Senior Backend Engineer, Back Market
B2C Services
Monday is mandatory
Online marketplace for refurbished electronics
Be an early applicant
Online marketplace for refurbished electronics
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
Monday is mandatory
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create a world that does more with what we already have by prolonging the lifespan of electronic devices through circularity and repair.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for passion in creating systems by producing clean, consistent and well-organised code
- As well as a good team player supporting colleagues and creating a learning and sharing environment!
- English must be a no-brainer as you will join an international team dispatched in different locations around the world (US/FR/ES/JP)
What the job involves
- We’re here to help make tech reliable, affordable, and better than new
- We're a global marketplace for refurbished devices, helping lower our collective environmental impact by providing trustworthy, affordable tech with 92% less carbon emissions than new
- Yep, you read that right. Turns out refurbished tech is way better for the planet than new
- In fact, With every device purchased on Back Market, our positive impact on the planet grows
- From our Customer Care representatives to our software engineer, every individual at Back Market cuts the planet — and consumers — a break. Our mission is simple: to do more with what we already have
- Our technology department, known as the Bureau of Technology (BoT), is at the heart of Back Market
- It consists of over 30 dynamic product teams that are engaged in developing and managing services to deliver significant value to our customers and suppliers
- These teams are effectively supported by our Platform group, which includes more than 10 specialized teams addressing cross-cutting technical issues to enhance our operational capabilities
- In addition to these functional teams, we have established numerous groups dedicated to sharing knowledge across various technical disciplines, such as security, backend, frontend, AI, and mobile
- These groups serve as hubs for collaboration and professional development, providing ample learning opportunities and fostering a culture of continuous improvement
- The B2C Services team is a transversal squad with the mission of revolutionizing refurbished tech through the most convenient Services
- The team makes services affordable, desirable, and the new industry standard, strengthening key markets, fostering loyalty, and dominating the competition in the most sustainable way
- As a Senior Backend Engineer II, you will work closely with all members of your squad, and the Staff engineer of your group
- Bi-monthly rituals with your group and the Backend Chapter will allow you to share what works for your squad, learn what works for others, and make sure your technical direction is aligned with the overall vision
- Traditionally based on a monolith, Back Market's technical stack has been undergoing a radical transformation in recent years into a distributed and service-oriented architecture
- This transition provides an opportunity to modernize the platform, raising engineering standards
- Building a set of efficient and loosely coupled services is one of the main challenges to face for the years to come
- But teams are excited to independently control their release schedules, manage their data, SLAs, tools, and – ultimately – be responsible for their own service-offering. Meanwhile, Platform teams are working to provide a scalable, consistent and secure platform, one that makes engineering teams more productive
- Application: Python - FastAPI / SQLAlchemy/ Celery/ Golang/ Django (being phased out) -
- Data: PostgreSQL/ Redis/ Kafka/ RabbitMQ/ BigQuery
- Infrastructure: GCP / Kubernetes (GKE) / Docker/ Datadog/ ArgoCD / CircleCI / Github
- We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help us build & operate a set of efficient, high cohesion, low coupling services with security and privacy by design in order 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
Application process
- Call with one of our expert tech TA , 45 min
- Coding & Testing interview , 60 min
- System Design & API interview, 45 min
- Data Module, 45 min
- Tech Leadership interview, 45 min
- Meet your manager, 30 min
- Back Market Values fit 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 16 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 benefits
- Hybrid working: Put on real pants only when you have to: work from home twice a week and remotely 1 week per quarter
- Comprehensive leave: Take the time you need for yourself and your people with a minimum of 25 days of PTO per year
- Parental leave: Family comes first with 12-14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, plus 5 weeks for the second parent
- Volunteer days: Get paid to stand up for a cause you believe in, two days per year
- Health insurance: Take care of yourself with comprehensive health plans
- Stock options: Your hard work doesn’t just benefit a few, it also benefits you
- Mental health support: Just as important as your physical health. We want to give you the support you need
- Annual retreat: Relax or party! We have something for everyone at our legendary All-Hands offsite
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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