Livestorm

Health Insurance

US employees get the Platinum plan from United Healthcare or Guardian, with Livestorm covering 97% of the employee fee and 67% for dependents. French-contract employees receive Alan health insurance covered at 50%, with family cover also at 50%.

Dental Insurance

Dental cover is part of the Platinum United Healthcare or Guardian plan for US-contract employees, with Livestorm paying 97% of the employee fee and 67% for dependents.

Vision Insurance

US-contract employees get vision insurance through the same Platinum medical plan that also includes dental and life cover.

Mental Health Benefits

Mental health support runs through the Moka.care platform and is available to every Stormie regardless of contract type.

Life Insurance

US-contract employees receive $50K of life insurance, included in the Platinum health plan.

401(k) / Retirement Plan

US-contract employees can join a 401(k) retirement plan after 6 months of tenure.

401(k) Match

Livestorm adds a 2% company match to the US 401(k), alongside a 5% employee contribution.

Profit Sharing

French-contract employees receive a profit-sharing bonus.

Commuter Benefits

French-contract employees receive a €500 per year sustainable mobility package for a bicycle or shared mobility to a coworking space.

PTO / Vacation

US-contract employees receive 25 days of paid time off per year, and employees on Employer of Record contracts in other countries receive at least 25.

Paid Holidays

Bank holidays follow each employee's contract country. US-contract employees also get 3 to 4 compensatory days off depending on their state, and Employer of Record employees 1 to 7 depending on their country.

Birthday Off

Employees get a paid day off on their birthday.

Flexible Schedule

Working hours are flexible but set, and include a 1.5-hour lunch break that everyone at the company observes, the CEO included.

Work From Anywhere

Livestorm is 100% remote with a work-from-anywhere policy, with Stormies in Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden, Bulgaria and Mauritius. The company's remote-work rules allow working from abroad for up to 6 months a year, within 3 hours of Paris time.

Coworking Allowance

Livestorm covers a coworking space up to €350 or $350 including VAT per month.

Home Office Stipend

After the first 6 months employees can claim €1,000 or $1,000 to equip themselves for remote work, with a further €300 or $300 after 5 years. French-contract employees also receive a monthly remote-work allowance.

Company Equipment

Livestorm ships a work laptop, mouse, keyboard and monitor a week before the start date, and provides a desk and chair if needed.

AI Tools Stipend

Livestorm pays for AI tooling beyond the engineering org, including Lovable, Jasper, Dust and Descript, and runs Dust as an internal knowledge-retrieval agent.

Company Offsites / Retreats

Livestorm brings its fully remote team together at in-person offsites held in France to limit travel emissions. A June 2025 account of one offsite, shaped by an employee committee, described bringing 100 teammates together.

Meal Stipend

French-contract employees receive Swile lunch vouchers, with Livestorm covering 50% of the value.

Parental Leave

US-contract employees receive 16 weeks of parental leave for the first parent and 5 weeks for the second parent.

Learning & Development Budget

Livestorm funds learning and development through a company-wide annual training budget.

Defined Career Pathways

Livestorm's engineering ladder offers an individual-contributor track through Staff and Principal Engineer as an alternative to management, with Staff Engineers acting as technical right hands to Engineering Managers.

Team Events & Social Budget

Stormies meet weekly for virtual coffee breaks and games, join afterworks and online events once a month, and get together in person for team-building events.

Employee Referral Bonus

Livestorm pays a reward for referring a candidate or a client.

Employee Recognition Awards

Livestorm runs an AI bounty program that pays a reward for using AI to solve real company problems, and its internal AI hackathon carries prize money to launch the winning team's tool.