Doctolib
Large (~3,500)
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Small (~110)
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
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Best for: Systems engineers who want to build developer-loved cloud infrastructure with elite teammates
Ratings
DoctolibModal
3.7
4.0
Overall
3.7
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.2
Culture & Values
3.7
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.5
3.5
Career Opps
👍 74% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (Stanislas Niox-Chateau)
👍 82% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Erik Bernhardsson)
Culture Values
Doctolib only
💜 Mission-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth
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⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎧 Deep Work / Low Meetings🔓 Open Source🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
🎯 Direct Product Impact🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
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
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- World-class engineering team — includes creators of Luigi, Seaborn, and olympiad medalists
- High-impact product with 50x revenue growth — developers widely praise the platform
- Early-stage startup dynamics — roles shift quickly, requires high self-direction
- Limited HR infrastructure — benefits and career ladders still being developed
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.
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Choose Modal if you want world-class engineering peers and 50x revenue growth — but expect early-stage startup dynamics.
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
Modal — 25 jobs
💻 Engineering
12
💼 Sales / GTM
3
📣 Marketing
2
🧠 ML / AI
2
💰 Finance
1
👤 HR / People
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Summary
Doctolib scores 3.7/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Modal scores 4.0/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Direct Product Impact, Ship Fast & Iterate. Doctolib also emphasizes Mission-Driven, Learning & Growth. Modal also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Deep Work / Low Meetings, Open Source, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Doctolib has 248 open roles and Modal has 25 open roles.