Junior Backend Software Engineer

What if, in your next adventure, you were surrounded by people who, like you, look for an unlimited playground to explore, share, and test, would you care to hear more? You've opened the right door! As an R&D team, making sure your ideas are heard and encouraged is what we strive to do!

What You'll Do:

Criteo is looking for a Junior Backend Software Engineer based in Paris to join our R&D department. Our mission is to serve the most relevant products when a user performs a search on the website of a retailer (c.f. Retail Media). To that end, we develop state-of-art Language Models to recommend the best products for these users delivered by our web service to internal clients. ​

We are a team of Software and Machine Learning Engineers part of the Criteo AI Lab working closely with Product Managers, Product analysts and Commercial teams to ensure the project efficiency.

For the technologies, we mainly perform backend development in C#, Python, Spark and SQL.

Your main missions will be to:

• Develop our current set of APIs,

• Develop data pipelines to train and test the models,

• Develop new features and observability tools,

• Contribute to building the team’s roadmap,

• Learn and grow as a Software Engineer.

Who You Are:

• You have a first experience in backend software development,

• You have an interest in data science, machine learning and AI. Basic knowledge of statistics / analytics or previous experience in AI would be a plus,

• You are curious and motivated to be part of a team, learning from your peers and sharing your experience and knowledge with others,

• You are also eager to collaborate with our partners (other RnD teams, Product Managers, Product analysts) to shape a product that will be efficient and suitable for our users.

What's in it for you :

• You will be part of a recognised engineering R&D team of 900 engineers in our industry with an active presence in international conferences, meet-ups and demos, all around the globe,

• Our culture keeps evolving, and you will be expected to contribute actively in sharing new ideas to complement and enhance the existing programs that include frictionless internal mobility, 10% time, mentoring, technical talks, hackathons, etc.,

• At Criteo, we value your work-life balance with a hybrid policy where everyone can follow his own rhythm between time to the office and work from home,

• We offer a competitive package, Restricted Stock Units, and many perks according the location,

• Are you curious about our company culture? Don't hesitate to have a look at our career page to know more: https://careers.criteo.com/en/teams/engineering/ and our Medium page: https://criteotech.medium.com/.

We acknowledge that many candidates may not meet every single role requirement listed above. If your experience looks a little different from our requirements but you believe that you can still bring value to the role, we’d love to see your application!​

Who We Are:

Criteo is the global commerce media company that enables marketers and media owners to deliver richer consumer experiences and drive better commerce outcomes through its industry leading Commerce Media Platform.

At Criteo, our culture is as unique as it is diverse. From our offices around the world or from home, our incredible team of 3,600 Criteos collaborates to develop an open and inclusive environment. We seek to ensure that all of our workers are treated equally, and we do not tolerate discrimination based on race, gender identity, gender, sexual orientation, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, political opinion, pregnancy, migrant status, ethnicity, marital or family status, or other protected characteristics at all stages of the employment lifecycle including how we attract and recruit, through promotions, pay decisions, benefits, career progression and development. We aim to ensure employment decisions and actions are based solely on business-related considerations and not on protected characteristics. As outlined in our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, we strictly forbid any kind of discrimination, harassment, mistreatment or bullying towards colleagues, clients, suppliers, stakeholders, shareholders, or any visitors of Criteo. All of this supports us in our mission to power the world’s marketers with trusted and impactful advertising encouraging discovery, innovation and choice in an open internet.

Why Join Us:

At Criteo, we take pride in being a caring culture and are committed to providing our employees with valuable benefits that support their physical, emotional and financial wellbeing, their interests and the important life events. We aim to create a place where people can grow and learn from each other while having a meaningful impact. We want to set you up for success in your job, and an important part of that includes comprehensive perks & benefits. Benefits may vary depending on the country where you work and the nature of your employment with Criteo. When determining compensation, we carefully consider a wide range of job-related factors, including experience, knowledge, skills, education, and location. These factors can cause your compensation to vary.