Staff Software Engineer

Ultimate VC List; France; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Lunch vouchers

Healthcare insurance

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

Malt is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape the company’s technical direction, architecture, and execution. You will lead high‑impact projects, design scalable systems, and set the short‑ and long‑term technical vision for key domains.

You’ll mentor engineers, promote best practices, and coordinate across squads and stakeholders. A strong product mindset and experience with AI topics are highly valued, along with excellent English communication in a multinational team.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience in product companies.
• Proficient in Java or Kotlin and backend architecture.
• Strong leadership and mentorship capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead high‑impact projects and drive execution across teams.
• Design scalable software solutions and systems.
• Set short‑ and long‑term technical strategy and roadmaps.
• Promote best practices, coding standards and reviews.
• Mentor engineers, especially seniors and mid‑level staff.
• Coordinate technical efforts across squads and stakeholders.
• Influence engineering culture with ownership and excellence.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Backend architecture

APIs

Data modeling

AI topics

Leadership

Mentorship

Product mindset

English fluency

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

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).

Malt is the perfect space to thrive personally and professionally

Onboarding: Before easing into your new role, you’ll spend your first week learning about our culture, products, and services with other new joiners at our office in Paris.

Equity: Every Malter is entitled to stock options.

Lunch vouchers (legal benefit): €9/day on your Swile card.

Transportation (legal benefit): 50% reimbursement (any type of transport).

Healthcare insurance (legal benefit).

RTT: From 8 to 12 days off per year.

Sports: Company participation to a Gymlib (Wellpass) membership.

Malt sabbatical: Every three years, all Malters are entitled to a one month fully paid sabbatical leave.

Free books: If you’re interested in learning more about any topic relevant to Malt’s business, just tell us the books you’d like to read, and we’ll order them for you—without any questions asked or approval processes to follow.

Remote work: Hybrid policy balancing on‑site and home office.

Team building events organized every year.

At Malt, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We recruit based on skills, experience, and potential, without any form of discrimination related to age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or disability. Our mission is to create a work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and safe to thrive.

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