Software Engineer Jobs in Paris, France

Looking for a software engineer job in Paris? Choose from 33 open roles at 11 employers. Explore real salary data and skills breakdown across remote, hybrid and on-site roles.

33 Open roles
11 Companies hiring
132K Average salary

What do Software engineers in Paris work on?

The work spans backend, frontend, fullstack, and infrastructure engineering, with a strong lean toward senior and staff-level positions. Several roles centre on distributed systems and large-scale platform work: the Qonto backend role involves designing APIs and banking services running on Kubernetes and AWS, while the Mistral AI research engineer role focuses on maintaining training pipelines and optimising GPU clusters. Frontend work appears in roles like the Qonto frontend position, which includes leading a migration from Ember to React. AI product integration features prominently in postings from Mistral AI, including the fullstack AI engineer role building deployments for sovereign institutions. Team lead responsibilities—hiring, planning, cross-functional coordination alongside hands-on coding—appear in the Mistral AI backend team lead posting. A small number of postings cover more specialised areas such as mobile engineering and quantitative development.

Skills and experience employers ask for

These counts reflect mentions in descriptions across all postings on this page, not formal requirements. With a sample of 33 postings, the figures give a rough signal only. API design and Python appear in roughly half the postings, and Kubernetes matches Python in frequency. TypeScript and React appear at similar rates. Java, Docker, and C++ appear in a notable minority, suggesting the stack varies considerably across employers.

APIs 48%
Python 42%
Kubernetes 42%
TypeScript 39%
React 39%
Java 27%
Docker 24%
LLMs 18%
Agents 18%
AWS 18%
C\+\+ 18%
Terraform 15%
CI/CD 15%
GCP 12%

Software Engineer roles that state a salary

The employers' own advertised ranges, for individual roles at different levels — not an average and not a market rate.

Paris office, hybrid or remote?

Most postings on this page specify fully on-site work, making that the dominant pattern here. A smaller portion are listed as hybrid, and only two postings are described as remote. No postings have unknown work-mode information. Candidates who need flexibility should check individual listings carefully, as hybrid arrangements are not uniformly defined across employers and the extent of remote eligibility is not always elaborated beyond the label.

Make your application specific to the work

  1. Review the technology stack Before applying, check each posting for the specific languages and infrastructure tools listed, as stacks vary widely across these employers—from Go and Kafka at Qonto to Python, C++, and SLURM at Mistral AI.
  2. Check seniority fit carefully A large share of postings do not state a seniority level explicitly, so read the experience requirements in the description rather than relying on the title alone.
  3. Clarify hybrid and remote terms Labels like 'remote friendly' and 'hybrid' are not defined consistently across postings; contact the employer or look for specifics in the job description before assuming flexibility.
  4. Confirm visa and pay details Only a minority of postings advertise a salary range, and visa sponsorship availability is not stated in most listings, so treat both as unknown until confirmed directly with the employer.

Questions about Software Engineer jobs in Paris

The employers listed in these postings include Mistral AI, Datadog, Doctolib, Qonto, Helsing, Dust, Nabla, and Point72, among others.

Only three postings on this page advertise pay ranges. Dust lists ranges of 40,000–150,000 and 60,000–150,000 for software engineer roles, and Sierra lists 125,000–265,000 for a software engineer agent position. The remaining postings do not disclose compensation.

Two postings on this page are listed as remote. The majority require on-site presence, and a smaller number are marked hybrid. Work-mode terms are not always defined in detail within the listings.

Python and Kubernetes are each mentioned in roughly half the postings on this page, and TypeScript and React appear at similar frequency. Java, Docker, and C++ each appear in a notable minority of postings. These are description mentions, not formal requirements.

Several postings mention LLMs and AI agents, primarily from Mistral AI and a small number of other employers on this page. The Mistral AI listings include roles building model training infrastructure, deploying AI applications for institutions, and leading backend teams focused on AI products.

Jobs checked 3 hours ago. · Guide reviewed 9 September 2026.