--- title: 'Staff Software Engineer at Malt' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-software-engineer-malt-paris-4h1tc5a5ejcc' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Staff Software Engineer at Malt - **Company:** Malt - **Location:** Paris, France - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-08-03 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/malt/5549f929-b192-43aa-8c1e-d7811f673e1f ## Job description 🪐 Discover our galaxy Join the Future of Work ! Malt is Europe's leading freelance marketplace, connecting over 1,000,000 talented freelancers with 100,000+ companies. Founded in 2013, we're transforming how work gets done through our tech-powered, human-centered platform. What makes us different: - A diverse team of 600 Malters across 6 European countries - A culture that champions equality (50% of our Comex are women) and inclusive growth - Backed by top investors including ISAI, Serena Capital, Eurazeo Growth, Goldman Sachs, and BPI - A mission to give everyone the freedom to work differently Ready to help shape the future of work? Your next chapter starts here! 🪐 At Malt we believe that Ambition is the Way, so all lists of missions and responsibilities are non-exhaustive. Explore your future career As a Staff Software Engineer at Malt, you play a pivotal role in shaping the company's technical direction, architecture, and execution. Staff Engineers are technical leaders who innovate to build solutions that will support the company's growth. This is achieved through individual contributions, applying technical skills to deliver products that will revolutionise the world of freelancing. Additionally, you provide technical leadership by addressing organization-wide design and architectural challenges and guiding their implementation. Finally, you play an active role in the lead engineering group, contributing to the definition and enhancement of company-wide software and systems engineering standards. ## Key responsibilities - Lead High-Impact Projects: Lead, plan, and drive the execution of large, complex, and sometimes high-risk engineering projects that often span across multiple teams or systems. - Architectural Design: Design, develop, and implement scalable, efficient, and robust software solutions and systems. - Set Technical Vision: Define the short-term and long-term technical strategy and roadmap for a critical area, domain, or the organization's technology infrastructure. - Raise the Bar: Drive the adoption of best practices, coding standards, and high-quality engineering processes, including conducting thorough code reviews. Provide architectural guidance and foster operational excellence. - Mentorship and Coaching: Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to engineers, particularly Senior and mid-level engineers, to help them develop their skills and advance their careers. - Coordination and Alignment: Act as a "glue" person, coordinating technical efforts and communication across multiple squads, departments, and stakeholders (e.g., Product Managers, Engineering Managers). - Influence Engineering Culture: Champion and cultivate a robust engineering culture that prioritizes ownership, excellence, and speed. ## About you - Technical Expertise: You have 10+ years of professional experience in software development, with a first experience in a product company (SaaS, fintech, marketplace…). You're highly proficient in Java or Kotlin, and comfortable navigating complex backend architecture, APIs, and data models. - AI‑Driven Innovator: Passionate about AI topics, you regularly keep up to date with the latest developments. You have already worked on AI topics, whether for internal productivity or in a product. - Clear leadership: You excel at working effectively in uncertain and evolving environments, managing the interaction between technical objectives and business priorities. - Technical Mentor: You have strong technical and craft skills, enabling you to effectively disseminate best practices within the team and provide valuable coaching to “classic” developers or ML engineers. - Product Mindset: You think beyond the code. You’re curious about the “why” behind features, and you're proactive in proposing improvements and owning delivery from A to Z. - Resourceful: You always find a way of getting things done, even under severe staffing constraints. - Impactful: You demonstrate excellent ownership and problem-solving skills, with a high degree of agency in driving solutions. - Strong interpersonal abilities: You possess excellent written and oral communication skills in English (French is a valuable bonus). How to join the mission? - First call with [Olivier](https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivier-lachenaud-568b47153/), our Talent Acquisition Business Partner, to better understand your background, aspirations, and answer any questions you may have. (45 minutes) - Interview with your future manager, [Jean](https://www.linkedin.com/in/micheljean/)(VP engineering), to delve into your experience and the specifics of the role. (60 minutes) - Technical case and debrief with staff engineers to validate your mastery of technical and architectural subjects. (2h) - Final interview with [Claire](https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairelebarz/) (CTO) to discuss Malt’s long-term vision. (interview at the Paris office) ## About Malt ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Malt is a European freelance marketplace that connects businesses with vetted freelancers and provides integrated administrative, legal, and payment tools. - **Entity Type**: Private (scale-up; ~$195.3M total funding across 5 rounds) - **Headquarters**: Paris, France - **Founded**: 2013 - **Founders**: Vincent Huguet and Hugo Lassiège ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Technology, Information and Internet; freelance/independent talent marketplace - **Target customers**: B2B — from SMBs to enterprise companies; also serves independent freelancers and consultants - **Mission**: "Create a world where everyone is free to choose the best people to work with." Malt aims to redefine the world of work by giving people the freedom to choose what work they do and who they do it with. ## Products & Services - **Malt Marketplace**: The core platform connecting freelancers with companies. It covers a wide range of categories including tech, design, marketing, consulting, and more, with tools for project matching, collaboration, and secure payments. - **Malt Strategy**: A dedicated category for independent management consultants and interim executives, launched after Malt acquired Comatch in 2022. Clients can access vetted senior expertise. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$195.3M** across 5 rounds; reported annual revenue of **$441.5M**; over **1 million freelancers** and **90,000+ clients** per LinkedIn data - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Specific investor names were not detailed in the provided sources. Notable strategic move: acquisition of **Comatch** in 2022 to enter the management consulting/interim executive category. - **Growth Signals**: - Active in 9 countries/regions: Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordics, Spain, Switzerland, the UAE, and the UK - 100% revenue growth reported for 2021 vs. 2022 - Workforce of ~1,079 people, up 6.8% YoY - Growing freelancer community: from 700,000+ to 1 million+ depending on source timeframe ## Competitive Advantages - **Strong network effects**: A large and growing two-sided marketplace (freelancers + companies) makes each side more valuable to the other. - **European scale**: Deep multi-country presence gives Malt a regional advantage over local or fragmented competitors. - **Integrated admin, legal, and payment processes**: Malt simplifies compliance and payments for freelancers and companies, reducing friction in independent work arrangements. - **Trust and vetted talent**: Particularly in senior consulting categories through Malt Strategy, supported by the Comatch acquisition. ## Strategic Focus - Expanding across Europe and the Middle East (UAE presence) - Growing enterprise and global account business, evidenced by recent hires for Enterprise and Key Account roles - Investing in AI and automation to improve matching and internal efficiency - Building a more complete platform for freelancers and companies, including financial, legal, and project management support - Maintaining a strong, inclusive, and scalable company culture as headcount grows ## Why Work Here - **Culture & diversity**: Malt emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion. Women make up 51.2% of the workforce and 40.9% of leadership; employees represent 31+ nationalities. The company scored 85/100 on France’s 2025 Gender Equality Index. - **Work model**: Flexible remote/hybrid policy — split time between the office and home. Onboarding in Paris for new hires. - **Perks**: Competitive benefits include equity for all employees, free books for learning, a one-month fully paid sabbatical every three years, sports sponsorship, and additional vacation days depending on country. - **Hiring process**: Average process lasts ~28 working days; offers follow within 48 hours. English is required as Malt works mostly in English across Europe. - **Growth environment**: Hybrid team across six countries to work from, with a rapid scale-up environment focused on autonomy, smart risks, and continuous improvement. ## Sources 1. [careers.malt.com](https://careers.malt.com/) 2. [malt.com](https://www.malt.com/c/about-us) 3. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/malt) 4. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/maltcommunity) 5. 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