Senior Backend Software Engineer (Paris or Remote France)

Alma is hiring!

About

At Alma, we are convinced that trade must be well balanced to be sustainable. Because finance has a key role in business, our mission is to put it back in its rightful place : at the service of merchants and consumers!

That’s why we create financial products that empower merchants to sell more, and help consumers purchase better products while never encouraging them to get over-indebted.

Our tech solutions are accessible to all, easy to implement, and that eliminate purchase friction.

For merchants, our instalment and deferred payment solutions are excellent ways of increasing customers' loyalty and satisfaction, as well as generating up to 20% extra sales revenues without any risk.

For consumers, the purchase experience is enhanced (4.8/5 on Trustpilot) and Alma helps them handle their budget easily. They pay later, Alma pays the merchants right away.

We are the leader in France, on track to win the European market on the (very) powerful Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) industry, as we’re now processing payments in 10 European countries. Over the past 5 years, more than 16,000 active merchants have chosen Alma to be their innovative BNPL solution, and we have served over 5 million consumers.

The team has grown from 2 to 300+ people, we raised a €115M series C early 2022 to help us accelerate further and Alma is already part of the French Tech 120 ranking of the most promising French technology companies. And that's only the beginning.

Job Description

Alma shapes the fintech landscape. We strive to serve and empower consumers and merchants by developing innovative solutions that redefine their purchase experience.

 

About the job

We're looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our Merchant Experience squad, who are responsible for empowering merchants with actionable insights and transparency through our self-onboarding tools and performance dashboards.

As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, your key responsibilities are:

  • Create APIs and backend components that enable payments for thousands of merchants and millions of consumers
  • Write maintainable code that meets the highest quality, security, and performance standards expected of a regulated company processing billions of euros
  • Evolve the architecture to meet growing business needs in close collaboration with the product team and other technical leaders
  • Take the lead in production issues and performance troubleshooting, upgrading our product to achieve greater reliability in the long run

Our technical stack: Python, Docker, React, GCP, Kubernetes, Postgres, Redis, PubSub, Datadog

What makes you the perfect fit for the role?

  • Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
  • Experience: minimum 8 years of relevant work experience with large-scale backend systems (internships and apprenticeships experience excluded)
  • Proficiency with Python and relational databases (Please note: we're open to all backend programming languages for this role. However, as our products are built in Python, experience in Python is greatly appreciated!)
  • Languages: fluent in French and a good level in English mandatory
  • You have the ability to influence how businesses and products are developed
  • You're methodical, possess strong communication and problem-solving skills, and can work effectively within a cross-functional team
  • Experience in building payment or financial solutions is a plus!

About the recruitment process

  • Phone interview with Recruiter (30-45 mins)
  • Interview with Hiring Manager (60 mins)
  • Take-home coding test, following by a remote feedback session (30 mins)
  • Live system design interview (60 mins)
  • Team Fit interview (60 mins)

More information on the hiring process can be found in our Interview Guide 

Additional Information

  • Contract Type: Full-Time
  • Location: Paris
  • Possible partial remote