Backend Engineer (Go)
Prelude · Paris, France
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Job description
About Prelude
Prelude is redefining how companies authenticate and onboard users - turning what's traditionally a cost center into a growth lever.
Our flagship product lets businesses send OTP codes with the best price-to-conversion ratio on the market, dynamically selecting the most effective channel in real time (optimized SMS, WhatsApp, and more) while actively blocking spam and fraud that legacy providers miss.
Founded in 2022 by former Zenly team members who lived the pain of broken SMS authentication firsthand, we're already serving fast-growing companies across Europe and are expanding into the US.
But authentication is only the starting point - we're building the platform for trust at scale, with an ambitious roadmap of market-defining products ahead.
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Why join us
Today, we're a team of 60 and growing, based in Paris, building products that power secure and high-performance user onboarding for companies across the world. We believe small, highly skilled teams outperform large, fragmented organizations, and we are intentional about staying focused on impact, quality, and speed.
We operate with a flat org structure and value in-person collaboration, which helps ideas move faster, decisions stay grounded, and teams take full ownership of what they build. Our values
Care We care deeply about our customers, our teammates, and the quality and reliability of what we ship.
Bias for Action We move fast, test in the real world, and iterate quickly rather than over-optimizing in theory.
Ownership We take responsibility end to end, from identifying problems to delivering outcomes and learning from results.
What will you be doing?
Building and scaling a distributed system using Go, DynamoDB, SQS, Redshift and Lambdas
Building a snappy full-stack app using cutting-edge tech (including Next on Vercel, gRPC)
Working on the next version of the Prelude API , which we strive to be industry-leading in terms of usability, performance and functionality
Ensuring that our services are scalable, extensible, reliable, and performant
Helping deploy and scale our fraud prevention model to hundreds of large customers
Developing and maintaining internal tools to improve developer efficiency
Interacting with clients on a daily basis to assist them and build features around their needs
Participating in on-call rotations to guarantee the stability and reliability of our APIs
What are we looking for?
Experience designing and engineering large-scale systems
Strong coding skills in Go - any experience with Rust, TypeScript or similar is a huge plus
A preference for simplicity vs complexity, with intuition for what will scale effectively
A product led mindset, keen to code for the output and the impact
Fluent/professional English given our international team
What can we offer you?
Competitive compensation package with BSPCEs
3 days in-office in central Paris, with 2 days WFH; and 4 weeks of remote work per year
100% travel to the office subsidised
Health insurance via Alan
Urban Sports Club gym membership
We will provide you with the gear you need for your role (a laptop and a phone, for on-call rotations)
Swile meal vouchers
Free snacks and drinks in the office
An annual offsite in great locations
The opportunity to build something from 0-1, and make an impact every day
Interview process
Meet a member of the Talent team
Technical interview
In person interview (system design, coding)
Final meeting with CEO
Compensation: €60K – €65K • Offers Equity
• €60K – €65K • Offers Equity
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