Explore your future career 🔭
Help design and lead a Tech & Product hiring strategy that allows us to scale without compromising on talent density, execution speed or long-term organizational health.
Act as a trusted partner — challenging scope, refining org design, and raising the talent bar at every level.
Attract top profiles, from junior to senior level, and continuously strengthening how we hire.
Malt is entering a new phase of scale. We are accelerating our Tech and Product transformation with AI at its core. Our ambition is clear: build the most trusted and high-performing freelance marketplace for both companies and independent talent.
To achieve this, we’re looking for a Tech & Product Recruiter who will partner directly with our CTO, CPO and senior leadership to build the next generation of our Engineering, Data and Product teams.
We’re looking for a recruiter who will lead hiring with an engineering approach: rigor, problem solving, analytical skills and continuous iteration. Someone who understands that hiring is one of the highest-leverage decisions a company makes.
MissionKey responsibilities ✨
- Strategic Hiring Partnership: Work closely with VP and C-level stakeholders to translate business ambition into hiring priorities, challenging role scopes and leveling to ensure maximum impact.
- High-Stakes Search Leadership: Personally lead complex searches (Senior, Staff, Principal, Lead, Managers) and build long-term, nurtured pipelines in highly competitive markets.
- Talent Bar Raising: Drive structured evaluation and calibration to help hiring managers make confident, well-reasoned, and data-informed decisions.
- Building a Scalable Engine: Continuously improve tools, workflows, and automation (leveraging Lever and other tech) to increase hiring velocity and visibility.
- Market Intelligence: Provide insights to leadership on the hiring market, identifying friction points and solving root causes to balance speed with talent density and diversity.
- Strategic Impact: Act as a trusted partner, refining org design and ensuring that every hire strengthens Malt’s long-term organizational health.
About you 🧑🚀
- Experience: 6+ years in Talent Acquisition, with strong and proven exposure to Tech & Product environments.
- Seniority: Experienced in leading senior and high-stakes searches, with the ability to partner comfortably with C-level leadership.
- Mindset: Business-minded and analytical—you understand that hiring is a primary growth lever.
- Traits: Structured, grounded, and sharp. You have high standards but low ego, and you are energized by scale and complexity.
- Approach: You see recruiting as a measurable and predictable science, using data to drive transparency.
- Languages: Fluent in English, fluency in French would be a plus.
How to join the mission? 🚀
- First interview with Claudia, Talent Acquisition Business Partner, to better understand your background and aspirations. (45 minutes)
- Interview with Elise, TA Director to delve into your experience and the specifics of the role. (60 minutes)
- Collaboration deep-dive with Alexandre (Tech & Product Recruiter, future RecOps Partner) & Elise
- Final interview with Claire (CTO) at our Malt office to discuss Malt’s long-term vision.
Skills Required
- 6+ years in Talent Acquisition with strong exposure to Tech & Product environments
- Proven experience leading senior and high-stakes searches (Senior, Staff, Principal, Lead, Managers)
- Ability to partner with C-level and senior leadership on hiring strategy and org design
- Business-minded, analytical approach to recruiting; data-driven and structured
- Experience improving recruiting tools, workflows, and automation (Lever or similar ATS/Recruiting tech)
- Fluency in English
- Fluency in French
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!
