Senior Backend Developer - Strategy Team H/F Flexcity

You are a senior backend engineer with 15+ years of experience building scalable systems, ideally in data-intensive, optimization-driven or algorithm-heavy environments.

Technical Knowledge & Skills

- Strong backend engineering and system design expertise.
- Experience with or strong interest in distributed systems, data pipelines or optimization engines.
- Comfort working on complex, computation-heavy production systems.
- Fluent in French and professional English.

Personal Qualities

- Analytical, ownership-driven and solution-oriented mindset.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Curious engineer with high technical standards.
- Comfortable in fast-moving, evolving environments.

Tech Stack

We use a modern, well-crafted tech stack that emphasizes clean architecture, reliability and developer excellence.

- Languages: Kotlin + SpringBoot, Go, Python
- Hexagonal architecture / Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) / Kubernetes
- Pub/Sub
- PostgreSQL
- React
- GitLab
- Grafana Observability Stack

Benefits

- One tech conference per year (fully covered)
- Medium subscription & O'Reilly access
- Technical books & learning resources
- 5% of your time dedicated to exploration & learning
- Hybrid work model

At Flexcity, we help the European power system become smarter, more flexible and more sustainable by connecting industrial assets (batteries, e-boilers, heat pumps, data centers...) to energy markets.
A subsidiary of Veolia Group, we combine scale-up agility with the stability of a global leader. At Flexcity, tech is a business driver, powering optimization and financial performance across Europe.

Interview Process

- HR / Talent Acquisition interview (45 min, video call) : Presentation of your career path, presentation of the recruitment context, discussion of your motivations
- Tech Lead & Staff or Engineering Manager interview (60 min, video call) : In-depth presentation of the team and how the tech team in Caen operates, culture, values
- Take-home case (1 week) + technical debrief with Tech Lead & Staff or EM (90 min, on site)
- Final culture & alignment interview with CTO (30 min, onsite) and team members (30 min, on site)

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.