Backend Engineer Confirmed

Our Mission

At Prose, we don’t believe in “one-size-fits-most.” We create custom beauty that’s inclusive to all hair & skin types, needs, and preferences. Each of our beauty products are customized to a person’s needs based on the results from an online consultation. The individual data is processed through a proprietary algorithm and made-to-order in the Prose lab using natural active ingredients. Marrying emerging technologies with the best in beauty, Prose is truly creating something special.

This is the opportunity to join a fast-growing startup and an energetic team that works together to deliver creative solutions that are transforming the way people think about and shop for personalized beauty. We’re looking for talented problem solvers who lead with passion and who face any task with a positive mindset.

Position Summary

As a Backend Engineer Confirmed at Prose, you will be in charge of developing and implementing our website and back-office using web technologies. When developing features you may co-construct solutions with a Senior Engineer. As a Squad member, you will be working closely with a Product Owner, Product Managers, as well as engineers across the stack (Backend, Frontend & DevOps). Also, as a confirmed engineer, you may onboard new Backend hires.

Key Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for building our platform focusing on our website & back-office systems.
• Audit and compare open-source technologies that we could build upon in accordance with our existing stack.
• Deliver excellent software through comprehensive peer reviews, CI, and automated testing.
• Write and maintain unit, integration, and load tests to ensure code reliability, and participate in code reviews.
• Work closely with Product Owners and developers within your squad and collaborate with the product team to implement features.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of backend systems, including API documentation and architectural decisions, and contribute to coding standards.
• Bring your personal expertise and ideas to help solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Promote the company's mission and values.

Key Candidate Requirements

• Significant previous backend experience with Python, along with common libraries such as Django, Rest Framework, FastAPI, Requests (2 years minimum in a similar role)
• Experience building robust Restful APIs
• Deep understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Understanding of front-end technologies
• A knack for writing clean, readable, and maintainable code
• Knows SQL outside of Django ORM or SQLAlchemy (even though we encourage using an ORM where appropriate)
• Able to design data schemas that represent and efficiently support business processes
• Eager to implement automated functional and unit tests
• Proficient with Git, a Unix shell, an editor (or IDE), and all other day-to-day developer tools
• Familiarity with continuous integration, Docker, Kubernetes, a PaaS or IaaS platform
• Familiarity with Shopify, Stripe, or more generally e-commerce platforms, is a plus
• Interest in React (JS and/or Native), AsyncIO, Golang, ML, and technology in general is a strong plus

Perks & Benefits:

At Prose we value our employees and their well being. As a growing business we aim to stay up to par on the latest perks and benefits for all of our eligible team members. Some of these include but are not limited to:

• Competitive compensation package (base salary, target bonus and equity)
• Health insurance (Benefiz 100% covered by Prose) + tickets restaurants
• Nice and trendy office located near Opera (Paris, 2ème)
• A gym membership (ClassPass) 
• On-going training and development programs 
• An abundance of office snacks

Prose Values

Intentional Inclusivity

• We know the best ideas come from open minds and willingness to listen. While our products cater to the individual, an invitation into our process is always open to our community.
• We value our differences and diverse backgrounds by communicating openly, managing with transparency and striving to understand one another’s perspective. It’s a key ingredient to our innovation.

Connected Collaboration

• Our strength as a group will outlast our efforts as individual contributors. With offices across countries (and across boroughs) staying inventive and agile deepens our clear vision and consistent communication.
• We stay in a spirit of entrepreneurial collaboration: We do not have consensus at all times, but we trust one another to work toward our common goals. Our success is an expression and result of our progressive and gratifying teamwork.

Driven, Together

• We value ownership and coaching that encourages employees to think constructively and creatively about the business. We view employees as leaders and individuals who are accountable, resourceful and responsible. Anyone and everyone is encouraged to lead.
• We recognize that in order to continue thinking one step ahead, we will need to try new things. We strive to provide an open environment that accepts this truth making space for new ideas to emerge.

Humanity Always

• We assume good intentions in every interaction keeping ourselves accountable for the climate we create. We seek to understand our co-workers through this lens of conscious bienveillance, authenticity and fellowship.
• We operate with the intention of preserving resources, creating an environment we can all live in — for our business and the world. Sustainable care is essential to our ethos as an organization. We take a mindful approach to how we think about our people (employees) and our planet.