product Managers & Designers, implementing scalable, resilient systems
- Architect robust and efficient code patterns, ensuring your team members hold the same standard
- Advocate for efficient testing methodologies, from unit and component tests to cutting-edge end-to-end practices, ensuring the highest quality and reliability of the features developed
- Collect, explore and monitor the right data, utilizing tools like Datadog to track performance, errors, and core functionality, Big Query to gain data insights, and implement strategies to prevent regressions
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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