As a Staff Software Engineer at Malt, you play a pivotal role in shaping the company's technical direction, architecture, and execution.
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, 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 (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 (CTO) to discuss Malt’s long-term vision. (interview at the Paris office)
Skills Required
- 10+ years professional software development experience, with experience in a product company (SaaS, fintech, marketplace)
- Proficiency in Java or Kotlin
- Experience with complex backend architecture, APIs, and data models
- Practical experience working on AI topics (product or internal productivity)
- Proven technical leadership: leading large, cross-team projects and making architectural decisions
- Experience mentoring and coaching senior and mid-level engineers
- Product mindset and strong ownership of delivery end-to-end
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
- French language skills
What We Do
Malt is a platform that connects businesses with freelancers, finding the perfect match for every project. Our mission is to provide everyone with the freedom to choose what work they do and who they do it with. By helping to redefine the world of work and the relationships we have with it we hope to empower everyone to shape their careers to fit exactly what they’re looking for. Malt was founded in 2013 by Vincent Huguet and Hugo Lassiège, who were both joined by Alexandre Fretti as Co-CEO in 2020. In March 2022, Malt acquired Comatch, enabling us to create a dedicated category for independent management consultants and interim executives where clients can access vetted expertise, known as Malt Strategy. We have now gained the trust of more than 550,000 freelancers and 70,000 clients, becoming one of the leading marketplaces for freelance talent. We are currently operational in nine countries and regions: Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordics, Spain, Switzerland, the UAE and the UK. Malt has evolved into a successful scaleup with more than 700 employees from 44 different nationalities, who share the same values of care, ambition, joy and autonomy. Join us and become part of the future of work!
