Staff Software Engineer

Who you are

• We’re looking for an experienced Staff Engineer who combines strong technical depth with a strong product mindset
• Extensive experience designing and building large-scale backend systems
• Strong experience working in product-driven engineering environments
• A track record of driving technical strategy and architectural improvements
• Experience working with complex domain models and high-accuracy data systems
• The ability to influence engineering direction across teams
• Strong hands-on coding ability alongside technical leadership
• Experience working on financial, payroll, or compensation systems
• Experience designing systems where data correctness and accuracy are critical
• Experience working in large SaaS platforms

What the job involves

• At Personio, we’re on a mission to help millions of people have a better work life. Our People Operating System helps organisations across Europe manage HR, payroll, and employee experience in one place
• As a Staff Software Engineer, you will join the Pay Connect group, working within the Money domain. This domain is responsible for how compensation is represented, managed, and processed across Personio
• Everything from base salary and hourly pay to bonuses, equity, and benefits flows through this part of the platform. The systems built in this area power both Personio’s compensation management features and the data that ultimately feeds into payroll
• This role will play a key part in evolving how compensation is modeled, scaled, and integrated across the platform as Personio continues to expand into global payroll and new compensation models
• Lead technical design and architecture within the Money domain
• Build and evolve systems that manage compensation data across Personio
• Develop capabilities supporting different compensation types such as salary, bonuses, benefits, and equity
• Contribute to features within Personio’s Compensation Management product
• Collaborate closely with product teams to translate complex compensation requirements into scalable systems
• Improve data correctness, reliability, and performance across critical payroll inputs
• Act as a technical multiplier, helping engineers across the team deliver high-quality systems
• Contribute hands-on to the codebase, spending roughly 50% of your time coding

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