About the role

Senior Back-End Engineer at Personio enhancing a subscription management platform with strong emphasis on scalability and performance. Collaborating in a high-output team using pair programming practices.

Responsibilities

Develop and enhance Personio’s core Subscription Management platform, focusing on feature access verification, package & pricing, and account duplication.
Build scalable and high-performance backend services to support core subscription logic and account management.
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.
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.
Ensure the core Subscription Platform and Account Management services are highly available, performant, and secure.
Enhance operational quality by optimizing observability, monitoring, and incident response capabilities.
Drive technical excellence by simplifying architecture and managing technical debt.
Participate in the interviewing and hiring process to support the growth of the team.
Take ownership of on-call responsibilities, ensuring operational excellence across the Subscription Management services.
Proactively enhance engineering processes, incident management, and continuous improvements.

Strong back-end engineering experience (ideally with modern JVM languages like Kotlin or similar), working with distributed systems.
Deep back-end development expertise (Kotlin experience is a plus).
Experience working with modern engineering best practices, including testing strategies, observability, and security considerations.
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.
Proven ability to mentor and coach engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to build relationships across engineering and product 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.

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
Make an impact on the environment and society with 1 (fully paid) Impact Day
Receive generous family leave, child support, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities
We enjoy gathering for meals, cultural initiatives, and events like local Summer Sessions and year-end celebrations. There's also healthy snacks, drinks, and a weekly catered lunch.