Software Engineer

About

Joko helps consumers shop smarter. Their ambition is to revolutionize how people shop, empowering them to find what they need, make informed decisions, and save money.

Joko is a tech company founded in Paris. Their team of 80+ talents is international and spread across Paris, Barcelona, and New York, with some working remotely.

As a certified B Corporation, they are committed to making a difference for the communities they serve, including the 5 million consumers already using Joko to save money every day at over 10,000 merchants.

Over the years, they have expanded their value proposition to help consumers make smarter shopping decisions with features such as cash back, buy now pay later, automatic coupons, price drop alerts, carbon footprint tracking, and more. Today, they are dedicating significant resources to an AI-powered assistant that helps users find the right product based on criteria like price, quality, or environmental impact across the global e-commerce catalog.

After reaching profitability in their core market, they are expanding internationally with a primary focus on the US.

It’s still day 1 at Joko; come build the future of shopping with Joko.

Job Description

At Joko, we help consumers shop smarter. Our mission is to revolutionize shopping, empowering people to find what they need, make informed decisions, and save money.

Founded in Paris, Joko is a tech company and certified B Corp with over 80 talents across Paris, Barcelona, and New York (and beyond). More than 5 million users already save money every day at 10,000+ merchants with Joko.

From cashback and automatic coupons to price alerts and carbon tracking, we keep expanding our products to make shopping smarter. We’re now building an AI-powered shopping assistant to help users find the best products by price, quality, and impact.

Having reached profitability in our core market, we’re now scaling globally, with a strong focus on the US.

It’s still day 1, come build the future of shopping with us!

This position is remote-friendly (France and Spain).

💫  Our Engineering teams

As a Software Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to apply your skills across a wide range of cutting-edge technical challenges and impactful projects. Depending on your expertise and interests, you could contribute to one of the following key areas:

  1. Tech: Collaborate with the Product team to innovate on Joko’s user-facing products and shape the future of the online shopping experience, taking full ownership from conception to deployment. You will tackle complex engineering challenges such as developing AI-powered shopping assistants or crafting scalable algorithms that are capable of extracting, structuring, and leveraging massive quantities of data from all e-commerce sites worldwide.

  2. Operations: Support all teams at Joko by designing and implementing software solutions that enhance efficiency at scale. You will work on projects like building the customer support stack to solve our users’ problems, improving fraud detection mechanisms, or creating AI assistants to optimize team operations.

🎯 What you will do

At Joko, we believe in ownership and versatility. You will take complete ownership of your projects, steering them from the initial blueprint to their deployment in production, ensuring excellence and innovation at every turn. We aim to assemble versatile teams of engineers, not confined to narrow specialties (e.g., mobile development, ML engineering, infrastructure, etc.). We seek individuals with broad technical skills, capable of applying their knowledge to tackle complex, multi-domain engineering challenges. As a Software Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

  • Software design & development: Translate product visions or operational needs into robust software architectures, implementing them across our stack to ensure an exceptional user experience.

  • Technical exploration & problem-solving: Dive into challenging technical problems, often involving new and undefined areas, using innovative approaches to develop practical solutions.

  • Deployment & impact monitoring: Take projects from development to deployment, collaborating with Product and Data teams to monitor their impact.

  • Technical leadership: Mentor junior engineers, review technical specs and code, and steer technical discussions.

  • Strategic collaboration: Work closely with the Product and Operations teams to align technical projects with company goals.

  • Process & tool enhancement: Continuously evaluate and improve team processes and tools to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness.

💎 Our perks

At Joko, we believe that flexibility and trust are essential. Our work environment reflects this through:

  • Flexible remote (for specific fully-remote positions):
    If you live in Paris, you can choose to work from our office or from home with no constraints. If you live elsewhere, we provide access to a coworking space and a coworking budget.

  • Work from anywhere (full-time only):
    Want to spend a month working from Italy? Full-time employees can work from most countries in the world for up to 3 months per year.

On top of that, we offer plenty of perks (some for everyone, others only for full-time positions):

  • 🇺🇸 After 4 years, spend one month in our New York office

  • 🌴 Yearly offsite in amazing locations, plus a team-building budget and quarterly in-person gatherings

  • 💪 Contribution to your ClassPass subscription

  • 🍼 8-week paid parental leave

…and much more, check the full list here!

Preferred Experience

We’re looking for talented engineers who combine technical excellence with curiosity, ownership, and a product-driven mindset. You might fit perfectly if you recognise yourself in the following:

  • Track record: You’ve demonstrated high potential through one or more of the following:

    • Strong experience or growth in a top-tier company or project;
    • A strong entrepreneurial or open-source background;
    • A top-tier academic background (for junior profiles);
    • Speaking at conferences, organising meetups, or contributing to tech communities.

  • Builder’s mindset: You think in terms of impact and see technology as a means to create real value for users.

  • Full-stack spirit: You’re not limited by a specific layer or language. You care about solving problems end-to-end.

  • Fast learner: You’re quick to pick up new technologies, frameworks, or practices, and you’re comfortable in fast-changing environments.

  • Problem solver: You have strong analytical skills and enjoy tackling complex challenges with a creative yet pragmatic approach.

  • Communication: You can explain complex ideas simply, structure your thoughts clearly, and listen actively.

  • Team player: You’re humble, open to feedback, and eager to help others grow as much as you grow yourself.

  • Drive & ownership: You take initiative, hold yourself accountable, and aim for excellence in everything you do.

  • Languages: You're fluent in English, both written and spoken. French is not required.

Recruitment Process

  1. Intro call: Quick screening with the Hiring Manager or a recruiter.

  2. Step 1 – Team interview (45 min): Conversation with two Joko team members (could include the Hiring Manager, people from the team you’d join, or colleagues from other teams).

  3. Step 2 – Role-specific assessments

    Live technical interviews:

* Coding interview + System design interview

  1. Step 3 – Founders interview (45 min): Conversation with two of our founders.

  2. References: Up to five calls with former colleagues or managers.

☕ You may also be invited for coffee with team members to get a feel for our culture.

Additional Information

  • Contract Type: Full-Time
  • Location: Paris
  • Possible full remote
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