Doctolib
Large (~3,500)
Hugging Face
Small (~400)
Best For
Doctolib
Best for: Engineers motivated by healthcare impact who want to build products improving medical access across Europe at a mission-driven company with a strong French tech identity
Hugging Face
Best for: Open-source enthusiasts who value remote flexibility over top comp
Ratings
DoctolibHugging Face
3.7
3.8
Overall
3.7
4.1
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.2
Culture & Values
3.7
3.4
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.6
Senior Mgmt
3.5
3.5
Career Opps
👍 74% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (Stanislas Niox-Chateau)
👍 78% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Clement Delangue)
Culture Values
Doctolib only
💜 Mission-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Hugging Face only
🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy🌐 Remote-Friendly🕐 Flexible Hours🪟 Transparent🧩 Wears Many Hats📡 Async-First
Shared
None
Pros & Cons
Doctolib
- Mission-driven colleagues who genuinely care about improving healthcare access
- Strong growth opportunities with flexible remote policy and decent benefits
- Management can be heavy-handed — uses company principles as weapons against feedback
- French-centric culture makes it harder for non-French speakers to advance
Hugging Face
- True open-source DNA — you work on things millions of developers actually use
- Remote-first and async culture that actually works across time zones
- Below-market comp compared to FAANG
- Career progression is unclear — no well-defined ladder
Bottom Line
Doctolib
Genuine social mission (digitizing healthcare access for millions) with a fast-shipping culture, but at 3,500 people reviews cite organizational change fatigue and management inconsistency.
Hugging Face
Choose Hugging Face if you want to build tools millions of ML devs use with true remote freedom — but comp lags FAANG.
Open Roles
Doctolib — 248 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
86
💻 Engineering
44
📣 Marketing
13
📋 Product
8
📊 Data
6
👤 HR / People
6
🧠 ML / AI
5
🎨 Design
2
⚖️ Legal
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎧 Support
2
💰 Finance
1
Hugging Face — 10 jobs
🧠 ML / AI
6
💻 Engineering
2
🎨 Design
1
Summary
Doctolib scores 3.7/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Hugging Face scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 4.1 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
On the hiring front, Doctolib has 248 open roles and Hugging Face has 10 open roles.