Android Engineer

  • Full-time

Company Description

BlaBlaCar is the global leader in long-distance ridesharing. We are a fast-growing company aiming at building a unique community of members to transform the way people travel!

For more information about us, please visit www.blablacar.com/dreamjobs

Job Description

Why join us?

The BlaBlaCar Application has already been downloaded by more than 17 million BlaBlaCar members and mobile platforms represent more than 50% of our traffic! We are a truly mobile-first company!

You will join one of our dedicated agile cross-skills tribes (Growth, Monetize, Care, Trust,…), operating as a mini-startup within BlaBlaCar. Each tribe is comprised of great profiles with a strong entrepreneurial mindset: backend engineer, mobile engineer, front-end engineer, UX designer, product manager and data scientist. You will also belong to the larger Tech group, a talented crew of developers spread across the organization in other agile teams with whom you can share core skills and knowledge.

You will have full autonomy regarding the technical back-end, collaborating with mobile engineers from other tribes to ensure sync and going into the right direction. Our technical stack is mostly based on a REST API and Oauth2. You will work on the client and server-side of the project using the latest technical solutions, such as Symfony2, ElasticSearch, Rabbitmq and Redis.

What you will directly contribute to:

  • Driving feature development and taking ownership of end-to-end feature quality;
  • Proposing feature and technical evolutions to have the best ride sharing application for our member in the world;
  • Thinking global and having performance and application resources need in mind while developing;
  • Monitoring feature and coding with a high quality.

Qualifications

What you will need to be successful: 

  • Exceptional proficiency in mobile Android development or incredibly fast ability to learn;
  • Believe in the power of technology as a global game changer;
  • Out of the box thinking and knowledge sharing mindset;
  • Implacable willingness to build massive, solid and reliable applications that scale; 
  • Assertive contribution to the decision making process and team roadmap;
  • Fun team spirit that embraces the power that agile methods assigns to everyone;
  • Firm belief that “Done is better than perfect” and that “The member is the boss” are compelling values;
  • Be humble, structured, organized, motivated by innovation and a relentless doer; 
  • Enjoy working as a team-player and learning from others;
  • Having some cool projects on Android Play is a plus;
  • A fun attitude.

Additional Information

A few practical details about the role:
  • Start: As soon as you are ready!
  • Location: Paris HQ
  • Contract: Long-term contract (CDI)
  • Compensation: Competitive package based on experience
What we offer all of our employees:
  • A start-up spirit that fosters agility, teamwork and impact;
  • Challenging career opportunities in a high-growth and fast-paced environment;
  • Recurring access to technical conferences all over the world;
  • Team Hackathons (complimentary sleeping bag);
  • The choice between the latest Mac or PC equipment;
  • An inspiring working environment including state-of-the-art office spaces;
  • Free ridesharing to live our value “Think it. Build it. Use it.”;
  • Annual BlaBlaBreak which takes us all for an unforgettable weekend;
  • Weekly BlaBlaTalks when we learn from each other;
  • And many more benefits - check them out on BlaBlaCar.com/dreamjobs.

What is next?

If you are ready to join us, please send your resume (PDF format) and answers to our questions in English; 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 4 weeks. If your application and profile fit our requirements, we will send you an online technical test, followed by two in-house interview sessions including a technical test.