Lead Backend Engineer

Full Time
New York, NY, USA
11 months ago
The Role

At Personio, your work transforms the way millions of people experience work every day. Join our Product & Technology team that drives our customer's outcomes by designing, developing and delivering innovative and high quality products. Be empowered to take ownership of your areas and make an impact on your team, our product, and our customers.As a Lead Engineer, you will be a bar raiser in a mission-based team within the Personio Engineering organization, leading the team's most complex projects. All Lead Engineers are coding hands-on and are responsible for the technical strategy of the team. Additionally, based on your strengths you will be acting as a multiplier, up leveling the technical expertise of your team or diving deep into the most complex technical challenges - either way: we are relying on your technical leadership!There are different areas and products where you can make an impact, either accelerating our established products or developing new ones. In your first interview, we can dive deeper into the different challenges to find the most exciting one for you, and in the meantime, you can check out our career page to find out more.Responsibilities:

  • Taking responsibility for delivery of larger in-team projects that may have a high level of uncertainty and risk, with a pragmatic approach to estimation, scoping and planning
  • Following and promoting best practices to solve higher complexity challenges by building reliable, performant and elegant solutions that are easy to work with
  • Owning the technical output and standards for the team, ensuring engineering and operational excellence
  • Actively involved in the definition and fulfillment of the team's strategy and bringing technical perspective into account
  • Giving useful and effective feedback, actively seeking to improve the entire team by regularly sharing knowledge and mentoring others
  • Stepping up, actively driving team topics and supporting other team members
  • Communicating with cross-functional stakeholders and leadership, targeted for the audience

What you need to succeed

  • Over 7 years of software engineering experience in building and designing scalable applications
  • Over 2 years of experience leading software engineering teams to solve complex problems 
  • Mastery of event-driven architectures, event-sourcing (Kafka preferred) and domain driven design
  • Experience with containerization and container orchestration (Docker and Kubernetes preferred) in a cloud environment (AWS preferred)
  • Proficiency in different types of testing strategies (testing pyramid)
  • Experience building a technical strategy and translating it into reality
  • A proven track record of enabling your teammates and amplifying their technical abilities by mentoring and coaching
  • Comfortable dealing with uncertainty and managing risk
  • Strong written and spoken communication skills

Why Personio

Aside from our people, culture, and mission, there are a variety of additional benefits that make Personio a great place to work! Our Benefits:

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Green Transportation (For NYC based employees) 
  • Home office setup allowance
  • Gym allowance 
  • 20 days of paid vacation, plus another additional day after 2 and 4 years (because we love what we do, but we also love vacation!)
  • 2 Impact Days you can use to have an impact on the environment and society –  one for an individual project of your choice and one for a company-wide initiative! #SocialResponsibility
  • Annual personal development budget for you to invest in your development via professional memberships, external certifications, conferences, and more
  • Receive family leave, child support, and sabbatical opportunities with PersonioCares
$185,000/year to $205,000/year + equity + benefitsPlease note the national salary range listed in the job posting reflects the new hire salary range across levels and U.S. locations that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be commensurate with the candidate’s final level and final location. Also, this range represents base salary only and does not include equity, or benefits, if applicable.Please note that the information provided in this job posting is for general informational purposes only. The job posting is provided 'as is' without any representations or warranties, express or implied. Personio makes no representations or warranties in relation to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of the information contained in this job posting. By applying to this position, applicants acknowledge that they have read and understood this disclaimer and that Personio shall not be held liable for any reliance on the information contained herein.Personio is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an integrative culture where everyone feels welcomed and supported. We #EmbraceUniqueness and understand that our diverse, values-driven culture makes us stronger. We are proud to have an inclusive workplace environment that will foster your development no matter your gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, education level, or race.