Proton

Senior Backend Engineer - Platform (Inbox)

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18 days ago
Paris, FranceSenior

Responsibilities

  • Architect and build core platform systems shared across Proton Mail and Proton Calendar.
  • Improve production-system performance and infrastructure cost efficiency using monitoring and metrics.
  • Drive efficiency and cost-reduction initiatives from proposal through production.
  • Apply data-driven methods to technical decisions, delivery planning, and prioritization.
  • Collaborate with product, backend, and client engineers on high-quality systems.
  • Develop comprehensive unit and integration testing strategies for core systems.
  • Lead technical initiatives end-to-end from design through production.

Requirements

  • Strong backend development experience designing, building, and scaling systems serving a large user base of 100M+ users.
  • Demonstrated ability to improve the performance and cost efficiency of production systems.
  • Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and OpenTelemetry or equivalent.
  • Solid understanding of SQL, with MySQL preferred, and data modeling.
  • Experience leading technical initiatives from design through production.

Benefits

  • Stock options and company ownership opportunity.
  • Health coverage, retirement options, generous leave, and wellness support.
  • Learning and development investment with substantial ownership and career growth opportunities.
  • In-person collaboration at offices including Geneva, Zürich, Barcelona, and London; the role is marked onsite.
  • Lunch and snacks provided in company offices.
  • Public transport, bike allowance, or parking support.
  • Flexible working hours and schedule.
  • The Paris compensation range is €54,000–€83,000 gross annually; compensation for other locations is discussed during the interview process.

Tech Stack

GrafanaKubernetesMySQLPHPPythonRustSQLSymfony

Categories

Proton

About Proton

501-1,000 employees
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