The Role
As a Backend Engineer in the IAM team, you will develop and operate secure services for user identity and authentication, enhancing platform security and data privacy.
Summary Generated by Built In
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 Identity & Access Management (IAM) team at BlaBlaCar. The IAM team's mission is to power trust on the BlaBlaCar platform by guaranteeing secure access, managing user identity and authentication, and ensuring the privacy and safety of our members' personal data.
As a Backend Engineer, your role will be to design, build, and operate the robust and scalable services that manage millions of travelers' accounts. You will be at the heart of our platform's security, developing features that build trust, enhance data privacy, and protect our members from malicious attacks.
You will report to the squad's Engineering Manager and work within a team of 7 Software Engineers and a Product Manager.
Your responsibilities
• Participate in the whole application lifecycle, from early meetings and design to development, test strategy, deployment, monitoring, alerting, and support.
• Design, build, and evolve the core backend services that manage user identity, authentication, accounts, and authorization for the BlaBlaCar platform.
• Contribute to the ongoing migration from a monolith to a fully service-oriented architecture, helping to build a cloud-compatible platform on GCP.
• Enhance platform security and data privacy, ensuring our services are protected against malicious activity and that regulations pertaining to personal data are respected.
• Collaborate with Product teams to find the most relevant and secure solutions for our members.
• Operate services in production, ensuring they perform as expected through robust monitoring and instrumentation.
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 have a good knowledge of service-oriented and event-driven architecture, and 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 Nicolas Le Goff, Engineering Manager, to discuss your experience and share more details about the squad
• a 90-min live coding session with Software Engineers
• a 60-min design interview with Software Engineers
• a 30-min video-call with Sébastien Labat, 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.
Top Skills
Datadog
Docker
GCP
Git
Java
Junit
Kubernetes
Mockito
Spring
Spring Boot
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The Company
What We Do
BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading community-based travel app enabling 26 million active members a year to share a ride in 21 countries. Its technology matches drivers with empty seats with passengers heading the same way, so they can share the cost of the trip. With the mission to be the go-to marketplace for shared travel, BlaBlaCar combines carpooling with bus journeys from over 4000 operators to offer a wide choice of affordable and sustainable travel solutions, all in one app. In 2022, BlaBlaCar’s trusted community connected 2 million meeting points worldwide and enabled 90 million human encounters. Carpool drivers saved 450 million euros, and all BlaBlaCar’s mobility services contributed to avoiding 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions.
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