Senior Backend Engineer (France or Madrid)

Senior Backend Engineer (France or Madrid) Join Hivebrite! Build the foundation of Hivebrite’s AI-powered, API-first platform — and help scale communities driving change worldwide 🌍 🚀 Hivebrite is an all-in-one community management and engagement platform. Our mission is to provide organizations with the tools they need to create impactful communities. Our SaaS platform serves customers across a variety of industries including higher education, non-profit, and corporate. Founded in 2015, today we count more than 900 customers worldwide - including Boeing, the Obama Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences, the University of Notre Dame, the U.S. Naval Academy, the British Heart Foundation, the Imperial College London, the P&G Alumni France, and Le Wagon Alumni. We employ over 170 people across our entities in Paris, New York, the UK, and Sydney, and 30+ nationalities are represented in our team! 🌍 At Hivebrite, we believe in the importance of balancing your work commitments and personal life. You’re able to have a real impact on meaningful communities while prioritizing your personal life and goals. Our work policy encourages a healthy work-life harmony with a flexible schedule.We also have many initiatives to keep our global team connected, offering opportunities to meet and socialize with team members virtually and in-person! 👋 For these reasons, we were awarded Best Hybrid Place to Work by BuiltIn in the US and Choose My Company and HappyIndex at Work in France last year! 🏆 Find out everything about us here! Jump aboard, and join the hive! 🚀 🌟 The Opportunity Hivebrite is entering an exciting new chapter. We’re evolving our platform to meet growing customer demands with a modern, scalable, and intelligent foundation. But this isn't just about tech — Hivebrite powers thousands of communities making a difference in the world. From sustainability and education to diversity and social innovation, our platform enables meaningful connection and collective impact. Here’s what’s ahead: Decoupling our monolith into a modular, service-based architecture Replatforming to API-first , enabling richer integrations and more flexibility Infusing AI throughout — from product features (recommendations, smart workflows) to internal tooling (DevEx, CI/CD, Copilot, Cursor, Bolt) Raising the bar on performance, observability, and scalability to support a fast-growing, global user base This is a pivotal time to join. As a Senior Backend Engineer , you'll be instrumental in driving this transformation. 🌟 Our Impact Hivebrite isn’t just another SaaS platform — we power over 1,000 communities worldwide working toward real change. Our customers include As a Senior Engineer, your work will directly support these communities by making their digital spaces faster, smarter, and more impactful. 🌟 Your Role You’ll work across product and platform initiatives to: Design and build scalable backend services using Ruby, Python, Node.js/TypeScript, or Golang Lead the decomposition of our monolith into modular, service-oriented components Drive performance and reliability improvements , leveraging async queues, caching strategies, and data modeling Implement AI-powered features (personalization, automation, recommendations) in collaboration with Product and Data teams Elevate our internal developer experience , integrating AI tooling (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) and streamlining CI/CD workflows Engineer robust integrations with third-party APIs, webhooks, and event-driven systems Champion technical excellence across testing, observability, and system design Shape the technical vision , actively contributing to architecture reviews and long-term platform strategy 🌟 About You We’re looking for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments and has a strong engineering backbone: Proficient in on of these stacks Ruby, Python , Node.js/TypeScript, Golang Track record of building high-scale backend systems (millions of users, high throughput, distributed architecture) Experience with service extraction and API-first designs Solid grasp of distributed systems , async processing, observability, and modern caching strategies Interest or hands-on experience with AI/ML applications in product or engineering contexts Familiar with Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP), and modern DevOps tooling Collaborative, thoughtful communicator who enjoys leading cross-functional technical efforts Fluent in English (written and spoken) 🌟 Why Join Hivebrite? Help scale organizations advancing sustainability, education, diversity & inclusion, public health , and more. Shape the core architecture of a fast-growing SaaS platform Work on cutting-edge AI-powered features with real-world impact Be part of a product-first, tech-driven company with sustainable growth Join a diverse, remote-friendly engineering team that values impact and quality over hours worked Benefit from modern engineering practices & tooling (CI/CD, observability, AI-assisted development) Work with the best AI tools : Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini 🌟Hivebrite's perks & benefits 🧘 Flexibility & Time Off Remote-friendly with flexible policy Between 1 and 12 weeks of Nomad per year Around 2 weeks of RTT Extra leaves for family time (sick kids, quality days, special situations) 2 months paid leave for second caregivers 💆 Well-being & Meaning Moka Care mental health support (sessions, group workshops) 1 paid volunteer day Your birthday off Monthly team events & yearly department offsites 🏢 Office & Culture Paris HQ with rooftop, pool, gym & international vibe Engineering squads meet twice a month Regular team gatherings & community moments 🚀 Growth & Development Internal mobility, training & tailored career support Discover our Employee Journey + team stories on Instagram 💰 Competitive Package Enhanced health coverage with Alan (vision, dental, alt. care) Swile: lunch vouchers + CSE perks Navigo 100% reimbursed (Paris) Latest Apple gear + €200 remote setup budget Salary aligned with market standards 🌟 Recruitment Process Meet Maxime, our HR Manager, for a first video-call to better understand your career plan and answer any of your questions (60 mins). A technical homework, to see if we can match on this side of the job Meet Hugues, one of our Lead Software Engineer, to dive deeper into the position Meet 2 Senior Backend Engineers to discuss around a technical architecture review exercise (60 mins). Meet Tarek, our CPTO, to speak about your long-term involvement with Hivebrite (60 mins). If you want to know everything you need about Hivebrite, check out our Welcome To The Jungle page : here! Department Engineering Role Back End Engineer Locations Paris Office, Madrid Office Remote status Hybrid