Lead Frontend Engineer, Time & Money

Personio GmbH; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Frontend Engineer to join their innovative Time & Money domain in London. This role focuses on crafting intuitive user experiences around complex workflows like shift planning and time tracking. You will lead frontend architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, scalable applications. Join a supportive, people-first culture and tackle meaningful challenges that drive the company's international ambitions. This opportunity offers a flexible hybrid work model and competitive salary, making it an exciting place to grow your career.

Benefits

28 days holiday

Pre-IPO equity

Generous parental leave

Impact Days

Regular team socials

Company-wide events

Flexible hybrid model

Qualifications

• 5+ Jahre Erfahrung in der Frontend-Entwicklung mit Fokus auf skalierbare Anwendungen.
• Starke Kenntnisse in TypeScript, React und Redux.

Responsibilities

• Leiten Sie die Frontend-Architektur für zeitbezogene Funktionen Ihres Teams.
• Schreiben Sie qualitativ hochwertigen, wartbaren Code.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Redux

Frontend Engineering

User Experience Design

Job description

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?

About Personio
At Personio, we’re building Europe’s leading all-in-one HR and payroll platform – and we’re not just thinking local, we’re thinking global. We exist to make people processes as effortless and scalable as possible for small and mid-sized businesses. And our Time & Money domain? That’s where the real work happens.

The Role: Lead Frontend Engineer – Time & Money Domain (London)
We’re looking for a Lead Frontend Engineer to join our growing Time & Money domain, based out of our London office. This isn’t just another UI job – you’ll help craft elegant, intuitive experiences around working models, shift planning, time tracking, and more. It’s about making complex workflows feel easy, even joyful, for our users.

You’ll be joining a domain of over 60 engineers and contribute directly to a high-impact, high-growth area critical to Personio’s international ambitions. From flexible work schedules to compliance-heavy regulations across borders – you’ll be solving problems that actually matter.

What You’ll Do

Lead the Frontend Vision – Own frontend architecture for your team’s time-related features. Set the standards, drive consistency, and champion modern best practices.

Code Like a Pro – Write high-quality, maintainable code using TypeScript, React, and Redux. We’re also open to Angular if your fundamentals are solid and you pass our coding tests.

Mentor & Collaborate – Guide mid-level engineers, collaborate closely with backend devs, and work hand-in-hand with design and product to build seamless experiences.

Solve for Scale – Design and implement performant UIs that can handle complexity without compromising usability.

Drive Innovation – You’re not just here to build what’s asked – you’ll help define what gets built.

What We’re Looking For

5+ years of frontend engineering experience, ideally building scalable, production-grade applications.

Strong command of TypeScript, React, Redux, and a real love for building intuitive user experiences.

Experience in architecting large frontend systems, preferably in product-led SaaS environments.

Confident working in cross-functional teams and contributing to product and UX decisions.

Bonus points if you’ve worked in FinTech, HRTech, or other compliance-heavy product spaces.

Why Time & Money at Personio?

Help shape one of the most important areas of Personio's platform.

Tackle meaningful problems that support our move into the mid-market and help manage labour law complexity across Europe.

Join a London-based team with a startup feel, but with the backing of one of Europe’s fastest-growing tech companies.

The Perks Bit

Competitive salary, pre-IPO equity, and benefits that actually benefit you.

28 days holiday (plus extra based on tenure), Impact Days to give back, and generous parental leave.

Flexible hybrid model – in the London office about 50% of the time, rest from wherever you’re happiest working.

A supportive, people-first culture with regular team socials and company-wide events.

The Interview Process

Intro Chat with Talent – Let’s get to know each other (30 mins).

Hiring Manager Screen – Chat with an engineering leader about your experience and aspirations (45 mins).

Live Coding – Frontend-focused pair programming session (60 mins).

System Design – Explore how you think about architecture and frontend strategy (60 mins).

Culture Fit Interview – Chat with Gabriel about values, leadership, and where you can make an impact.