Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Malt is hiring!

About

Malt is Europe's leading freelancing platform with one clear mission: to give people the freedom to choose who they work with. Co-founded in 2013 by Vincent Huguet, Malt is a tech company with a human approach that helps companies and freelancers make the perfect match.

Malt is a marketplace that embraces a community of over 850,000 freelancers and over 90,000 clients, ranging from Small and medium-sized enterprises to large corporations. We’re more than just a connector. Our marketplace streamlines freelancer-client communications, simplifies administrative and legal tasks, expedites invoicing and payments, and so much more. It’s all about giving both freelancers and companies choice and added peace of mind so that every experience on Malt is nothing less than (inter)stellar.

Malt is also


  • a tech company with a human approach

  • a company with a strong culture fueled by 700 Malters from 40+ nationalities, working from 9 countries all around Europe - Germany, Belgium, United Arab Emirates, Spain, France, Netherlands, Nordic countries, United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

  • committed to creating a safe and inclusive space where every employee can thrive both personally and professionally.

  • committed to equality and diversity (50% of people managers are women)

  • a company with strong career path policies allowing all Malters to develop and grow equally

  • backed by renowned investors including ISAI, Serena, Eurazeo Growth, Goldman Sachs, and BPI France

Join us on Planet Malt, we need you to help us write this next chapter!đŸȘ

Job Description

đŸȘÂ Discover our galaxy

Join the Future of Work ! Malt is Europe's leading freelance marketplace, connecting over 850,000 talented freelancers with 90,000+ 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! đŸȘ

Explore your future career 🔭
Join our Staffing Tribe as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in the Matching squad. Directly integrated in a product squad, you’ll have the opportunity to drive impact across our European markets and beyond. Your mission is at the core of Malt: matching the best freelancers to our clients’ needs. You will own complex ML systems and define production standards to drive innovation across our pipelines

Key responsibilities ✹

  • Design, build, and deliver machine learning models and pipelines in close collaboration with Data Science, Research, and Engineering teams.


  • Own and evolve complex ML systems, ensuring they remain scalable, reliable, and maintainable in production.


  • Drive technical excellence and best practices across the entire ML lifecycle, from modeling and evaluation to deployment and monitoring.


  • Define and implement production standards that increase the quality and speed of development across the Data & ML organization.


  • Translate complex business problems into robust ML solutions with measurable and durable impact on product outcomes.


  • Act as a technical leader and mentor, supporting the growth of ML practices and elevating the skills of less experienced team members


About you 🧑‍🚀


  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering and deploying machine learning models in production environments.

  • Ideally educated to a high level in Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.


  • Strong knowledge of a programming language, ideally Python. 


  • Experience with ML libraries (Pytorch, Tensorflow, XGBoost, Scikit-Learn, LightGBM, 
).


  • Good knowledge of SQL


  • Expertise in search, recommender systems, or NLP including LLM to influence system design and long-term technical strategy.


  • Fluent in English, with the ability to distill complex ideas clearly across teams.


How to join the mission? 🚀


  • First call with Alex, our Tech Talent Acquisition Manager, to better understand your background, aspirations and answer any questions you may have. (30-45 minutes)

  • Interview with your future manager Marc to delve into your experience and the specifics of the role. (45-60 minutes)


  • Technical discussion about machine learning with some of your future colleagues (1h)


  • Take home coding test: 2 hours (coding assistant welcomed) or optional if you have enough open source projects online.


  • Final interview with Claire our CTO, to discuss Malt’s long-term vision


 

 

 

Malt is the perfect space to thrive personally and professionally đŸ’«

- 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 

- 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

- Team building events organized every year

Ready? Get your ticket to Malt đŸȘÂ 

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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Additional Information

  • Contract Type: Full-Time
  • Location: Paris
  • Possible full remote