Malt
Malt

Senior Engineering Manager - Staffing

Permanent contract
Paris
Salary: Not specified
Fully-remote
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🪐 Discover our galaxy

Join the Future of Work ! Malt is Europe's leading freelance marketplace, connecting over 700,000 talented freelancers with 70,000+ 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 Senior Engineering Manager, you will be a key leader, overseeing the delivery, efficiency, and people management for the Matching and Sourcing squads, composed of 8-10 product engineers. Actually, you will be in charge of the growth and development of AI search (our main staffing flow) and ATS (enabling independent selection and evaluation of freelancers). You will play a crucial role in defining and implementing our technical strategy, driving project schedules, and fostering a high-performing and collaborative engineering environment. If you are passionate about leading teams, delivering impactful products, and thrive in a dynamic, growth-oriented setting, this role is for you!

Key responsibilities ✨

  • Contribute to the core of Malt: Leverage LLM to build the best end-to-end sourcing experience and enable clients to find the top freelancers in Europe.
  • Lead Product Delivery: Oversee the successful delivery and efficiency of 2 product squads, ensuring that we release valuable features to our users swiftly and effectively.
  • Optimize Team Performance: Drive team speed and productivity by implementing effective organizational rituals and promoting sound technological practices.
  • Develop and Grow Talent: Recruit, manage, and empower a team of 4 to 10 senior developers, providing continuous coaching, feedback, and support for their professional growth and success.
  • Problem Solver & Facilitator: Act as the primary point of contact for your teams, proactively managing dependencies (both organizational and technical) and resolving any obstacles that could hinder team delivery.
  • Strategic Collaborator: Partner closely with product managers, tech leads, other senior engineering managers, and staff engineers to understand, co-construct, and effectively communicate the team's product strategy.

    • About you 🧑‍🚀

  • A significant experience as a hands-on Manager : You enjoy being part of code review, MR, architecture discussion and technical quality.
  • Clear leadership: You excel at working effectively in uncertain and evolving environments, managing the interaction between technical objectives and business priorities.
  • Methodology: You possess a deep mastery of agile methodologies and best practices for organizing product development teams.
  • Technical Mentor: You have strong technical and craft skills, enabling you to effectively disseminate best practices within the team and provide valuable coaching to developers.
  • Product Mindset: You have previous experience working in a product company, ideally within an international context.
  • Resourceful: You always find a way of getting things done, even under severe staffing constraints.
  • Fluent in written and spoken English (French is a plus)
  • 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 Alex, 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)
  • Management case and debrief with fellow EMs
  • Technical case and debrief with staff engineers 
  • Final interview with Claire (CTO) to discuss Malt’s long-term vision

    • 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 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

    Ready? Get your ticket to Malt 🪐 

    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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