Senior Fullstack Engineer - Payroll (front-end oriented) - Paris - F/M/X

COMBO; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (Benefiz)

Swile card

Stock options (BSPCE)

50% commute costs covered

Flexible remote policy

Job summary

Combo in Paris area is seeking a Sr Full-stack Software Engineer to join the Payroll squad. You will work on a robust HR SaaS for SMBs, implementing payroll calculations, tax deductions and social declarations, while building scalable, accessible interfaces and AI-powered tooling.

You will mentor the team, collaborate with product, design and QA, and help advance the engineering culture in a multinational environment. A strong Node.js/React background and 6–7 years of experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong full-stack background on Node.js / React.
• Experience with large React code bases and architecture.
• 6–7 years of software development experience in tech companies.
• Experience with remote teams and English-speaking.

Responsibilities

• Build an HR SaaS that is genuinely useful and meaningful for its users, with a real social impact.
• Implement new features related to payroll calculation, tax deduction and social declarations.
• Build a performant and reliable payroll engine.
• Design and build intuitive, accessible and performant user interfaces that make complex payroll processes simple for our users.
• Work with hairy business rules and fascinating user needs.
• Leverage AI tools in daily work to ship faster and with higher quality, and help the team adopt best practices around them.
• Contribute to our Engineering culture and promote it.
• Work with passionate teams of Engineers, Product Managers, Designers, Quality Engineers, Customer Support and other colleagues in a friendly and international environment.

Skills

Node.js

React

UI/UX awareness

AI tooling

System design

English proficiency

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

In a context of growth, we’ve got ambitious objectives, especially in our Tech & Product Team. We’re looking for a Sr Full-stack Software Engineer with a strong appetite for front-end and solid AI background to join our squad in the Payroll perimeter. You will be part of the next decisive chapter of Combo: building the best HR solution for SMBs and frontline workers.

Context

Combo is growing fast: today, more than 6,000 clients and 11,000+ locations rely on our solutions to manage their teams, schedules and payroll.

Our Tech & Product team counts 40+ people, organized in 4 squads each owning its functional domain end to end as well as a Platform squad (SRE). You will join the Payroll squad, which builds one of the most critical and complex parts of our product: getting every payslip right, every month, for thousands of businesses and their employees.

You will report to Dorsaf, Engineering Manager of the Payroll squad, and work daily with the squad’s Product Manager, Designer and Quality Engineer.

We’ve got many challenges ahead of us:

• consolidating a solid payroll solution using decoupled and distributed systems on functional domains
• crafting clear and intuitive interfaces for complex payroll workflows
• building AI powered solutions across the entire Payroll product suite
• mentoring and coaching the team
• … and contributing to Combo’s Engineering culture!

We’re looking for passionate, ambitious people who can take our squads to the next level in terms of processes, skillset, impact and excellence, and who know how to make the most of AI tools to get there.

Our stack today is made of NodeJS, TypeScript, React, Postgres, Redis, GCP, Kubernetes, GitHub, GitHub Actions, etc.

Your missions

• Build an HR SaaS that is genuinely useful and meaningful for its users, with a real social impact
• Implement new features related to payroll calculation, tax deduction and social declarations
• Build a performant and reliable payroll engine
• Design and build intuitive, accessible and performant user interfaces that make complex payroll processes simple for our users
• Work with hairy business rules and fascinating user needs
• Leverage AI tools (coding assistants, agents, LLMs) in your daily work to ship faster and with higher quality, and help the team adopt best practices around them
• Contribute to our Engineering culture and promote it
• Work with passionate teams of Engineers, Product Managers, Designers, Quality Engineers, Customer Support and other colleagues in a friendly and international environment

Preferred experience

• Strong full-stack background on Node.js / React
• Comfortable with large React code base and structure
• A real appetite for front-end: you care about UX, UI quality, performance and accessibility, and you enjoy working closely with Designers
• Hands-on mastery of AI tools for software development (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) and a critical eye on how to use them well: reviewing generated code, knowing their limits, integrating them into your workflow
• Very strong overall software engineering and computer science background
• Solid System Design, Architecture and Database modeling skills
• At least 6–7 years of software development experience in Tech companies
• B2B or SaaS experience preferred
• Experience with remote teams, English speaking

Expectations

• Start date: ASAP
• Location: Paris area preferred
• Package: €60–70k
• Benefits: Health insurance (Benefiz), Swile card, stock options (BSPCE), 50% of commute costs covered, flexible remote policy
• Manager: Dorsaf Fayech

Our hiring process

• Step 1: HR screening with Thomas (30')
• Step 2: Management Fit Interview with Dorsaf (60–90')
• Step 3: Technical Interview with Arnaud and 2 of our Software Engineers
• Step 4: Culture Fit (lunch with the squad…) and meet Raphaël (CTO)