Senior Erlang Software Engineer - F/H - Lyon/Paris/Cracow

About

Founded in 2015 and originally from Lyon, LumApps is an international scale-up and a leading player in the digital employee experience space. Its SaaS platform, seamlessly integrated with Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, centralizes internal communications, HR resources, and business applications, providing a unified and personalized interface to more than 6 million users across 700 customer organizations, including Airbus, LVMH, Publicis Sapient, Ascension Health, Dish Network, Electronic Arts, and Japan Airlines.

In May 2024, LumApps reached a major milestone by welcoming UK-based private equity firm Bridgepoint as a majority shareholder in a transaction valued at $650 million. This strategic partnership is designed to accelerate international growth, particularly in the United States, and to further strengthen product innovation with a strong focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Among its recent innovations, LumApps has introduced the Gen-AI Companion, an AI-powered conversational assistant, along with micro-learning modules that enhance user engagement and support continuous learning across organizations.

Building on this momentum, LumApps continued to expand its ecosystem in 2025 through a strategic collaboration with Beekeeper, a leader in frontline employee experience solutions. This partnership enables LumApps to support the full spectrum of the workforce, extending digital experiences beyond headquarters to frontline and deskless employees.

In 2025, LumApps was recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Intranet Packaged Solutions for the third consecutive year, positioned with the furthest completeness of vision, reflecting its innovative product strategy and commitment to exceptional employee experiences.

With sustained growth, strong global adoption, and a clear focus on AI-driven, people-centric innovation, LumApps continues to shape the future of work by empowering organizations to connect, engage, and enable their workforce more effectively than ever before.

Job Description

LumApps is now more than just an Employee Experience Platform — it is an AI-powered Employee Hub that supports companies in their digital transformation of communication, collaboration, and engagement with their customers, partners, and above all their employees.

Our platform is a proven leader in this dynamic market with a truly unique vision and product. It has been deployed by Fortune 500 clients around the world and is delivering meaningful business benefits. LumApps is identified as a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Intranet Packaged Solutions as well as in Intranets Forrester Wave, and regularly selected for the French Tech Next40/120 program.

✨ In 2025, LumApps strengthened its leadership position by partnering with Beekeeper, a pioneer in frontline employee experience solutions. This strategic collaboration expands our reach and impact across all types of workers — from HQ to the frontline.

Our mission: To make people feel that they belong and have a purpose.

To create an environment where all employees are engaged and work together towards the same goal. Over 700 leading companies trust our solution to:

🎯 Improve the productivity of their teams with our AI-powered Collaborative Experience Platform integrated with both Google and Microsoft collaborative suites,

🎯 Transform employees into real ambassadors of their company,

🎯 Make employees more efficient and better connected to their peers and relevant information, regardless of their location, with the tools and information they need at their fingertips,

🎯 Help companies reduce turnover, accelerate employee onboarding, better collaborate and share knowledge, and even improve their customer experiences.

With a team of over 600 Lumies spread across 11 offices (Lyon, Paris, Lille, Sophia Antipolis, London, Barcelona, Hamburg, Austin, Tokyo, Zurich, Krakow), we support large enterprises all around the world. Over the past year, we have been driving an ambitious phase in our journey under the impulse of our new shareholder Bridgepoint, aimed at propelling us to become the clear leader in our market and shine worldwide in our industry. We are looking for individuals who are excited to actively participate in this transformation.

If these core values sound like you: "be bold, do amazing things", "say what you mean, do what you say", "one team, same mission", "always be evolving": apply now!



*Team* 

As a Senior Software Engineer with Erlang experience, you will play a key role in maintaining and improving our MongooseIM backend that powers our messaging platform. In addition to Erlang, you will contribute to our frontend and/or backend areas and work with technologies such as Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript and Vue.js. You will be responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining scalable, reliable systems and working with cross-functional teams to develop new features and enhancements.

*Missions*

  • Work closely in a cross-functional team with other passionate software engineers, designers, quality assurance, and product managers to develop and ship new features in our communication domains as either backend and / or frontend engineer

  • Optimize, improve and maintain messaging platform based on MongooseIM

  • Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in Erlang development

  • Our engineers have an on-call duty. When you be will up to speed we expect you to be part of the rota as well

*Skills*

  • At least 5 years of experience in software engineering with a focus on functional programming in Erlang with a good understanding of OTP (Open Telecom Platform) and its application to distributed systems

  • Willingness to work on frontend (Vue.js / JS/TS, HTML) and / or backend development (Java, Python)

  • You care about code quality, continuous refactoring and want to share your knowledge of functional programming within the company

  • Familiar with modern DevOps practices and tools, such as Docker, Kubernetes, or CI/CD pipelines and proficient in Git and other collaborative development tools

  • Good communication and collaboration skills to work with teams spread across different locations and fluent in English


Bonus points:

  • Familiar with MongooseIM and the XMPP protocol

  • Experience in designing and implementing highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and distributed systems

  • Experience in contributing to open-source projects and communities

💡 Why You’ll Love Working at LumApps

We’re proud to offer a work environment where people feel supported, valued, and empowered. Here’s a peek at what we offer:

If you are based in France:

🏡 Hybrid work model – 2 days at the office, 3 days remote

🕒 RTT days – ~10 extra days off per year

💳 Meal vouchers (SWILE) + free snacks & coffee 

🧘‍♀️ Yoga classes - Take a mindful break in our Paris office

👶 Supportive parental leave and family moments — yes, even a Christmas party for your kids !

🛡️ Health insurance (ALAN) – 60% covered + full life & disability cover

🎉 Afterworks, team celebrations & seasonal parties

💻 Equipment of your choice

🗣️ French & English lessons, professional development & access to Leeto CSE

If you are based in Poland:

📱 Phone & Home Internet costs reimbursement up to 80 PLN/month

🛡️ Private health care package with Luxmed – covered for you and partially for your partner / family

🧘‍♀️ Cafeteria benefits – monthly budget to cover sport cards or other purchases

💰 Creative Allowance – paid as 1000 PLN gross/month

💻 Home office set-up reimbursement up to 1000 PLN

📚 Personal Learning & Development Budget of 1500 USD/year

🎉 26 days of annual leave/year and 2 Mental Health days off per year

Benefits listed above are part of the compensation package for contract of employment.

We aim to celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

Additional Information

  • Contract Type: Full-Time
  • Location: Tassin-La-Demi-Lune, Paris
  • Experience: > 5 years
  • Possible partial remote