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title: 'Confirmed Backend Engineer - Payment Squad at BlaBlaCar'
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# Confirmed Backend Engineer - Payment Squad at BlaBlaCar

- **Company:** BlaBlaCar
- **Location:** Paris, France
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/blablacar/a613d792-86f2-4fdc-a6ad-065ec3a56f81

## Job description

## About BlaBlaCar

BlaBlaCar is the world’s 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 Confirmed Backend Engineer to join the Payment Squad. They manage BlaBlaCar’s payment solutions that provide reliability, trust and smooth end-to-end experience.

As a Backend Engineer, your role will be to contribute to delivering a reliable and, scalable platform that supports the full payment lifecycle, fraud fight and compliance requirements. This includes participating in the integration of new payment methods, interacting with our numerous payment services providers, and displaying a strong ownership of the payment experience from end-to-end together with frontend developers.

You will be reporting to the squad's Engineering Manager and working with a team of 10 Backend and Frontend Software Engineers and a Product Manager.

## Your responsibilities

- Participate in the whole application lifecycle, from early meetings and design to development, test strategy, and deployment and of course, monitoring, alerting, and support.
- Participate in the definition of the features with the product and design teams to find the most relevant solutions for our members
- Interact with people with different roles and backgrounds, and share your technical expertise with a mix of technical, product, and business people

## Your qualifications

- You have 3+ years of experience from companies with a strong engineering culture, within a growth context.
- You are fluent in Java and know frameworks such as Spring, Spring Boot, JUnit, and Mockito.
- You have hands-on experience with Git, Docker, Kubernetes , and monitoring solutions (Datadog).
- You know what service-oriented architecture looks like, and you can determine when to apply a given architectural pattern.
- You have good communication skills, you’re humble and you're a team player.
- Full working proficiency in English
- Fit with our [BlaBlaPrinciples](https://jobs.blablacar.com/working-at-blablacar)

If you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, tell us why you’d 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 a Talent 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](https://www.linkedin.com/in/julien-haler/?locale=fr), 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.

## About BlaBlaCar

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading community-based travel app that connects drivers with empty seats to passengers heading the same way, enabling shared carpool, bus, and train journeys across 41 countries.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Paris, France
- **Founded**: 2006
- **Founders**: Frédéric Mazzella (Founder & Chairman), Francis Nappez (Co-Founder & Technical Advisor to the CEO), Nicolas Brusson (Co-Founder & CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Shared mobility / travel marketplace (carpooling, bus, train)
- **Target customers**: B2C (individual travelers and drivers) and B2B (bus and train operators)
- **Mission or purpose**: To be the go-to marketplace for shared travel, making travel more affordable, sustainable, and social.

## Products & Services
- **[Carpool](https://newsroom.blablacar.com/about-us)**: Drivers share their trips and costs with passengers headed the same way; the core peer-to-peer ride-sharing service.
- **[Bus](https://newsroom.blablacar.com/about-us)**: BlaBlaCar operates a low-cost bus network across Europe and provides access to services from over 6,000 partner operators worldwide.
- **[Train](https://newsroom.blablacar.com/about-us)**: Integration of major rail operators, allowing users to compare and combine train journeys with carpool and bus options in one app.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: 40 million active members per year; 150 million total passengers (carpool, bus, train) as of 2025
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not disclosed in available sources
- **Growth Signals**: Operates in 41 countries; partners with 6,000+ bus and train operators; 800 employees from 50 nationalities; 2.7 million tonnes of CO₂ avoided annually; €568 million saved by drivers

## Competitive Advantages
- **Largest community-based carpooling network** with a trusted brand and massive scale across 41 countries.
- **Multi-modal platform** combining carpool, bus, and train in a single app – offering a comprehensive shared travel marketplace.
- **Strong sustainability impact** – 2.7 million tonnes of CO₂ avoided per year, appealing to eco-conscious travelers and regulators.
- **Data network effects** – more users and routes attract more drivers and operators, creating a defensible moat.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue expanding the go-to marketplace for shared travel by deepening multi-modal integration (carpool, bus, train) and growing in existing and new countries.
- Leverage technology to improve matching, pricing, and user experience while maintaining cost efficiency and sustainability goals.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Guided by six “BlaBlaPrinciples” that emphasize learning, risk-taking, simplicity, and collective growth. Strong focus on transparency and open communication (monthly BlaBlaTalks, quarterly CEO updates).
- **Flexibility**: Full remote possible within the country of the role; hybrid options available. Offices in Paris, São Paulo, Warsaw, and other locations.
- **Benefits**: Employee stock ownership plan, 4 additional weeks of 100% paid parental leave, free unlimited carpooling & bus rides, mental health sessions (moka.care), home office equipment support, meal plan (Swile in France), and 1 day per year for NGO volunteering.
- **Engineering**: 250 engineers across two tech hubs; strong emphasis on innovation and calculated risk-taking.
- **Community & Inclusion**: Employee Resource Groups include BlaBlaCar Rainbow (LGBTQIA+), BlaBla Planet (sustainability), and Women & Supporters (gender equality). Regular social events (BlaBlaBreakfast, Yoga, Zumba, seasonal parties).
- **Onboarding**: Two-week onboarding sessions for new hires, plus regular Welcome Days.

## Sources
1. [BlaBlaCar About Us](https://newsroom.blablacar.com/about-us)
2. [BlaBlaCar Jobs – Working at BlaBlaCar](https://jobs.blablacar.com/working-at-blablacar)
3. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/blablacar)
4. [BlaBlaCar Jobs – Home](https://jobs.blablacar.com/)
5. [BlaBlaCar Lever Careers](https://jobs.lever.co/blablacar)

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