Software Engineer Backend - BlaBlaLines

Description

Company Description

BlaBlaCar’s vision is to bring fairness, freedom and fraternity to the world of travel. 

BlaBlaCar was created in 2006 with one dream in mind: fill the millions of empty seats on the road to create an efficient, affordable and friendly way to travel. Today, our global, trusted community counts 90 million members in 22 countries, enabling a smarter, large scale and truly sustainable transport network. 

Born from a simple idea of people sharing their rides, BlaBlaCar’s ambition is to become the go-to marketplace for shared road mobility. We offer a long-distance carpooling service, a commuting carpooling service, and a long-distance bus service. A filled bus emits one third of the emissions per passenger kilometer as an average car -- so we want to fill those seats too! 

In 2019, 100 million travelers used BlaBlaCar globally, saving 1.6 million tons of CO2. Meanwhile, we enabled human connections, bringing people closer together in more ways than one, with 87% of members believing carpooling to be an enriching experience. 

BlaBlaCar offers a unique international environment with a team counting 40 nationalities, serving a global member-base from 7 offices in Berlin, Kyiv, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Paris (HQ), São Paulo and Warsaw. English is the official spoken language across BlaBlaCar. We are privately-held and founder-led. Our team of 500 employees is entrepreneurial, passionate and fundamentally mission-driven.

Job Description

Why join us?

BlaBlaLines is the carpooling service by BlaBlaCar focused on commuting.

You will join a small team of engineers operating who follow some Agile principles:

• Human first, we are a self organized team and we adapt the workflow constantly to our needs

• 3 weeks sprints, systematic peer reviewing, Continuous Integration and a bit of Continuous Deployment.

The BlaBlaLines team is an independent business unit of about 15 people who are passionate about building the best short distance carpooling solution.

We all contribute to the product and business discussions and we are encouraged to use and test the product as often as possible.

What you will contribute to:

• Improving our matching algorithms to help drivers and passengers to better carpool together

• Adapting existing feature implementations to growing scalability challenges

• Sharing the responsibility for the production with the rest of the team

Qualifications

What you will need to be successful:

• At least 2 years of experience with a high-level language (Python, Java, C#, Go, etc.)

• Good computer science background (database design, algorithms and data structures, networking, abstractions, security)

• Ability to take a research problem from conception to production-ready for our users

• Fluent in English

And it would be nice (not required) if you had:

• Experience with Python

• Experience with OSRM and graph optimization algorithms

• Experience working with machine learning algorithms

Additional Information

A few practical details about the role

• Start: As soon as you are ready!

• Location: Paris

• Contract: full-time permanent contract

• Compensation: Competitive package based on experience 

What we offer all of our employees

• The opportunity to have a meaningful impact, building a CO2-saving global travel network enabling strong human connections too. 

• A strong “Fun & Serious” company culture 

• State-of-the-art office spaces, in a great location

• A start-up spirit grounded in agility & teamwork 

• Challenging career opportunities in a high-growth and fast-paced environment 

• Bi-Weekly team-all BlaBlaTalks to learn from each other

• Weekly Tech Demos, so that we’re all up to date with where our product stands

And some other great perks!

• Free carpooling and bus rides to live our value “Be The Member”. 

• BlaBlaBreak which takes us all for an unforgettable weekend every 18 months

• Possibility to work from another BlaBlaOffice abroad for a week once a year (BlaBlaSwap)

• The choice between the latest Mac or PC equipment

• Opportunity to attend Tech conferences in France and Europe

What is next?

If you are ready to join our exciting journey, please apply below: upload your resume in English (PDF format) and answer our questions in English. 

Kindly note that only complete applications will be reviewed by our hiring team and that all your information will be kept confidential.

You can expect us to review your application within the following 3 weeks. If your application and profile fit our requirements, you will go through a first call, a technical test and up to 3 interviews. 

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