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 - Workflow Automation Team (Berlin, Hybrid) - D/F/M
Location: Berlin, Germany (Hybrid - 2 days per week in the office, 3 days remote)
The Role: How You'll Make an Impact at Personio
At Personio, we're on a mission to transform the way companies experience work by building powerful workflow automation solutions. As a Front-End Engineer in our Workflow Automation Team, you will play a critical role in enhancing our no-code workflow builder tool, enabling our mid-market customers to create seamless, custom automations across various product areas.
Your work will directly contribute to empowering organisations to automate complex processes-making their teams approximately 30% more effective through advanced automation layers.
What You'll Do: Key Responsibilities
Develop and Enhance Solutions:
- Build and optimise front-end features for our no-code workflow automation platform using React and Next.js.
- Create engaging, user-centric interfaces that simplify complex automation workflows for our customers.
- Collaborate closely with Design and Product teams to bring intuitive user experiences to life.
Hands-On Coding:
- Be a key contributor to our high-output engineering team, embracing Pair/Mob programming in a hybrid setting.
- Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code, contributing to both front-end and, if desired, back-end development (experience with Kotlin is a plus).
Strategic Project Management:
- Own project estimation, scoping, and planning, ensuring timely delivery of impactful features.
- Work with Product Management and Leadership to align development efforts with strategic goals.
Solve Complex Challenges:
- Enhance the workflow builder tool, enabling customers to set up custom triggers and actions like sending emails or automating tasks.
- Drive improvements in performance, security, and operational quality, implementing robust monitoring and incident response processes.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Work with Design Systems to ensure UI consistency and contribute to building a flexible platform that integrates across different Personio product areas.
- Engage in interviewing and hiring processes, supporting team growth and sharing your expertise.
Role Requirements: What You Need to Succeed
Technical Expertise:
- Strong experience with React and Next.js, ideally within a monorepo environment.
- Solid front-end development skills and an understanding of back-end technologies (Kotlin experience is a plus).
- Familiarity with no-code tools and building workflow automation solutions is highly beneficial.
Operational Excellence:
- Proven track record of building highly available, performant, and reliable systems.
- Experience in incident response and a proactive approach to continuous improvement.
Leadership and Collaboration:
- Ability to mentor team members, promoting a learning culture within the team.
- Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively across Product, Design, and Engineering teams.
- Enthusiastic about in-person collaboration, with a willingness to work in the Berlin office 2 days per week.
Why Join Personio?
Impact: Help build cutting-edge automation tools that revolutionise how businesses operate.
Hybrid Work Model: 2 days per week in our Berlin office, 3 days remote.
Competitive Package: Salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity.
Team Culture: Regular events, Culture Week, and year-end celebrations.
Growth Opportunities: Professional development support and a culture of continuous learning.
Our Interview Process
- Team Lead Interview: Discuss your experience and explore opportunities at Personio.
- Live Coding Session: Show us your coding approach via CoderPad.
- System Design Interview: Evaluate your architectural thinking and problem-solving.
- Department Interview: Meet with leadership and discuss alignment with our workflow automation vision.
Ready to Make an Impact? Apply Today!
If you're a Front-End Engineer passionate about workflow automation and looking to work with an inspiring team in Berlin, we'd love to hear from you!
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What the Team is Saying
What We Do
We believe small and medium-sized organizations are the backbone of global economies, and their most valuable asset is the people they employ. But many of their HR teams are held back by complicated, time-consuming processes and admin. We’re changing that with our all-in-one HR solution that transforms the way millions of people experience work every day.
At the core of our people-focused product are the individuals who craft it: We proudly identify as Personios. As we build on our success as Europe’s leading HR platform for SMEs, we are looking for the brightest minds to bring their own innovative ideas to the table. When you join our team of 1800+ across Europe and the US, you’ll have an impact from day one – for our 15,000 customers and the 1.5 million employees we serve.
Why Work With Us
Personio is one of the most valuable tech startups in Europe, but we're just getting started with revolutionizing HR for the 1.7 million small and medium-sized organizations still stuck in the spreadsheet era. Now we need your experience scaling tech companies to take us to the next level.
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