Most people will tell you this: If you stay too long at one company, your career stalls. Growth is supposed to look like movement. A new title, a new logo, a clean break every few years. Staying is often mistaken for settling. Maxime Jean‘s career and growth at Arches tell a different story.
Not because he stayed comfortable, but because the company kept changing. And because growth at Arches didn’t require leaving. After more than five years, Maxime chose to build again, this time, from scratch in Bogota.
Staying Because of The Growth At Arches
When Maxime joined Arches in 2019, there was no roadmap waiting for him.
The Vietnam team was small. Really small. A handful of people sharing one table in a coworking space, building something that didn’t yet have clear roles, polished processes, or certainty. What it did have was momentum.
From the beginning, Maxime wasn’t hired into a narrow job description. He was trusted, needed, and thrown into problems that didn’t come with instructions. One week, it was operations. Next, marketing. Then, sales. Sometimes areas where no one in the company has ever worked before.
“I was thrown into departments where I had zero experience,” Maxime says. “The learning curve started from zero and rose incredibly fast.”
Growth came from doing the work, not from being fully prepared. Learning by doing, making mistakes and figuring things out, with support.
New challenges appeared, and old ones disappeared. That’s why staying never felt repetitive – because the company never stood still.
Today, Arches has grown into a global company with hundreds of people across regions. It showed Maxime that the ambition was real. The pace was real. That the future was worth believing in even at the biggest scale. Staying wasn’t about loyalty for loyalty’s sake. It was about building momentum.
Choosing to Build Again From Zero in Bogotá
After years of building in a more mature setup, Maxime made another choice.
He chose to start again. A new region, a new team, an office built from nothing. With unfamiliar challenges, higher stakes, and a chance to apply everything he had learned.
Building from scratch means no inherited systems, no established ways of working, and no safety net. Everything has to be built intentionally, from early decisions to everyday habits.
Max brought with him the same principles that shaped Arches early on:
Trust before experience
Ownership over job titles
No hierarchy-first mindset
In Bogotá, Maxime is building culture, setting foundations, and creating space for others to grow. Not by copying what worked elsewhere, but by building what fits this team.
As he puts it: “Your title doesn’t determine your impact. Your ideas do.” At Arches, leadership isn’t about titles. It’s about ownership.
Maxime’s Message to Fresh Grads Considering Growth at Arches
For people who join Arches early, roles are only the beginning. Early team members shape how the office works, how decisions are made, and how culture forms, often in ways that last well beyond the first few hires.
Growth paths aren’t fully defined on day one, but evolve as the business evolves, shaped by real work, real needs, and real ownership.
The same reasons Maxime stayed are the same opportunities available to new hires:
Early real responsibility
Trust before feeling fully ready
Room to grow as the company grows
At Arches, culture isn’t written first. It’s built by people through the choices they make every day.
Hear more about what our Arches Bogotá members have to say about the “Growth at Arches”:
Q1: Is proficiency in English required for all positions at Arches?
Yes, full professional proficiency in English is required, along with the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of experts from APAC and the U.S.
Given that our team comprises colleagues from various countries, English is crucial for effective communication and successful collaboration.
Q2: Is Arches hiring? What roles are currently open?
Yes. To see the most up-to-date openings, please follow Arches on LinkedIn or Facebook.
You can also explore available roles on our Job Platform, where positions are listed by location and language proficiency.
If this way of growing resonates with you, Bogotá is where we’re building it.
Check out our Job Portal here, and we can’t wait to see your application and potentially welcome you to the Arches team!
