Hybrid Senior Software Engineer

at Vestiaire Collective

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Android, Distributed Systems, iOS, Microservices, PHP, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Berlin, Germany

About the role

• Senior Software Engineer developing high-performance backend services at Vestiaire Collective. Collaborating across platforms to enhance user experiences for a marketplace focused on sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs that handle tens of millions of requests daily
• Drive architecture decisions by contributing to technical design sessions and delivering clean, maintainable, long-term solutions
• Modernize the platform by leading the migration from our PHP monolith to Go-based microservices and defining bounded contexts
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Data, and iOS/Android/Web engineers to deliver features that enhance user experience and personalization
• Ensure system reliability by implementing strong observability practices, including monitoring, logging, and alerting, while addressing performance bottlenecks
• Own the full delivery cycle, from technical design and implementation to deployment and production monitoring
• Uphold high engineering standards through thoughtful code reviews, mentorship, and precise documentation

Requirements

• Mastery in either PHP or Go, with at least 5 years of experience in your primary language
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems principles, and scalable design patterns
• Track record of building and maintaining production systems that handle significant traffic and large data volumes
• Skilled in designing scalable, maintainable systems and writing clean, well-tested, efficient code following best practices (SOLID, DDD, Hexagonal Architecture, etc.)
• Analytical mindset with meticulous attention to detail when debugging complex distributed systems
• Appreciation for how technical decisions impact user experience, and ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Excellent communicator, able to articulate technical concepts clearly and defend your proposals with evidence
• You take full ownership of your code and architecture, from design to delivery

Benefits

• A meaningful job with an impact on the way people consume fashion and promote sustainability
• The opportunity to do career-defining work in a fast-growing French-born scale up
• The possibility to work as part of a globally diverse team with more than 50 nationalities
• Two days to help Project - reinforcing your activist journey and volunteer for an association
• Significant investment in your learning and growth
• Competitive compensation and benefits package (i.e 28 days of paid time off)
• As full member of our entrepreneurial project, you will be eligible to free shares