Lead Backend Engineer

Who you are

• We’re looking for an experienced backend engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and improving existing systems
• Strong experience building backend systems and APIs in production environments
• Experience working with distributed systems or microservice architectures
• The ability to work effectively within complex or evolving codebases
• A strong focus on execution, reliability, and delivering production-quality systems
• Experience collaborating with multiple teams and stakeholders
• Experience building internal developer platforms
• Experience working in SaaS environments
• Experience improving or consolidating legacy systems

What the job involves

• As a Lead Backend Engineer, you will join the Documents team, responsible for building and evolving Personio’s document platform. This platform powers how documents are created, stored, and accessed across the entire Personio product
• The team operates across both platform infrastructure and customer-facing product features, giving you the opportunity to work on systems used internally by other engineering teams as well as features directly experienced by customers
• Over the next year, the team will focus on consolidating multiple document services into a single unified platform, enabling teams across Personio to interact with documents through a consistent set of APIs and services
• Design and build backend services that power Personio’s document platform
• Contribute to the consolidation of multiple document systems into a unified architecture
• Develop APIs used by teams across Personio to create, store, and retrieve documents
• Improve reliability, scalability, and maintainability of complex services
• Work closely with engineers across multiple teams integrating with the document platform
• Contribute to technical decisions and help raise the engineering bar within the team
• Support other engineers in navigating complex systems and delivering reliable solutions

Benefits

• Receive a competitive reward package – reevaluated each year – that includes salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity
• Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years (because we love what we do, but we also love vacation!)
• Make an impact on the environment and society with Impact Days
• Receive generous family leave, child support, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities with PersonioCares
• Find your best way to work with our office-led, remote-friendly PersonioFlex! Most teams offer a roughly 50% remote, 50% in-office working framework
• Connect with your fellow Personios at regular company and team events like All Company Culture Week and local year-end celebrations
• Engage in a high-impact working environment with flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes