Staff Software Engineer - SRE

Born in 2021 from the desire to make cities less polluted and quieter, Electra is helping to shift usage towards electric mobility by tackling the main barrier: charging.

Electra is constantly innovating to make electric vehicle charging easier, with a network of fast charging stations (20 minutes on average) and a maximally simplified user experience.

Based in Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes, Brussels, Madrid, Zurich, Vienna, Munich, Milan and Amsterdam, Electra's teams aim to deploy a network of 15,000 fast charging points by 2030, proud to contribute to the energy transition in Europe.

In 3 years, we have:

• Deployed 300 stations and over 1700 fast-charging points.

• Secured thousands of stations to establish Electra as a leader in the European market.

• Opened several offices in France and Europe.

• Raised over €750 million in equity and debt financing from renowned investors and institutions.

• Joined the French Tech Next 40 and won the European Scale-up of the Year 2024 award.

• Assembled a team of over 220 talents and this is just the beginning !

As a Staff Software Engineer - SRE, you will play a critical role in ensuring that Electra's systems are always operational, performant, and scalable. You'll work transversally across all teams, focusing on system reliability, infrastructure evolution, and fostering a DevOps mindset across the engineering organization.

You will:

• Monitor and Optimize Systems: Proactively monitor, analyze, and address system performance to ensure high reliability and availability.
• Evolve Infrastructure: Enhance our AWS-based infrastructure, implementing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
• Drive Technological Choices: Influence architectural decisions, ensuring they align with business needs and industry best practices.
• Mentor and Train: Advocate for DevOps principles across teams, mentoring engineers to adopt a culture of reliability, performance, and collaboration.
• Resolve Incidents: Lead incident response efforts, perform root cause analyses, and drive system improvements to minimize downtime.
• Foster Collaboration: Work closely with backend, frontend, and product teams to integrate SRE practices seamlessly into the development lifecycle.

️ Your Responsibilities

• Design and maintain reliable, scalable, and secure systems to support Electra's growing infrastructure.
• Ensure proactive monitoring and observability of Electra's platforms and services.
• Develop and refine infrastructure as code solutions (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Lead cross-team efforts to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Promote a culture of ownership and accountability for system reliability across the engineering team.

• Education: Engineering degree or equivalent in Computer Science.
• Experience: At least 7 years of experience in software engineering, with significant exposure to SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure roles.
• Technical Skills:
  • Cloud Platforms: Deep experience with AWS (essential).
  • Programming: Strong skills in Go (preferred). Experience with Ruby or TypeScript is a plus.
  • Monitoring & Observability: Familiarity with observability tools. We use Datadog at the moment.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Hands-on experience with Terraform is a strong plus.
  • IoT: Experience in IoT systems or protocols is a nice-to-have.

• Mindset:

• Strong ownership and autonomy.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset.
• Passion for fostering collaboration and a DevOps-first culture.

What Electra offers you

• An attractive fixed + BSPCE

• New offices in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris

• 2 remote working days per week

• Alan health insurance (50% covered by Electra)

• Meal vouchers (Swile Card: €10/day, 50% covered)

• 25 days of paid leave + 12 RTT days

• Collective agreement (SYNTEC: vacation bonus, exceptional leave days )

• A quarterly event with the entire Electra team

• CSE platform with many benefits (culture, sports )

• A great professional challenge in a fast-growing scale-up

Join Electra to revolutionize electric mobility and shape the future of charging!