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?
The Role: How You'll Make an Impact at Personio
Location: Dublin or Munich (Hybrid - 2 days per week in the office, 3 days remote)
At Personio we are on an amazing hypergrowth journey towards becoming the leading HR Platform in Europe! We're looking for experienced Software Engineers to join our Product & Technology department, who will play an active role in shaping our engineering culture and the future of thousands of HR teams and organizations across Europe.
This role is ideal for a highly collaborative Site Reliability Engineer who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our platform. As a Senior SRE, you will play a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting our infrastructure solutions, working closely with product teams and other stakeholders.
Role Responsibilities: What You'll Do
- Designing and supporting a variety of infrastructure solutions with the product teams (from AWS account management to compute & storage layers)
- Creating internal tools to enhance developers productivity
- Analyzing and optimizing systems to enhance scale and speed
- Working hand-by-hand with the other teams to create a coherent data platform
- Documenting and running internal formation
- Ensure the Personio 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.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of new features.
Role Requirements: What You Need to Succeed
- Over 5 years of experience in contributing toward the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems with AWS
- You have a good knowledge of AWS APIs and are at ease with serverless cloud technologies
- You have experience with DevOps (CI/CD) concepts & tooling in the cloud and master at least one infrastructure-as-code tool (Terraform preferred, but CDK knowledge is welcome too)
- You use regularly at least one programming language (Python or Golang ideally)
- 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 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 Dublin or Munich.
- Hybrid work setup - 2 days per week in the 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 Hiring Team Interview - A discussion about your experience, technical approach, and fit with the team.
2️⃣ Take home coding challenge (specific for SRE's).
3️⃣ System Design Interview - Evaluating architectural thinking and technical decision-making.
4️⃣ Culture 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 HR technology at Personio. We look forward to meeting you and exploring how you can be part of our journey!
