Frontend Engineer, Growth

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 growing team of 1,800+ Personios across Europe and the US are building user-friendly products that delight our 14,000+ customers and their 1.5 million employees. Ready to make an impact from day one?
Front-End Engineer - Growth Team (Berlin, Hybrid) - D/F/M
The Role: How You'll Make an Impact at Personio
Location: Berlin, Germany (Hybrid - 2 days per week in the office, 3 days remote)
At Personio, we believe in the power of in-person collaboration to drive innovation, teamwork, and impact. This role is Berlin-based only, with a hybrid setup requiring 2 days per week in the office.
Your work at Personio will shape the way millions of people experience work every day. As part of the Growth Team, you will contribute to Personio's subscription and billing infrastructure, ensuring a seamless experience for customers to configure and pay for additional services beyond the core package.
This role is ideal for a highly collaborative engineer who thrives in a cross-functional environment and enjoys working across front-end and backend technologies. As a Front-End Engineer, you'll help maintain and evolve Personio's subscription experience while collaborating with designers, engineers, and product teams to build user-centric solutions.
In your first interview, we can explore your past experiences and identify exciting opportunities for you at Personio!
Role Responsibilities: What You'll Do
Build Reliable and Performant Solutions:

• Develop and enhance Personio's subscription and billing infrastructure, ensuring customers can seamlessly configure and purchase additional services.
• Build scalable and high-performance front-end features using React and Next.js in a monorepo environment.
• Work on design-focused engineering projects, collaborating closely with Design and UX teams to optimize user interactions.

Hands-On Development:

• Contribute to a high-output engineering team by actively coding and delivering impactful features. Our team embraces a culture of Pair/Mob programming, which we practice in a remote/hybrid setting.
• Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code that aligns with best practices.
• Work across the front-end and back-end stack (experience in Kotlin is a plus but not required).

Estimating, Scoping, and Planning:

• Own the estimation, scoping, and planning of projects, ensuring efficient execution.
• Work closely with Product Management and Leadership teams to define and drive strategic initiatives.

Solve Complex Technical Challenges:

• Ensure the subscription platform is highly available, performant, and secure.
• Improve operational quality by optimizing observability, monitoring, and incident response.
• Drive technical excellence by simplifying architecture and managing technical debt.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with Design System and Design teams to align UI components and experiences.
• Participate in the interviewing and hiring process to support the growth of the team.
• Engage in high levels of collaboration (approx. 50% pair programming and team meetings).

Operational Leadership:

• Take ownership of on-call responsibilities, ensuring operational excellence across the subscription and billing services.
• Proactively enhance engineering processes, incident management, and continuous improvements.

Role Requirements: What You Need to Succeed
Technical Expertise:

• Strong React and Next.js experience, working in a monorepo environment.
• Proficiency in front-end and knowledge of back-end development (Kotlin experience is a plus).
• Experience working with modern engineering best practices, including testing strategies, observability, and security considerations.

Operational Excellence:

• Demonstrated ability to maintain high-availability applications with a strong focus on performance and reliability.
• Experience with incident response and a proactive approach to continuous improvement.

Leadership and Collaboration:

• Proven ability to mentor and coach engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to build relationships across teams (especially with Design System and UX teams).
• Comfortable working in a highly collaborative environment, engaging in pair programming and team discussions.
• Willingness to be on-call and take ownership of operational responsibilities.

Location & Work Setup:

• This role is based in Berlin, Germany.
• Hybrid work setup - 2 days per week in the Berlin office, 3 days remote.

Why Personio?
Personio is an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to grow.
Beyond our culture and mission, here's why Personio is a great place to work:
✨ Competitive compensation - Salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity.
28 days of paid vacation, plus an extra day after 2 and 4 years.
2 Impact Days per year - One for a personal cause, one for a company-wide initiative.
Generous family leave, child support, and mental health support via PersonioCares.
Hybrid work model - 2 days per week in-office, 3 days remote.
Regular team and company-wide events - Culture Week, year-end celebrations, and more.
High-impact environment - Flat hierarchies and quick decision-making.
Interview Process & Next Steps
We want to ensure a smooth and efficient hiring process, so we've structured our interviews to be streamlined and engaging:
1️⃣ Team Lead Interview - A discussion about your experience, technical approach, and fit with the team.
2️⃣ Live Coding Interview - Hands-on coding session via CoderPad.
3️⃣ System Design Interview - Evaluating architectural thinking and technical decision-making.
4️⃣ Department Interview - Final discussion with a leader from the Engineering team.
Our interview process is flexible - we're happy to adjust timelines based on your availability!
Ready to Make an Impact? Apply Today!
Join us in shaping the future of subscription and billing infrastructure at Personio. We look forward to meeting you and exploring how you can be part of our journey!