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You.
Better.
With Alan.
Alan's vision is to make prevention the new norm of care for all.
Our mission : help people live in good health to 100 while helping employers feel proud, turning health benefits from a cost centre into their most valuable investment.
Who we are
Vertically integrated health partner
that unites insurance and smart healthcare delivery into one system.
Connecting all aspects of care — private, public, and direct to consumer — to create the most member‑centric healthcare experience.
Partnered with 35 K+ companies, serving 950 + members, with ARR of 680 M+.
Team of 700+ people across France, Spain, Belgium, and Canada.
How we do it
Mission is the boss : long‑term thinking, seeking mission success above all else.
Member & customer‑led: obsessively focused on solving problems and creating delightful experiences.
Excellence : hire the best, give them platform to succeed.
Champions of excellence: extremely high standards and talent density.
Distributed ownership: accountable, enlightened despots, everyone owns decisions and results.
Radically transparent: all information accessible and written‑first.
Growth together: honest feedback and bold thinking.
Optimistic alchemy: optimism, collaboration, care.
Empathetic challengers: direct, caring feedback combined with praise.
Bold & creative contrarians: think differently to achieve greatness.
Move fast: fight complexity, focus on what matters most.
Disciplined in execution: decisive action with focus.
Fight for simplicity: only high‑impact processes, smart frugality.
The Engineering team
Build infrastructure, interfaces, and applications to provide first‑class service to members, health professionals, and ourselves.
We move fast, own our decisions, and tackle big problems.
Process: product decisions made by same people who build them.
Stack: Python/Flask, React, React Native, PostgreSQL.
Read our article on life as an engineer and Engineering career path.
Tech Foundations Area Mission : enable product crews to experiment and ship product increments quickly, fostering quality and reliability with security as a non‑negotiable attribute.
Scope
Infrastructure enablement for product crews (hosting improvements, CI/CD, …)
Security and compliance facilitation (authentication, database anonymization, …)
Developer productivity enhancements (local environment setup, monorepo tooling, custom CLI and dashboards, …)
Design and development unification (Design System, …)
Focus for 2025 Grow the team significantly; improve foundation quality across infrastructure, code foundations (backend/frontend/mobile); ambitions around Security stack (authentication) and developer tools & processes.
Process Note Depending on where we think you will have the most impact, you may ultimately join a different part of our engineering organization.
We Are Looking For Platform Engineers With 3+ Years Of Experience
Ready for high‑impact, high‑risk projects involving many engineers.
Design and implement robust infrastructure systems with focus on reliability and observability.
Maintain uptime targets while optimizing infrastructure costs.
Improve incident management processes and lead post‑mortems.
Build and maintain internal tooling (API, web interface, CLI, …) for other engineers.
Mentor other engineers & lead crews.
Contribute to hiring, shaping candidate experience, and technical assessment process.
Ideal fit at Alan
Strong experience with cloud platforms, especially AWS.
Experience with monitoring, alerting, and observability tools.
Comfortable writing code for automation and tooling.
Some experience as Full‑Stack or Backend engineer.
Willing to work in Python/JavaScript.
Understands modern deployment practices and CI/CD.
Able to debug complex system issues.
Self‑starting and entrepreneurial.
Humble and eager to grow.
Collaborative, enthusiastic about teamwork, learning, and teaching.
Fluent in English (French not required).
Hiring level: D‑F.
We value high potential and curiosity; make sure to show this when you apply.
Perks & Benefits
Fair rewards: generous equity packages complement base salary.
Flexible office: HQ, co‑working hubs, or full‑remote with equipment sponsorship.
All the tools you need: MacBook Pro, keyboard, laptop stand, monitor, noise‑canceling headphones.
Flexible vacation policy and working hours.
Delightful healthcare insurance: 100 % for you & children, 90‑100 % for partners depending on country (permanent contracts only).
Transport: country‑specific commuter benefits.
Learning & training opportunities: free books, budget for conferences.
Parental leave: extended for all new parents.
Important note:
we hire people, not roles.
If you’re excited but don’t check every box, we’d love to hear from you.
Everyone, especially underrepresented groups, should feel free to apply.
If you identify yourself as a woman : research shows women often apply only when meeting 100 % of requirements.
Remember, this is just a guide, not a checklist.
We'll be thrilled to receive your application!
Check out our About Alan and Career pages, as well as our Medium, blog and Glassdoor pages for more info.
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