Staff Software Engineer – Money Domain (d/f/m)

Requirements

• Extensive experience designing and building large-scale backend systems
• Strong experience working in product-driven engineering environments
• A track record of driving technical strategy and architectural improvements
• Experience working with complex domain models and high-accuracy data systems
• The ability to influence engineering direction across teams
• Strong hands-on coding ability alongside technical leadership

Nice to Haves

• Experience working on financial, payroll, or compensation systems
• Experience designing systems where data correctness and accuracy are critical
• Experience working in large SaaS platforms

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead technical design and architecture within the Money domain
• Build and evolve systems that manage compensation data across Personio
• Develop capabilities supporting different compensation types such as salary, bonuses, benefits, and equity
• Contribute to features within Personio’s Compensation Management product
• Collaborate closely with product teams to translate complex compensation requirements into scalable systems
• Improve data correctness, reliability, and performance across critical payroll inputs
• Act as a technical multiplier, helping engineers across the team deliver high-quality systems
• Contribute hands-on to the codebase, spending roughly 50% of your time coding

Perks and Benefits

• 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