Senior Software Engineer

Who we are: Founded in Lyon, FR in 2015, DataGalaxy is the industry's first Data Knowledge Catalog helping organizations understand how their entire business runs on data. Our data management platform is dedicated to providing user-friendly metadata mapping, management, and knowledge sharing to support organizational data governance and literacy.

DataGalaxy’s Data Knowledge Catalog helps business users accelerate processes, reduce costs, and ensure regulatory compliance by providing an all-in-one data management and data governance platform. Our Data Catalog includes API to ease pre-existing data integration, AI services to automate data classification, and data lineage tracking to visualize data’s entire lifecycle journey.

Following our recent growth, DataGalaxy is blasting off to new heights! We’ve officially raised over $10M in funding and in 2023, DataGalaxy officially entered the American market. We’re thrilled to continue expanding our active client base in the USA.

Our mission: To remain at the forefront of revolutionizing the modern business data catalog by empowering data professionals and business users through increasing data knowledge and providing an all-inclusive understanding of how businesses run on data. We’re passionate about helping organizations facilitate rich collaboration, manage data as an asset, and derive powerful, data-driven decision-making. Our values: Be intentional. Be clear. Be bold. Be humble.

We’re hiring someone who is:

💫 Ready to join a growing team

💫 Passionate about data

💫 Up-to-date with the latest industry news and developments

💫 Organized, autonomous, and a team player!

You will be in charge of designing the essential technical elements for the operation of the DataGalaxy SaaS platform, recommending solutions, and providing technical support.

More specifically, your daily tasks will include:

• Understanding the issues of the DataGalaxy software (technical, functional, and organizational);
• Developing technical solutions to meet functional needs;
• Writing the necessary technical documentation for skill transfer;
• Participating in the implementation of the testing strategy (TDD, unit tests, acceptance tests, integration tests, e2e tests);
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of implemented methodologies (Agility, BDD/DDD);
• Participating in the corrective maintenance of the application (bug fixes);
• Ensuring the technical maintenance of the application (library updates, refactoring, etc.);
• Working closely with Product Managers, the Marketing team, and Sales team;
• Providing technical training for new junior employees and more generally supporting teams in their skill development;
• Reviewing and validating the team’s pull requests, organizing technical meetings/peer/mob programming sessions to maximize code quality;
• Conducting continuous technological watch.

Profile

Backend

• Experience in .Net
• Relational databases and SQL principles
• ElasticSearch knowledge

Frontend

• Knowledge of Javascript/TypeScript, CSS, HTML
• Proficiency in Angular
• Understanding of monorepos
• Advanced knowledge of state management and reactive programming

General

• Knowledge of version control concepts with Git
• Understanding of the principle of unit tests/acceptance tests/e2e tests
• Knowledge of cloud environments (deployment, architecture, etc.)
• Understanding of agile development approaches
• Strong interest in clean code (SOLID, KISS, YAGNI, design patterns, clean architecture, etc.)
• Algorithmic knowledge
• Proficiency in English

DataGalaxy offers a number of advantages:

• Offices in the heart of Lyon and Paris, 10-15 minutes from the train stations
• Flexible working hours ("forfait jour")
• A real opportunity to join a French start-up that is a pioneer in its market 🚀
• A chance to create your own career path with autonomy in multiple projects
• An attractive remuneration according to your performance and your potential
• Remote work at will & 2.50€ net / day🔥
• Health insurance Apicil
• Meal vouchers (Swile card of 9€/day)
• Public transport 50% reimbursement
• Daily coffee and snacks
• Quarterly team events and seminars