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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

About the job

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

We are looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to work with our Foundation teams, which are responsible for developing our payment systems and offering the best user experience to merchants and consumers alike.

Depending on your interests and expertise, you’ll collaborate with one of these product teams:

- Consumer Experience: Focused on crafting seamless, user-friendly solutions, such as our web checkout platform and the self-service consumer portal.

- Merchant Experience: Empower merchants with self-onboarding tools and performance dashboards that provide actionable insights and transparency.

- Core Finance: Safeguard financial accuracy by managing real-time cash flow tracking and ensuring the integrity of our financial systems.

- Risk Management: Estimate the risk of funding a consumer's purchase or dealing with a merchant.

- Payment Lifecycle: Manage the entire payment lifecycle, from creation to post-purchase operations such as paying early or delaying installments.

 

 

About the mission

As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, your main missions 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 includes: Python, Docker, React, GCP, Kubernetes, Postgres, Redis, PubSub, Datadog

About you 

You will be the ideal candidate for the role if you have:

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

About the recruitment process
Find more information in the Interview Guide

  • Interview with Talent Acquisition (30 mins)
  • Interview with Engineering 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)

Additional Information

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