Senior Software Engineer

A bit about us

We operate a subscription e-commerce site selling coffee, tea and brewing gear, shipped from our own warehouse. Built and run from Rouen, the site connects pet owners with local sitters and dog walkers.

This role opened up after a team member moved internally. Provence Apps is hiring for the Senior Software Engineer role on our operations team. You'll write, test and ship code that runs in production every day. Remote, open to candidates across France. Standard office hours, Monday to Friday, with flexibility around them. Clear written English is a must, as the team works across time zones.

Day to day

• Debug performance problems using profilers, logs and tracing in Datadog or Grafana.
• Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback.
• Maintain REST and gRPC APIs used by internal teams and outside partners.
• Migrate older modules out of the monolith where it makes sense.
• Keep dependencies current and patch findings from Dependabot or Snyk.
• Write unit and integration tests and keep the CI pipeline green.
• Take part in an on-call rotation (roughly one week in six) and help resolve production incidents.

What you'll need

• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, including writing efficient SQL.
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Comfortable working in Linux and on the command line.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers.

What you get

Salary range: €64,000 - €85,000 per year

• Health insurance (mutuelle) covered at 60%.
• Two days of remote work per week.
• RTT days.
• Remote work allowance.

Due to the number of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Please submit your CV in English.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Provence Apps.