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Leboncoin

Generalist online marketplace for secondhand goods

Backend Engineer

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Mid
Paris, France
HybridHybrid workplace in Paris.
Software EngineeringBackend Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • Approximately 4 years of backend experience.
  • Solid experience with highly available systems.
  • Experience in very high-volume environments.
  • Good command of AWS.
  • Good command of event-driven architectures, such as Kafka or an equivalent.
  • Experience managing incidents and participating in on-call rotations.
  • Experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions.
  • Ability to take ownership of complex technical problems.
  • Strong ownership of critical systems.
  • Professional English is required in a multicultural environment.
Responsibilities
  • Design and evolve very high-volume distributed systems.
  • Ensure high availability, resilience, and performance.
  • Contribute to architecture decision discussions.
  • Identify, prioritize, and reduce technical debt.
  • Take an active role in implementing the strategic migration to Go.
  • Develop and maintain backend services in Python, the central language, and actively participate in the migration to Go.
  • Design and evolve event-driven architectures using Kafka.
  • Maintain high standards of quality through testing, code reviews, and documentation.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of CI/CD using GitHub and GitHub Actions.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and incident management.
  • Define and improve SLOs and SLAs.
  • Optimize latency, throughput, and AWS costs.
  • Collaborate closely with SREs to strengthen reliability.
  • Participate in technical discussions and code reviews to encourage knowledge sharing.
  • Learn from more experienced engineers and contribute to the team's collective work.
  • Work closely with the Product Manager to turn business needs into robust solutions and contribute to the technical roadmap.
  • Collaborate with the MIM team and business teams handling reports, customer relations, and fraud.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with Go is a strong advantage; the candidate should be motivated to learn it and actively support the migration to Go.

About the company

Leboncoin is a French online platform for peer-to-peer second-hand goods, focusing on local transactions. Users can post and browse ads to buy, sell or swap items, with strong emphasis on automotive, real estate, and home categories. It stands out by being the leading generalist P2P marketplace in France and a major driver of the circular economy, with millions of items kept in use that might have been discarded. Its goal is to make second-hand consumption easy, connect people, and promote sustainable living while growing its platform and workforce.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Paris, France

Founded

2006

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Paid Vacation
  • Commuter Benefits

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

10%

1 year growth

17%

2 year growth

17%
AIM Group
Oct 13th, 2026
LeBonCoin Immo launches property magazine.

LeBonCoin Immo launches property magazine. October 13, 2026 by Damian Shore LeBonCoin Immo (LBC Immo) has launched a print publication as part of its ongoing efforts to entice more luxury properties onto its marketplace and "shift from being a portal for distributing advertisements to being a performance partner," according...

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Mar 25th, 2026
LeBonCoin Immo to launch virtual home staging.

LeBonCoin Immo to launch virtual home staging. LeBonCoin Virtual Home Staging is coming to LeBonCoin (LBC) Immo "to allow buyers to see the full potential of a property," according to CPO Martin Berthonneau. (all quotes translated using Google) "Many buyers find it difficult to imagine themselves...

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Jan 12th, 2026
LeBonCoin appoints Arthuis to lead mobility development, marketing

LeBonCoin appoints Arthuis to lead mobility development, marketing. France-based marketplace horizontal LeBonCoin (LBC) has appointed Guilhem Arthuis (above) as head of development and marketing for its mobility vertical, Le Journal de L'Automobile reports. Arthuis took up the role on Jan. 1, having left Rousseau Group in September last year. He worked at the Paris-based dealership chain for 12 years. Prior to that, he was marketing manager at Rédélé Automobilies between 2010 and 2013. Arthuis has a master's degree in marketing from INSEEC Grand Ecole. LBC is a subsidiary of multinational marketplaces operator Adevinta. The former has been without a permanent CEO since Antoine Jouteau departed in October last year.

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Jan 7th, 2026
LeBonCoin works with DataDome on scraping protection

LeBonCoin works with DataDome on scraping protection. France-based marketplace horizontal LeBonCoin (LBC) has outlined how it worked with DataDome to "deploy bot and scraping protection across its website and mobile apps," Security Boulevard reports. Security Boulevard notes that "LeBonCoin stops an ave...

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Jun 20th, 2025
LeBonCoin launches "Cercle de l'immo" to get realtor feedback

France-based marketplace horizontal LeBonCoin (LBC) has launched "Cercle de l'immo" (Realtor Circle), a professional panel to get feedback from realtors to help it improve its real estate vertical.