Lead Backend Engineer

Personio's intelligent HR platform helps small and medium-sized organizations unlock the power of people by making complicated, time-consuming tasks simple and efficient. Our team of 1,500 Personios is building user-friendly products that delight our 15,000+ customers and their 1.5 million employees. Ready to make an impact from day one?

Lead Backend Engineer

Documents Management Team
London or Dublin

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 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.

What You’ll Do

• 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

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for an experienced backend engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and improving existing systems.

You will likely have:

• 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

Nice to have:

• Experience building internal developer platforms

• Experience working in SaaS environments

• Experience improving or consolidating legacy systems

Why Join This Team

The Documents team sits at the centre of how information flows across the Personio platform.

The team recently launched the Documents Hub , a central place where customers can access and manage all their documents in one location. It has quickly become one of the most positively received features within Personio - Promotional video here -

Joining this team means working on systems that power both internal engineering workflows and customer-facing features, while solving complex platform challenges that impact the entire product.

Why Personio

Personio is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an inclusive and values-driven culture.

This role requires 2 days per week in the office . The remaining days can be worked from home, plus 20 Flex Days per year to work remotely from other locations.

You’ll also benefit from:

• Competitive salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity

• 28 days paid holiday, plus extra days after 2 and 4 years

• One fully paid Impact Day per year

• Family leave, mental health support, and sabbatical options

• Regular team events, office snacks, drinks, and weekly catered lunches