Backend Staff Developer

At Poka, we’re transforming how frontline teams operate, learn, and solve problems.

Our connected worker platform is purpose-built for manufacturing, empowering frontline workers to share knowledge, collaborate in real-time, and drive continuous improvement. Think of it as the missing digital link, bringing the human interface into the stack of the Smart Factory, generating the right data and insights that drive entirely new scales of process improvements.

We’re proud to support global leaders like Nestlé, Bosch, Mars, and Danone in their digital transformation journeys and as part of the IFS family, our reach and impact continue to grow globally.

As a Staff Backend Developer at Poka, you will hold a strategic role within our organization. You’ll be responsible for influencing our overall architecture, solving complex technical challenges, and supporting teams in making decisions that shape the evolution of our SaaS product.

You’ll join a multidisciplinary team working with modern technologies and advanced engineering practices. In an environment where continuous learning, innovation, and constant improvement are valued, your ability to anticipate needs, identify risks, and propose robust solutions will have a direct impact on our growth.

If you’re looking for a place where your influence goes beyond writing code, where you can meaningfully shape the product, the stack, and the teams, we’d love to meet you.

What you’ll accomplish

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Design, maintain, and evolve complex backend services and subsystems.
• Influence and guide the overall architecture by writing technical documents (RFCs, ADRs) and actively participating in architecture reviews.
• Lead R&D initiatives and quickly prototype solutions to validate feasibility and value.
• Define and reinforce engineering standards related to quality, testing, observability, performance, and security.
• Identify and drive technical debt initiatives with organization-wide impact.
• Stay on top of emerging technologies and propose actionable improvements.

Collaboration & Influence

• Work closely with Product Managers during ideation phases to assess feasibility, risks, complexity, and ROI.
• Support multiple product teams in executing large-scale technical projects.
• Act as a coach/mentor for intermediate and junior developers, helping them grow their skills and improve their practices.

Innovation & AI Integration

• Develop a deep understanding of our product to identify meaningful opportunities to integrate AI.
• Contribute to the integration of AI-powered features into the product.

What we’re looking for

Essential skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of software development experience, including several working with distributed architectures.
• Proven experience orchestrating the delivery of complex or high-criticality backend projects.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, architectural patterns, networking, and databases.
• Excellent communication and knowledge-sharing skills (French and English).
• Strong interest in the business/product side of technology projects.
• Knowledge of AI integration approaches in cloud environments.
• Proficiency in Python development.

Nice to have

• Experience in large-scale SaaS or microservices environments.
• Knowledge of the AWS cloud ecosystem.
• Familiarity with LLM concepts: tokens, inference, prompt engineering.
• Experience in a startup or scale-up.
• Understanding of DevOps philosophy and automation.

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