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Senior Backend Engineer Phone Team

GorgiasParis, FranceOnsite
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Meet Gorgias, the leading customer experience platform tailored for ecommerce, empowering over 14,000 brands, including Steve Madden and Glossier, to offer exceptional support across channels like email, chat, voice, and social media.
Our one-of-a-kind product transforms how brands interact with their customers through unified customer conversations, AI automations that resolve up to 60% of support requests, and revenue-generating on-site campaigns.As a leader in the CX space, Gorgias is committed to transforming customer experiences while fostering a sustainable and equitable workplace as a certified B Corporation. Join us in our mission to deliver effortless support at every stage of growth.

About the Phone Team


The Phone Team at Gorgias focuses on developing and improving Voice and SMS solutions for e-commerce. Our goal is to build a top-notch phone system that supports both voice calls and text messaging, making customer interactions smooth and effective. This team is crucial in developing systems that handle voice interactions seamlessly, integrating with third-party telephony platforms, and enhancing voice automation capabilities. Here, phone systems are a vital link between customers and support services, facilitating direct voice communications and enabling efficient problem resolution.

What You'll Do


This position is for the Phone team. Your mission will be to:


  • Build and enhance features within our Voice and SMS platforms to create the best phone system tailored for e-commerce environments.

  • Design, develop, and deploy a futureproof infrastructure for Gorgias Voice.

  • Oversee the maintenance and innovation of existing Voice and SMS infrastructure to ensure they meet the high standards for stability, functionality, and user experience.

  • Collaborate with other engineering teams responsible for other Gorgias products (Apps, Automate, Convert) to integrate Voice and SMS features into a unified customer support system.

  • Directly support our customers with any issues related to the Voice and SMS services on a rotational basis every 4 weeks.

Who You Are



  • 5+ years of experience working as a Software Engineer

  • 4+ years working with Node.js / Python

  • 4+ years working with REST APIs and web services

  • Experience with Event Sourcing and data streaming technologies

  • Picky about code performance and reliability

  • Experience with high traffic and scaling relational databases

  • Team player

Nice to Have



  • Previous experience building Voice systems

  • 5+ years working with React / Flask / Celery

  • Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub, or similar technologies

  • Knowledgeable about Kubernetes

  • Experience with PostgreSQL and data modeling

  • Previous SaaS experience

  • Previous startup experience

Why join us?


🚀 We're among the fastest-growing startups in the eCommerce ecosystem🦄 We've built an extremely efficient go-to-market engine🥇 Work with a talented team you'll learn a lot from🙏 Join a company where automation and good & clean data are core beliefs shared by all🎥 Here is an interview with one of our team member’s experiences from our most recent company retreat to Cancun! 

More cool things to know about Gorgias... 😁



  • Raised our Series C for $30M in 2022: TechCrunch Article ⬅️

  • We went from 0 to 10,000+ merchants using our platform since 2016

  • We have a 4.7 rating on Glassdoor & 4.7 Comparably culture score

  • What our customers are saying: apps.shopify.com/helpdesk#reviews

  • Other positions: gorgias.com/about-us/jobs

  • Discover the Gorgias Platform

  • Learn about our Compensation Policy

Gorgias ensures equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.Gorgiasis committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations.

Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact accommodation@gorgias.comCompensation Range: €94K - €103.9K

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Life at Gorgias

Thrive Here & What We Value1. Fastestgrowing startups in the eCommerce ecosystem2. Extremely efficient goto-market engine3. Talented team to learn from4. Automation and good & clean data as core beliefs5. Equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment6. Committed to transforming customer experiences while fostering a sustainable and equitable workplace (B Corporation)7. Monthly lunch stipend of $300 gross added to salary8. Private health insurance provided9. Offsite team retreats and company retreats once per year10. Unified customer conversations, AI automations resolving up to 60% of support requests, revenue-generating on-site campaigns11. Up to €700 for setting up a workstation at home (onboarding bonus)12. Learning budget and FitPass yearly membership13. Organize online companywide summit every quarter
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