Doctolib

Software Engineer II - Java/Python - Backend Platform Team (x/f/m) at Doctolib (Paris, France)

Doctolib· Paris, France·

Role details

Work type
Hybrid
Employment
Contract
Skills
JavaPythonSpring BootKafkaRedisPostgreSQLKubernetesDatadog
Benefits

Free Comprehensive Health Insurance For You And Your Children · 25 Days Of Paid Vacation Per Year · 14 Days Of RTT · Free Mental Health And Coaching Services · Work From Abroad For Up To 10 Days Per Year · Lunch Vouchers (Swile Card) · Subsidy For Sport Club Or Creative Class Membership · 50% Reimbursement Of Public Transport Subscription

Doctolib at a glance

European healthtech building the software that runs a medical practice, from patient booking to records, telemedicine, and AI assistants.

Doctolib provides a full digital-healthcare platform: 24/7 online appointment booking and reminders for patients, and subscription software for health professionals covering scheduling, electronic health records, secure messaging, e-prescribing, telemedicine, billing/insurance, and a growing set of AI assistants.

~$866M raised · latest: 500M euros (~$549M) equity and debt, March 2022, led by Eurazeo, at a $6.4B valuation · backed by Eurazeo, General Atlantic, Accel, Bpifrance

Summary

Join Doctolib's Platform team as a Mid-level Java Software Engineer to design and deliver essential backend components for distributed services. You will collaborate with product teams to build robust, scalable, and secure foundations that accelerate product development.

Job description

We are looking for a Java Software Engineer, with strong experience in Java and Spring Boot, to join Doctolib’s Platform team, ATP. The team builds the backend foundations that power our distributed services. Java and Spring Boot will be your primary technologies. As part of a polyglot platform, you may also contribute to Python services, tooling, and cross-cutting initiatives. ATP is part of the Platform domain, whose mission is to build and maintain the common building blocks of our system with a "Platform as a Product" mindset. We abstract and simplify the use of these complex, critical components, enabling product teams to focus on their core mission: building products faster for healthcare professionals and patients. At ATP, we focus specifically on distributed services (chassis, archetypes, business-agnostic services, cross-cutting concerns) with a strong emphasis on quality, scalability, and usability. All Doctolib product teams build their features on top of the foundations we provide, leveraging the components we design to accelerate development while ensuring the highest standards of quality, compliance, and security. As Java Software Engineer, and within a team of 8 engineers, you will be responsible for designing and delivering essential components that empower Doctolib teams to build robust and scalable services. Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define and implement features to improve the Doctolib platform
  • Take a leading role within the team and contribute to establishing a technical vision that ensures the performance, security, and usability of the platform, taking into account the future needs and the high scalability needs
  • Bring your expertise and experiences to help us continuously improve the way we implement, test, and monitor high-quality features
  • Improving the performance of key features implemented in Java, sometimes completely challenging the status quo
  • Taking leadership on delivering roadmap items (together with the team)
  • Contributing to establishing a technical vision and co-drive the creation of the roadmap for next quarters

About our tech environment

  • Our chassis powers more than 50 services across the Doctolib platform
  • Our stack is composed of Java, Python, Spring boot, Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, K8S, Datadog.
  • Our solutions are built on a single fully cloud-native platform that supports web and mobile app interfaces, multiple languages, and is adapted to country and healthcare specialty requirements
  • We leverage AI in an ethical manner across our products to empower patients and health professionals. Discover our AI vision here and learn about our first AI hackathon here!

Who you are

If you don’t meet all the requirements below but believe this opportunity matches your expectations and experience, we still encourage you to apply!

  • You have 4+ years of experience, preferably in a technically challenging environment
  • You are proactive, curious, collaborative and eager to learn
  • You are primarily a backend engineer with strong, hands-on experience in Java and Spring Boot.
  • You have some experience with or exposure to Python and are comfortable working in a polyglot engineering environment.
  • You have a solid understanding of web technologies and the software development lifecycle.
  • You have a “user first” mindset and want to build a product focused on bringing value to its users, through secure, well-tested and pragmatic code
  • You are fluent in English

What we offer

  • Free comprehensive health insurance for you and your children
  • 25 days of paid vacation per year, plus up to 14 days of RTT
  • Free mental health and coaching services through our partner Moka.care
  • Work from abroad for up to 10 days per year thanks to our flexibility days policy
  • Lunch vouchers (Swile card) worth €8.50 per working day, with €4.50 covered by Doctolib
  • A subsidy from the work council to refund part of the membership to a sport club or a creative class
  • 50% reimbursement of your public transport subscription
  • Parent Care Program: receive one additional month of leave on top of the legal parental leave
  • For caregivers and workers with disabilities, a package including an adaptation of the remote policy, extra days off for medical reasons, and psychological support
  • Relocation support in case of international mobility
  • Access to the best AI tools for coding, development and dedicated training

The interview process

  • Recruiter Interview
  • Java Coding Game
  • Live Coding Interview
  • System Design Interview
  • Behavioral Interview
  • At least one reference check

Doctolib is committed to equal opportunity. All applications are considered regardless of origin, gender, sexual orientation, health status, or disability. We want your experience to be clear, respectful, and transparent. Learn more about our hiring process on ourcandidate experience page." Job details

  • Permanent position
  • Full Time
  • Based in Levallois-Perret
  • Hybrid position 3 days/week in the office
  • Start date: As soon as possible

If you would like to find out more about tech life at Doctolib, feel free to read our latest Medium blog articles! At Doctolib, we are committed to improving access to healthcare for everyone. This translates into our recruitment process. We evaluate candidates based solely on qualifications and motivation, without any form of discrimination. The more diverse ideas are heard, the more our product will truly improve healthcare for all. You are welcome to apply to Doctolib, regardless of your gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability. To ensure equal opportunities, we invite you to exclude personal information (e.g. pictures, age) from your applications. If you require any accommodation, please let us know for support during the hiring process. Join us in building the healthcare we all dream of! All information provided is processed by Doctolib for application management. For data processing details, click here. Please contact hr.dataprivacy(at)doctolib.com to exercise your rights (but not for applications).

Why work at Doctolib

  • Purpose & Mission: B Corp certified, purpose‑driven company with a clear social impact (improving healthcare access and quality of life for care teams).
  • Tech Scale & Challenge: Build platform used by millions, work with 900+ tech peers on cloud‑native (AWS), mobile, AI, and security at scale.
  • Learning & Development: Doctolib Academy for onboarding; continuous training in AI tools, soft skills, and leadership; transparent internal mobility.
  • Benefits:
    • Health insurance 100% paid for you and children.
    • 25 vacation days + up to 14 RTT days/year.
    • Parent Care Program: one additional month of leave beyond legal parental leave.
    • Free mental health coaching via Moka.care.
    • Gym (on‑site in Paris) with group classes.
    • Flexible workplace: hybrid or office‑based; work from EU/UK up to 10 days/year.
    • Subsidised sports/creative class membership.
    • Lunch vouchers (Swile card).
    • Solidarity Days (2 days/year for health charities).
  • Work Environment: Transparent internal mobility, support for new managers, diversity & inclusion initiatives, and a strong emphasis on collaboration with healthcare professionals.
  • Locations: Paris, Nantes, Berlin, Milan, Amsterdam, and other EU cities.

Application questions