Backend Developer

Description of the position

Goodays (formerly Critizr) is Europe's leading Customer Experience Management Platform. Founded in 2012, our vision is to make commerce better for everyone - for merchants and customers. We want to help everyone deliver more human and personal customer experiences every day.

Our mission is to bring your entire company together around a single goal: the customer. We provide a highly adopted Customer Experience Management platform that makes it easier to deliver more human and personal customer experiences at scale..

Our technology is used in 25 countries by over 150 of Europe's biggest companies, including E.Leclerc , Dominos Pizza, Credit Agricole, Kingfisher, Sonepar, and EssilorLuxottica. We are present in more than 70,000 business locations and give the entire organisation, from c-suite to frontline, CX and insights teams the tools they need to bring value to the company and the customer.

As part of our product and technical growth, we are looking for a Back End Developer to strengthen our engineering team and actively contribute to the evolution of our SaaS platform.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for:

As a Back End Developer, you will work on a production SaaS product and play a key role in its technical evolution:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python and Django

• Actively contribute to architecture and technical design decisions

• Work on real-world SaaS production challenges (performance, reliability, scalability, technical debt)

• Analyze and improve the existing codebase with a critical yet pragmatic mindset

• Collaborate closely with Product teams, including non-technical stakeholders

• Contribute to overall code quality: readability, testing, code reviews, and documentation

Desired Education & Experience

• High level of autonomy, responsible for designing, building, and maintaining backend services

• Proven experience building and maintaining SaaS products.

• Strong awareness of technical debt, with the ability to prioritize effectively over time.

• Ability to write clean, readable, and maintainable code with long-term quality in mind.

• Strong written communication skills, including clear documentation, technical specifications, and async collaboration.

• Comfortable working closely with non-technical stakeholders such as Product Managers and Operations.

• Ability to thrive in a structured, collaborative team environment where teamwork matters more than individual ego.

Technical Environment

Language: Python
Framework: Django
Databases & tools: PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis

Other requirements

• Flexibility and understanding of the culture of a fast-paced, commercially oriented technology company.

• Highly responsive and service-oriented attitude, accustomed to working in an international environment, and action-driven.

• Hands-on project management experience, including the ability to organize, prioritize, and manage deadlines.

• Ability to maintain strong working relationships

• Collaborative team player combined with the ability to work independently.

• Sound and practical business judgment.

• Passion for making a difference, interested in our ability to have a social impact in the world of retail.

What Goodays offers you

• A front-row seat with a company that is changing the way multiple industries do business, thanks to a best-in-class product and exponential growth

• A great and diverse team of professionals who are talented, fun, supportive, open, communicative, and who you can learn from and share with

• Fun and challenging working environment with significant opportunities for career growth and development

• An international environment

• Attractive salary package including excellent pension, health insurance, and life insurance

• Open and inclusive working environment, including flexible hours and parent-friendly options