Senior/Staff Software Engineer
Bluebird
About the role
About Us
We are a growing KYC orchestration company replacing manual verification with automated, AI-driven workflows at scale. Our team of eight engineers is senior-level with no juniors, and we are scaling from thousands to half a million verifications per month. We offer a remote setup within approximately one hour of the France timezone, with quarterly visits to Paris. The compensation ranges from €70k–€120k plus equity through BSPC with a low strike price and not underwater. This is an opportunity to build infrastructure for financial compliance that handles hard edge cases and solves a genuinely complex problem.
Technologies Used
- AI
- AWS
- Backend
- Kubernetes
- Python
- React
- TypeScript
- UX UI Design
- Cloud
- Machine-Learning
What We're Looking For
- We are looking for a Senior or Staff Software Engineer.
- We need strong backend instincts and experience with async systems.
- We need someone comfortable owning a feature from zero and taking end-to-end responsibility.
- For Senior-level candidates, French is a plus.
- For Staff-level candidates, French is required.
- We expect experience scaling systems and the ability to explain the reasoning behind technical decisions.
- We value the ability to teach others and set the bar for a small team.
- We work with Python, TypeScript, React, Postgres, AWS, and Kubernetes.
- We want someone who is comfortable working remotely within approximately one hour of the France timezone.
- We require the ability to work in English.
- We prefer candidates who are comfortable using AI development tooling.
Responsibilities
- We build async, event-driven systems that handle document analysis and people screening at volume.
- We work across the stack from database to UI.
- We own features end-to-end.
- We ship autonomously without handholding or waiting for detailed specs.
- We help automate KYC workflows and reduce manual verification.
- We contribute to backend systems and scalable orchestration infrastructure.
- We collaborate with a senior team of engineers on a growing product.
- We use AI development tools as part of our day-to-day work.
Benefits
- Equity through BSPC with a low strike price
Location
Marseille, France
Skills
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