Confirmed Backend Engineer - Train at BlaBlaCar · Paris, France
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Docker
A time you used Docker: the problem, what you did yourself, and what happened.
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Java
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Kubernetes
A time you used Kubernetes: the problem, what you did yourself, and what happened.
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Spring
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3+ years of experience
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Languages: English
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You know what a service oriented architecture looks like, and you can determine when to apply a given architectural pattern.
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You understand when and how to do a tradeoff between fast iterations and delivery quality.
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You have excellent communication skills, you’re humble, and you are a team player.
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Fluency in English.
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What we have to offer
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Why they ask: Design judgement.
How to answer: Draw it, name the trade-offs, say what you learned.
Why they ask: Debugging method.
How to answer: Measure first, then caching, queries, indexes, async work.
Why they ask: Quality habits.
How to answer: Unit, integration, and what you would not test.
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Why they ask: Spring is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
Why they ask: Docker is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
Why they ask: Opener to see how you frame your story.
How to answer: Two minutes: current role, one achievement that matches this job, why this company now.
Why they ask: Checks ownership and depth.
How to answer: Use situation, action, result. Quantify the result.
Why they ask: Tests accountability and learning.
How to answer: Pick a real failure, own your part, show the fix and what changed afterwards.
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