Lead Backend Developer

Payplug is the French payment solution designed for merchants, e-merchants of all sizes, and fintechs. With our cutting-edge technological platform, our conversion-dedicated tools, and our unique mastery of the payment chain, we invite you to aim for the best and beyond.

Payplug is a team of 350 passionate individuals dedicated to realizing your greatest ambitions. We currently support 17,000 SMEs such as Hast and Plantes pour tous, as well as large groups like Maisons du Monde, Veepee, and kiwi.com. Payplug has been part of the BPCE Group since 2017.

Our Ambition: We build our platform using the best available open-source technologies, making the most appropriate choice for each project. We are convinced of the benefits of a RESTful SOA architecture and operate in a microservice environment. Today, our stack notably includes Python, FastAPI, Flask, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ, MongoDB, Docker, AWS, as well as Java and PHP for backend parts and React for the frontend part.

As a Lead Backend Developer in our "Merchant Care" tribe, your responsibilities will include:

• Being the technical mentor of the squad, supporting developers in their dev projects while individually contributing to development
• Autonomously managing production deployments and monitoring in production
• Ensuring alignment with other Lead Developers on ongoing projects and being proactive within the backend community
• Driving and actively participating in technical design, in coordination with product management
• Coordinating with Architecture teams to implement an architectural vision within Payplug, actively participating in technical choices for the squad
• Enforcing Tech best practices, including security, performance, code reviews, and peer programming, and proposing improvements for operational efficiency gains

Requirements:

• 5 years of experience as a developer with successful experience as a tech lead
• Mastery of Python
• Knowledge of distributed systems (e.g., microservices architecture)
• Knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL or other)
• Demonstrates great curiosity; shares knowledge and best practices with pedagogy and patience

Benefits include hybrid work arrangement, choice of machine (Linux PC or Mac), 25 days of paid leave and 10 RTT days per year, various office perks, and financial benefits such as meal vouchers, health insurance, and transportation allowances.