Ph3Senior Backend Engineer – Journey Enablers /h3 pAt TheFork we believe that the best things in life happen around the table. /p pAs the leading restaurant booking platform in Europe, we connect the broadest community of loyal diners with the world’s favorite restaurants. Powered by innovation and a deep passion for the restaurant industry, we create unique dining experiences across 11 countries. /p pWe’re part of the Tripadvisor Group and proud to be building a diverse, people‑first culture where “respect”, “ownership”, “growth” and “better together” values thrive. If you’re passionate about food, technology, and making a real impact, your seat at the table is ready. /p h3What You Will Do /h3 ul liThe Journey Enablers team sits at the heart of the Core and Commons tribe at TheFork. Our goal is to build transversal non‑functional capabilities that are consumed by all tribes. /li liThe team’s scope includes Authentication, Translation management, Transactional communications (SMS, Emails Push notifications), Geo referential system and more. /li liThe team is responsible for building the enablers strategy and ensuring the technical excellence of the core components, in other words: /li ul liDesigning components that are up to date with the technical standards. /li liBuilding maintainable and scalable core components. /li liBuilding and maintaining third party integrations with multiple providers (Twilio, Phrase, Braze to name a few). /li liEnsuring smooth integration with customer facing capabilities. /li liDelivering the necessary tools to the feature teams using our components (dev portals, documentation, guidelines, test utils…). /li liProviding the technical KPIs to monitor the components execution health. /li /ul liThe team is not directly in charge of implementing the new features for the end user. Instead, in addition to its own projects, the team will support the “customer-facing” teams by providing new capabilities in the core components when needed. /li liThe Journey Enablers team is already composed of 3 engineers (Backend developers), mostly senior profiles. The team is distributed across different locations (France, with contractors in Portugal). /li liThe technical stack used by the team: /li ul liGraphQL for front‑end APIs /li liNodeJS TypeScript for backend services structured in a microservice‑based architecture /li liJSON‑RPC for internal communications with services /li liPHP / Symfony for a few legacy components that are being decommissioned /li liStorage is mostly handled by PostgreSQL Elasticsearch /li liDomain events are propagated through RabbitMQ as an event bus /li liOur websites and servers are monitored with Datadog for 24x7 operations. /li liWe are 100% Kubernetes AWS for orchestration hosting. /li /ul liAs a Senior Backend engineer in the team, you are expected to contribute to the team’s roadmap delivery. /li ul liWorking closely with our product manager, tribe architect staff engineer on the functional and technical discovery of new features. /li liWorking closely with your fellow senior engineers on the development and delivery of these features. /li liHelping our QA team during testing and validation. /li liTaking technical leadership and ownership of end‑to‑end projects in the team’s scope. /li liBecoming a technical referee on the team’s scope and ensuring the technical excellence of the team’s delivery. /li liCollaborating transversally with other teams from all the tribes across the engineering department to ensure cross‑functional alignment. /li liProducing relevant documentation for processes in the team’s scope. /li liContinuously improving the team’s processes and KPIs. /li /ul /ul h3Who You Are /h3 ul liYou are an experienced Backend software engineer with relevant years of experience building backend services and applications. /li liYou have a solid technical background in web technologies (6–10 years). /li liYou have a proven track record taking on big technical challenges demonstrated experience on distributed architectural patterns in the context of large‑scale applications. /li liYou are a role model when it comes to taking technical leadership and ownership and centering teams around technical excellence. /li liYou are rigorous, dynamic curious, with an agile mindset and a strong team spirit that allow you to adapt to a changing environment. /li liYou have experience building software with a problem‑solving approach leveraging customer inputs in an iterative manner (Product Discovery). /li liYou understand writing code is not your only job; you are also able to challenge product and stakeholder decisions, you need to “think first” with some analysis phase, after the release you are monitoring, writing documentation, and communicating about what is now available. /li liYou have great communication skills including the ability to explain your work to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders (writing and speaking in English). /li /ul h3You Can Impress With These Additions /h3 ul liYou have a good understanding of SQL databases and SQL queries. /li liYou have knowledge on GraphQL and PHP/Symphony (that could be useful in this position). /li liYou are comfortable working in a distributed remote team with engineers in various locations (but within the same timezone). /li liYou have a business acumen and are user experience oriented. /li /ul h3Interview Process /h3 ul liHiring manager screening interview /li liEngineering Manager fit interview /li liLive peer coding interview (with future colleagues) /li liSystem design interview (With an architect/staff or principal engineer) /li liHead of Engineering / Director fit interview /li /ul h3What We Offer You /h3 ul liAn awesome team. /li liA permanent contract. /li liFlexible working environment (2 days home office per week + up to 4 total weeks additional flexibility during the summer period and in December to work fully remotely). /li liCompetitive fixed salary and bonus. /li liLunch vouchers available for each working day. /li liInternational teams and a multicultural environment spanning 10 offices across Europe. /li liHighly inclusive working environment. /li liLifestyle benefits that can be used to reimburse expenses related to physical and leisure activities, family support, travel etc. /li liContinuous learning and development programs. /li liFree access to the Calm app to help you build resilience wherever you are in your mental health journey. /li liDedicated parental leave and caregiver leave policies (12 weeks fully paid). /li liHealth insurance covered by the company. /li liFinancial support for birth, adoption, civil partnerships, or marriage. /li liTransport allowance. /li liHealth insurance fully covered by the company. /li liLife Disability Insurance at no cost to the employee. /li liAmazing offices with dining, coffee points and leisure area. /li liTeam building events. /li /ul h3EEO Accessibility Statement /h3 pWe believe that we are better together, and we welcome you for who you are. We endeavor to ensure that everyone – regardless of ability, age, socio‑economic cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender expression, gender identity, ideology, national origin, race, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law – has the opportunity to reach their full potential. At TheFork, we want you to bring us your unique perspectives and experiences, so we can collectively continue disrupting the restaurant industry and go from good to great. /p pTheFork is committed to a fair recruitment process. If you have special needs and require reasonable support during your application, interview, or participation in the selection process due to health conditions or disability, please direct your inquiries to Our HR team will review the request and respond accordingly. /p /p #J-18808-Ljbffr