[Hiring] Senior Front-End Software Engineer @Alma

Role Description

As a Senior Front-End Software Engineer, your key responsibilities are:

• Develop components for our app that enable payments for tens of thousands of merchants and millions of consumers.
• Write maintainable code that meets the security and performance standards expected of a regulated company processing billions of euros.
• Deliver reliable code by writing comprehensive tests, from unit to end-to-end, to guarantee robustness and maintainability.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design to challenge and refine solutions, ensuring the right balance between usability, technical feasibility, and delivery constraints.
• Investigate and resolve run issues, delivering sustainable fixes to maintain a seamless user experience.

Our technical stack includes:

• Frontend: React, Typescript, Redux, Jest, React Testing Library.
• Backend: Python, Docker, React, GCP, Kubernetes, Postgres, Redis, PubSub, Datadog.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in frontend development, preferably with React/Typescript.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or a related field.
• Passion for writing properly tested code following clean code principles.
• Experience working on payment or finance solutions is a plus.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively both within a cross-functional team and between teams.
• Ability to influence how businesses and products are developed.
• Fluent in French and good level of English (at least B2 Independent User).

Company Description

At Alma, we’re reinventing finance to serve those who matter the most: merchants and consumers. Our instalment and deferred payment solutions help merchants boost sales by up to 20%, increase customer loyalty, and deliver a seamless shopping experience — all without encouraging debt. As the BNPL leader in France and active in 10 European countries, we’ve empowered over 21000 merchants and 8 million consumers. With a team of 340+ Almakers and a €115M Series C funding round, Alma is rapidly scaling across Europe — and this is just the beginning...

About the recruitment process

• Interview with Talent Acquisition (30 min)
• Interview with Engineering Manager (60 min)
• Take-home Coding test, followed by a remote feedback session (60 min)
• Team Fit interview (60 min)