Junior Backend Engineer - Search

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 Junior Backend Engineer to join the Search team at BlaBlaCar. Their mission is to enable passengers to seamlessly choose the most relevant multimodal trip from our carpool, bus, and soon train supplies. 

As a Backend Engineer, your role will be to contribute to deliver a reliable and scalable multimodal search platform. You will be reporting to the team's Engineering Manager and working with a full-stack team of 11 engineers. 

Your responsibilities

• Participate in the design, development, and maintenance of the Java microservices that serve the Search flow for the Blablacar platform

• Participate in the whole application lifecycle, from early meetings and design to development, test strategy, and deployment - and of course, monitoring, alerting, and support

• Participate in the definition of the features with the product and design teams to find the most relevant solutions for our members

• Interact with people with different roles and backgrounds, and share your technical expertise with a mix of technical, product, and business people

Your qualifications

• You have a first experience in Java and its frameworks such as Spring, Spring Boot, JUnit, and Mockito

• You know what service-oriented architecture looks like, and you can determine when to apply a given architectural pattern

• You have good communication skills, you’re humble, and you are a team player

• Some knowledge or prior experience with Docker, Kubernetes and Datadog is a plus

• Full working proficiency in English

• Fit with our BlaBlaPrinciples

• Thriving in a collaborative, fast-growing and innovative environment

• Ability to take ownership, aligned with business priorities

What we have to offer

• Full remote possible in the country of the role (+ access to BlaBlaCar co-working spaces in Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lyon, Nantes and Sophia Antipolis)

• 4 additional weeks parental leave 100% paid

• Financial support for home office equipment

• Relocation package and visa support

• Free unlimited carpooling & bus rides

• Employee Stock Ownership plan

• 25 days holiday per year + RTT

• Local meal plan policies (Swile card in France)

• 50% transportation paid in France (Forfait Mobilité Durable)

• Mental health support through Moka.care

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 Louise, Engineering Manager, to discuss your experience and share more details about the team

• a 90-min live coding session with Software Engineers

• a 60-min design interview with Software Engineers

• a 30-min video-call with Gilles, 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.

Not sure yet?

Check out our 100 reasons to join BlaBlaCar!

BlaBlaCar is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. 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.