<div class="show-more-less-html__markup show-more-less-html__markup--clamp-after-5 relative overflow-hidden"> <em>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?<br/><br/></em><strong>Lead Software Engineer (Back-end) – EO Workflows<br/><br/></strong><strong>The Role<br/><br/></strong>This role requires <strong>2 days per week</strong> in the office and is based in <strong>Munich or London</strong>.<br/><br/>As a Lead Software Engineer in the EO Workflows team, you’ll play a key role in shaping how complex employment processes are built and experienced across Personio. You’ll work on high-impact, customer-facing workflow products, owning problems end-to-end and helping evolve a core platform used across the product.<br/><br/><strong>What You’ll Do<br/><br/></strong><ul><li>Own complex backend problem spaces by designing, building, and evolving scalable workflow systems that power approvals, reminders, and employment-related processes.</li><li>Act as a product-focused engineer who deeply understands customer needs and actively shapes solutions rather than just executing predefined requirements.</li><li>Lead technical design and implementation for large initiatives such as the new Employment Workflows project, including complex chained processes and long-running workflows.</li><li>Drive system evolution and migration by improving and extending the new workflows-based approvals system and helping retire legacy solutions.</li><li>Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to deliver cohesive end-to-end solutions.</li><li>Support team-level technical excellence by contributing to design discussions, reviewing code, and helping maintain high engineering standards in a senior-heavy team.</li><li>Take ownership of legacy and future systems including the planned rebuild of the onboarding product on top of the workflows platform.<br/><br/></li></ul><strong>What You Need To Succeed<br/><br/></strong><ul><li>Strong backend engineering experience working on complex, distributed systems in production environments.</li><li>High ownership and autonomy with a proven ability to independently drive technical and product decisions in ambiguous problem spaces.</li><li>Product mindset with experience solving real customer problems and influencing solution direction.</li><li>Solid system design skills and experience working with large codebases and evolving architectures.</li><li>Experience with Java, Kotlin, or similar languages is helpful, but not mandatory.</li><li>Comfort working in senior, high-trust teams where engineers own large surface areas and move multiple initiatives forward in parallel.</li><li>Clear communication skills to explain technical decisions and collaborate effectively across disciplines.<br/><br/></li></ul><strong>Why Personio<br/><br/></strong>Personio is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an integrative culture where everyone feels welcomed and supported. We embrace uniqueness and understand that our diverse, values-driven culture makes us stronger.<br/><br/>At Personio, we value in-person collaboration while also offering flexibility. This role is office-based, with <strong>2 days per week</strong> required in your contracted office location. The remaining days can be worked from home or in the office if you prefer, plus <strong>20 Flex Days per year</strong> to work remotely from other locations.<br/><br/>In addition, you’ll benefit from:<br/><br/><ul><li>A competitive reward package including salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity</li><li>28 days of paid vacation, plus additional days after 2 and 4 years</li><li>One fully paid Impact Day per year</li><li>Generous family leave, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities</li><li>Regular team events, healthy office snacks, drinks, and weekly catered lunches</li></ul> </div>