Company details

HEADCOUNT

500-999

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Finance

WEBSITE

http://www.almapay.com/

About the company

Alma is a French buy-now-pay-later provider that lets shoppers pay in instalments or later while merchants get paid upfront. Alma sells into retail and travel, and runs regulated-style risk and fraud operations alongside product and engineering teams. Alma operates across multiple European countries and hires across commercial, risk, operations, and technical roles.

Locations and presence

Alma is headquartered in the Paris area and also hires in Lille, with hybrid and remote options appearing on role pages. Alma also posts market-focused roles tied to specific European regions (for example Benelux, DACH, and Italy).

Palpable Score

63.2

/ 100

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

9.0

/ 20

The company has at least one clearly early-career entry point via an internship role (Operational Marketing Manager, 6-month internship) with a defined mission and start window.
Alma’s current public openings skew mid-to-senior, including roles like Senior Front-End Software Engineer with a 5-year experience requirement and leadership hiring such as Chief Technology Officer.
The company does not show a steady spread of “Junior/Associate/Analyst” roles across functions on the main job board, so early-career access looks occasional rather than recurring.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

15.2

/ 20

The company publishes step-by-step interview stages on several roles, for example Talent Acquisition interview, Engineering Manager interview, a take-home test with a feedback session, and a Team Fit interview for senior engineering.
Alma also outlines role-specific assessments like a remote business case plus multiple video interviews for the Customer Operations Team Lead role, which helps candidates predict effort and format.
The company rarely publishes salary ranges (including on the internship listing), which limits transparency for early-career applicants comparing offers.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

12.0

/ 20

The company builds coaching expectations into at least one operations leadership role, including weekly 1:1 meetings, feedback routines, and responsibility for training newcomers.
Alma’s marketing internship description is hands-on and cross-functional, with daily interaction across Sales, Account Management, Design, Finance, and Marketing plus structured outputs like reporting and post-event retrospectives (REX).
The company does not consistently publish onboarding plans, buddy systems, or early-career ramp expectations across roles, so support signals are clear in pockets rather than company-wide.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

13.0

/ 20

The company lists concrete benefits on role pages, including 100% health insurance coverage for employees and family, meal vouchers, a sustainable mobility budget, and a laptop choice (Mac or Windows).
Alma references a yearly profit-sharing plan launched in 2024, which is a meaningful stability and upside signal for junior hires who may not negotiate equity confidently.
The company still leaves pay bands unspecified across most roles, which caps confidence on pay fairness even with a solid benefits baseline.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

14.0

/ 20

The company has a solid employee sentiment snapshot on the France employer profile, including an overall rating around 4.0/5 and a high “would recommend” share.
Alma’s candidate experience signals are decent but not flawless, with interview experience reported as positive by a majority rather than an overwhelming share.
The company does not publish early-career outcomes like promotion timelines, junior retention over 12–24 months, or internal mobility examples, so progression outcomes remain hard to verify.

Useful links & resources

Alma jobs and internships (official job board)Alma on Welcome to the Jungle (jobs list)Glassdoor: Alma (France) overview, reviews, and interviews