Staff Engineer (M/F)

By joining the Core Engineering department as a Staff Engineer, you will take on an influential role at the scale of multiple teams. Your impact will not be measured by what you do alone, but by your ability to sustainably raise the engineering level of the organization and structure how we design, build, and operate our systems.

You are a force multiplier: you disseminate a demanding craft culture, you implement architecture and quality standards, and you unite teams around a common technical vision — not through hierarchical authority, but through expertise, pedagogy, and the ability to align.

Technical stack: Java, PHP, MySQL, Kafka, Kafka Connect, Kubernetes, MongoDB, KrakenD, Snowflake, N8N, Spark, GCP.

Main Responsibilities

• Propose vision and cross-functional technical standards: Participate in defining coding and architecture guidelines, support multiple teams in iterative development and autonomous decision-making, and escalate structuring issues to the appropriate level (Engineering Committee), choosing between the value of complex patterns and the cost of their implementation.
• Disseminate craft culture: Embody and spread the requirement for quality (clean code, testing pyramid, observability, CI/CD, trunk-based development, continuous delivery, progressive rollout, fault tolerance, maintainability), making it concrete and desirable, not just prescribed.
• Improve quality and operational excellence: Rely on metrics (DORA, error rate, coverage, incident frequency) to prioritize improvements, ensure non-functional requirements are taken into account at the squad level, act as incident lead for cross-team incidents and security point of contact for multiple teams.
• Solution design and product mindset: Identify the most complex and ambiguous technical problems at the system level (REST, OAuth2, event-driven architecture, distributed systems); connect technical solutions to product value and market trends, assist PMs in choosing their roadmaps through technical trade-offs, and propose economic logic / FinOps thinking.
• Develop teams: Design and deliver high-impact workshops, training, and mentoring sessions, develop mentoring capabilities in Senior Engineers, and establish rituals and knowledge sharing that extend beyond a single team (cross-team, blog, events).
• Align and unite horizontally: Take initiative on cross-team issues, be a source of proposals, and align architecture, platform, security, and product around common solutions based on organizational strategy and principles — in service of a better Developer Experience.

Required Profile

• Experience in an influential role: Minimum 8 years in software engineering, including significant experience at a cross-functional and strategic level impacting multiple teams (Staff, Principal, or equivalent role).
• Craftsmanship and engineering excellence: Deep and demonstrated sensitivity to craft; ability to not only apply best practices but also teach them, advocate for them, and embed them culturally; mastery of testing, software quality, and observability, as well as confidence in managing data (DORA, NFR).
• Influence leadership and knowledge transfer: Demonstrated ability to align multiple stakeholders and be a source of proposals without hierarchical ties, combined with a proven track record of delivering workshops, training, and mentoring — including developing other Senior Engineers.
• Solution design and product mindset: Mastery of system-level distributed architectures, ability to connect technical solutions to product/market value, and sensitivity to economic issues (FinOps, cost/value trade-off).
• Communication and influence: Excellent communication and evangelization skills, pragmatism, and ability to foster an environment where respectful disagreement drives decisions and ensures long-term alignment.

SET THE TONE WITH US

At Believe, we have two hearts: our employees and our artists. We believe in the power of our employees who develop their potential on a daily basis... Our goal is to provide our employees with the best possible environment for their self-fulfillment.

PLAY THIS ROLE

• Individual training and coaching program
• Remote work policy
• "Pauses" well-being program with numerous events and activities
• Access to Eutelmed, a digital platform for mental health and well-being allowing you to connect with an experienced psychologist
• Healthy and eco-responsible company restaurant
• Individual or family health insurance
• CE benefits
• Open terrace (Rooftop)
• Gym with free classes

SING IN UNISON

• Ambassador program: Opportunity for all Believers to participate in volunteering initiatives to positively impact Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), well-being, and the planet.
• Implementation of an eco-friendly transport subsidy: Reimbursement of up to €600 for public transport/low-carbon mobility.
• Paid 5 calendar days of second parent leave at 100% pay (in addition to statutory parental or adoption leave; we do not offer it for maternity leave).

Believe is committed to guaranteeing equal employment opportunities, regardless of origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, or health status.

Believe is a world leader in artist development. We support artists, labels, and publishers in growing their careers and audiences, placing expertise, respect, fairness, and transparency at the heart of our operations. With a presence in over 50 countries and 2,000 employees, Believe offers a full range of services, including audience development, music publishing, marketing, and distribution, with a personalized approach tailored to each artist, label, or publisher. Committed to independence and innovation, Believe relies on a unique model that combines local expertise with the power of a global technological platform, offering exclusive solutions through strategic partnerships with the world's largest digital music services. With a portfolio of prestigious labels such as Nuclear Blast, naïve, TuneCore, Groove Attack, Sentric, AllPoints, and Byond, Believe artists generated over 80 billion streams worldwide in 2024 across all music genres, and have been honored with over 70 major music industry awards. Believe is a simplified joint-stock company under French law.

Ready to set the tone with Believe?