Backend Software Engineer - Paris
What do we do ? 🏠
Born in 2021 from the desire to make cities less polluted and quieter, Electra is helping to shift usage towards electric mobility by tackling the main barrier: charging.
Electra is constantly innovating to make electric vehicle charging easier, with a network of fast charging stations (20 minutes on average) and a maximally simplified user experience.
Based in Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes, Brussels, Madrid, Zurich, Vienna, Munich, Milan and Amsterdam, Electra’s teams aim to deploy a network of 15,000 fast charging points by 2030, proud to contribute to the energy transition in Europe.
In 3 years, we have:
• Deployed 300 stations and over 1700 fast-charging points.
• Secured thousands of stations to establish Electra as a leader in the European market.
• Opened several offices in France and Europe.
• Raised over €750 million in equity and debt financing from renowned investors and institutions.
• Joined the French Tech Next 40 and won the European Scale-up of the Year 2024 award.
• Assembled a team of over 220 talents… and this is just the beginning !
💼 Your Mission
As a Backend Software Engineer within one of our key teams—“Cash Flow” (payments) or “Network” (network management)—you will play a central role in designing and building reliable, scalable solutions.
• In the Cash Flow team, you’ll ensure seamless management of payment systems, enhancing the user payment experience and ensuring transaction reliability.
• In the Network team, you’ll contribute to the development of solutions for network monitoring and station performance, enabling Electra to pilot its operations efficiently and at scale.
You’ll take projects from conception to production with complete ownership, working alongside talented engineers in a fast-paced, impactful environment.
🦸♀️🦸 Your Responsibilities
• Design, build, and deploy backend services to support Electra’s payment systems (Cash Flow) or station network management (Network).
• Ensure robust, scalable, and maintainable architectures that align with Electra’s growth and reliability objectives.
• Collaborate with product managers, software engineers, and other stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Take ownership of the full project lifecycle: conception, build, deployment, and run.
• Continuously improve backend systems for better performance, reliability, and security.
• Work autonomously while contributing to a culture of collaboration and learning.
😎 Your Profile
• Education: Engineering degree or equivalent in Computer Science.
• Experience: 3+ years in backend development.
• Technical Skills:
• Open to various languages, but experience with Ruby, Go, or TypeScript is a plus.
• Strong understanding of modern backend architectures (APIs, microservices).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS is a plus.
• Mindset:
• Strong ownership and autonomy: you deliver solutions end-to-end.
• High learning agility and ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment.
• Passionate about clean, reliable, and maintainable code.
⚡ What Electra offers you
• An attractive fixed + BSPCE
• New offices in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris
• 2 remote working days per week
• Alan health insurance (50% covered by Electra)
• Meal vouchers (Swile Card: €10/day, 50% covered)
• 25 days of paid leave + 12 RTT days
• Collective agreement (SYNTEC: vacation bonus, exceptional leave days…)
• A quarterly event with the entire Electra team
• CSE platform with many benefits (culture, sports…)
• A great professional challenge in a fast-growing scale-up
Join Electra to revolutionize electric mobility and shape the future of charging! 🚀
- Department
- Product & Tech
- Locations
- Paris
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
Paris
Backend Software Engineer - Paris
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