Senior Python Software Engineer - (F/H) - Lyon/Paris

About

Founded in 2015 and originally from Lyon, LumApps is an international scale-up and a leading player in the digital employee experience space. Its SaaS platform, seamlessly integrated with Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, centralizes internal communications, HR resources, and business applications, providing a unified and personalized interface to more than 6 million users across 700 customer organizations, including Airbus, LVMH, Publicis Sapient, Ascension Health, Dish Network, Electronic Arts, and Japan Airlines.

In May 2024, LumApps reached a major milestone by welcoming UK-based private equity firm Bridgepoint as a majority shareholder in a transaction valued at $650 million. This strategic partnership is designed to accelerate international growth, particularly in the United States, and to further strengthen product innovation with a strong focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Among its recent innovations, LumApps has introduced the Gen-AI Companion, an AI-powered conversational assistant, along with micro-learning modules that enhance user engagement and support continuous learning across organizations.

Building on this momentum, LumApps continued to expand its ecosystem in 2025 through a strategic collaboration with Beekeeper, a leader in frontline employee experience solutions. This partnership enables LumApps to support the full spectrum of the workforce, extending digital experiences beyond headquarters to frontline and deskless employees.

In 2025, LumApps was recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Intranet Packaged Solutions for the third consecutive year, positioned with the furthest completeness of vision, reflecting its innovative product strategy and commitment to exceptional employee experiences.

With sustained growth, strong global adoption, and a clear focus on AI-driven, people-centric innovation, LumApps continues to shape the future of work by empowering organizations to connect, engage, and enable their workforce more effectively than ever before.

Job Description

LumApps is now more than just an Employee Experience Platform — it is an AI-powered Employee Hub that supports companies in their digital transformation of communication, collaboration, and engagement with their customers, partners, and above all their employees.

Our platform is a proven leader in this dynamic market with a truly unique vision and product. It has been deployed by Fortune 500 clients around the world and is delivering meaningful business benefits. LumApps is identified as a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Intranet Packaged Solutions as well as in Intranets Forrester Wave, and regularly selected for the French Tech Next40/120 program.

✨ In 2025, LumApps strengthened its leadership position by partnering with Beekeeper, a pioneer in frontline employee experience solutions. This strategic collaboration expands our reach and impact across all types of workers — from HQ to the frontline.

Our mission: To make people feel that they belong and have a purpose.

To create an environment where all employees are engaged and work together towards the same goal. Over 700 leading companies trust our solution to:

🎯 Improve the productivity of their teams with our AI-powered Collaborative Experience Platform integrated with both Google and Microsoft collaborative suites,

🎯 Transform employees into real ambassadors of their company,

🎯 Make employees more efficient and better connected to their peers and relevant information, regardless of their location, with the tools and information they need at their fingertips,

🎯 Help companies reduce turnover, accelerate employee onboarding, better collaborate and share knowledge, and even improve their customer experiences.

With a team of over 600 Lumies spread across 11 offices (Lyon, Paris, Lille, Sophia Antipolis, London, Barcelona, Hamburg, Austin, Tokyo, Zurich, Krakow), we support large enterprises all around the world. Over the past year, we have been driving an ambitious phase in our journey under the impulse of our new shareholder Bridgepoint, aimed at propelling us to become the clear leader in our market and shine worldwide in our industry. We are looking for individuals who are excited to actively participate in this transformation.

If these core values sound like you: "be bold, do amazing things", "say what you mean, do what you say", "one team, same mission", "always be evolving": apply now!


*Team* 

The Identity and Access Management team (IAM) builds and maintains the technical infrastructure that connects enterprise identity providers to the LumApps platform. We design provisioning services that synchronize user identities and access rights from Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, Okta, and custom SCIM implementations, ensuring seamless and secure user provisioning across distributed systems. Our systems operate at scale, processing and reconciling hundreds of thousands to millions of user profiles across global deployments.
(We know who you are... even when you don't remember your password ;))

*Missions*

  • Contribute to architecture decisions and technical design.

  • Develop and maintain scalable, reliable features.

  • Participate in code reviews and continuously improve best practices.

  • Deploy, Monitor, debug, and optimize services in production.

  • Work closely with other engineers, product, design and operations teams to create solutions that meet business requirements, follow engineering best practices and integrate well in our product.



*Skills*

We are looking for a strong Senior Backend Developer, with a strong sense of ownership and autonomy who can own the full production chain: design, architecture, development, testing, deployment, delivery and maintenance.

  • Proficiency in Python or strong experience with other high-level programming languages.

  • Solid software engineering foundations: clean code, maintainability, testing, scalability.

  • Proven experience in designing and building microservices architectures

  • Strong practical knowledge of Kubernetes and containerization (Docker) in a production environment.

  • Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB).

  • Ability to collaborate effectively in a team and lead technical projects.

Valued Assets

  • Understanding of Authentication/Authorization protocols (SAML, OAuth2, OIDC).
  • Familiarity with observability tools for distributed systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK stack).

General Qualifications

  • Proficiency in English, both written and spoken.


Additional Information

Please submit your CV in English.


*Our tech environment*

  • SaaS product.

  • Microservice architecture

  • Back-end: Python3, Gunicorn, Flask, pytest, pubsub

  • Databases: PostgreSQL, Redis, MySQL.

  • Hosting: GCP & Azure.

  • Freedom of choice: OS & IDE.



💡 Why You’ll Love Working at LumApps

We’re proud to offer a work environment where people feel supported, valued, and empowered. Here’s a peek at what we offer:

🏡 Hybrid work model – 2 days at the office, 3 days remote

🕒 RTT days – ~10 extra days off per year

💳 Meal vouchers (SWILE) + free snacks & coffee 

🧘‍♀️ Yoga classes - Take a mindful break in our Paris office

👶 Supportive parental leave and family moments — yes, even a Christmas party for your kids !

🛡️ Health insurance (ALAN) – 60% covered + full life & disability cover

🎉 Afterworks, team celebrations & seasonal parties

💻 Equipment of your choice

🗣️ French & English lessons, professional development & access to Leeto CSE

We aim to celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

Additional Information

  • Contract Type: Full-Time
  • Location: Tassin-La-Demi-Lune, Paris
  • Experience: > 5 years
  • Possible partial remote