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Senior Backend Engineer Payment Squad

BlaBlaCar


Job Location:

Paris - France

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 27 September 2026 (2 days ago)
Application Deadline: 25 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About BlaBlaCar

BlaBlaCar is the worlds leading community-based travel app enabling 27 million members a year to carpool or travel by bus in 21 countries. Our team of 800 employees counts over 50 nationalities and is spread across our 5 global offices 30% working fully remotely.


Your Mission

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Payment Squad. They manage BlaBlaCars payment solutions that provide reliability trust and a smooth end-to-end experience.

As a Senior Backend Engineer your role will be to drive the delivery of a reliable and scalable platform that supports the full payment lifecycle fraud fight and compliance requirements. You will take ownership of complex cross-functional projectssuch as finalizing the implementation of our payment orchestratorand play a key role in expanding BlaBlaCars business by proposing and integrating tailored payment methods for our various operational countries.

You will act as a technical reference demonstrating strong autonomy deep architectural thinking and the ability to synchronize with multiple external teams (Legal Cash Management & Finance Payment Ops).

You will be reporting to the squads Engineering Manager and working closely with a team of Software Engineers and a Product Manager.



Your responsibilities
  • Drive and deliver transverse and complex technical projects from design to deployment demonstrating a deep understanding of technical constraints and implementation challenges.
  • Lead the finalization and scaling of the payment orchestrator and integrate new adapted payment methods across different countries.
  • Take a step back to proactively propose platform improvements task automation and better observability (e.g. establishing SLO reviews with SREs and owning your monitoring and alerting stack).
  • Interact closely with various teams (Legal Finance Fraud/Payment Ops) to synchronize efforts gather requirements and assess cross-team impacts.
  • Act as a mentor and guide for mid-level (IC3) developers within the squad elevating the teams overall engineering standards.
  • Participate in a cyclic on-call duty (approximately 1 week every 7 weeks) to ensure the high availability of our critical payment systems.
Your qualifications
  • You have 5 to 10 years of overall engineering experience.
  • You possess deep technical autonomy and a high level of critical thinking regarding software architecture and constraints.
  • You are fluent in Java and have advanced knowledge of frameworks such as Spring or SpringBoot.
  • You have hands-on experience with service-oriented architectures Git Docker Kubernetes and monitoring solutions (Datadog).
  • You have excellent clear and concise communication skills allowing you to easily step into any workshop and share technical expertise with both technical and business stakeholders.
  • You are not reluctant to participate in on-call duties (mandatory for this role).
  • Full working proficiency in English
  • Fit with ourBlaBlaPrinciples
If you dont meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above tell us why youd still be a great fit for this role in your application.
What we have to offer
  • Hybrid position
  • 4 additional weeks on top of legal maternity/paternity leaves
  • 50% healthcare coverage (Alan)
  • Financial support for home office equipment
  • Minimum 25 days holiday per year
  • Local meal plan policy (Swile card)
  • 50% transportation paid (Forfait Mobilité Durable)
  • Free unlimited carpooling & bus rides
  • Personal growth via trainings mentorship and internal mobility programs
  • Employee Stock ownership plan
  • Regular team building events
  • 1 day off per year to test our product
Interested in joining the ride
a 45-min video-call with aTalent Acquisition Manager to get to know you understand your career expectations and answer your questions

a 90-min live coding session with Software Engineers

a 60-min design interview with Software Engineers

a 60-min video-call with Julien Engineering Manager of the payment team to discuss your experience and share more details about the squad.

Our hiring process lasts on average 25-30 days offers usually come within 48 hours.

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



BlaBlaCar is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Required Experience:

Senior IC


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BlaBlaCar is the world's leading community-based travel network. Bus or carpool, find the perfect ride from a wide range of destinations and routes at low prices.

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