Backend Engineer, BeReal
+ Equity
Spontaneous photo sharing app
Job no longer available
Spontaneous photo sharing app
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create a new and unique way to discover who your friends really are in their daily life.
Role
Who you are
- You possess substantial experience in Go
- Alternatively, if you have strong experience building backend services in other languages and a desire to improve your Go skills, we're interested in you
- You are self-reliant and have prior experience in a startup or similar environment
- You value teamwork and thrive on challenges
- You are proficient in English as our team is diverse and international
- Most importantly, you believe in the project, are motivated, and eager to embark on an exciting and challenging journey
What the job involves
- We are on the hunt for an exceptional and passionate Backend Engineer to join us in our ongoing mission to develop and scale BeReal to 100M+ users, all while prioritizing a world-class user experience
- We value open-mindedness and are interested in candidates with a broad range of experiences from diverse backgrounds
- Tackle exciting technical challenges, given the nature of our product, which experiences spikes of millions of users connecting within a 2-minute window
- Contribute to the development of a robust architecture capable of supporting massive scale as we expand to new users and countries
- Collaborate with the product and engineering teams to create new features for the app
- Analyze trade-offs and address technical challenges related to key components of our backend
- Participate in code and design reviews
- We work swiftly and seek individuals who are energized by this pace. After all, we're a startup
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
For years, much of our social media usage has been about curating and sharing images with "followers", many of whom may be strangers. BeReal's founders set out to disrupt this status quo by creating an app that focuses on meaningful interaction and spontaneity.
BeReal is one of a wave of social apps, including Poparazzi and NewNew, seeking to turn social media into a more natural and collaborative space. Every day, BeReal assigns its users a two-minute time-slot to upload a picture, encouraging them to display a more spontaneous snapshot of their day. Friends can respond to the image with comments or photos, but the app has done away with other classic social app features such as filters, follower counts and "likes".
Although competitors were quick to attempt to mimic BeReal's experience, its several million strong user base suggests that consumers are more interested in the original. The company has raised significant funds to further operations and development, and for now seems set on a promising road to further popularity and success.
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
May 2022
$60m
SERIES B
Jun 2021
$30m
SERIES A
Total funding: $90m
Company benefits
- Full flexibility: full remote, partial or in office as long as you’re available on CEST time
- Competitive compensation and equity for full time employees (we want you to have ownership in the business)
- Anything that can help you grow in your role or beyond, it's on us
- 100% health coverage for you, and equal parental leave policy
- Company set up Pension
- Generous vacation (everyone needs meaningful time off)
- Pick your work material - whatever supports you to do your best work
Company values
- Authenticity
- Extreme Ownership
- Transparency
Company HQ
Saint-Merri, Paris, IDF
Founders
Alexis Barreyat
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied at 42 born2code, before working in Media Production at GoPro. Also worked as a Video Producer at Worm.
Kévin Perreau
(Co-Founder)Studied Digital Technology at 42, and then joined the French DGA, specialising in working with electronic and video equipment for the military. Was Head of Digital Projects at Opteamis.
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