Senior Backend Engineer, Payroll Foundations - Hybrid Equity

Personio

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary
28 days paid holiday
Flex Days
Family leave
Mental health support
Regular team events

Job summary

A tech company in the HR sector is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their Payroll Foundations team. This role involves building and maintaining backend systems for payroll processing, ensuring accuracy and reliability. Candidates should have strong experience in backend systems, proficiency in Kotlin or Java, and excellent problem-solving skills. The position offers flexible working arrangements with 2 days required in-office and additional remote work options, plus a variety of employee benefits.

Qualifications

  • Strong experience building backend systems in production environments.
  • Experience working with distributed systems or large-scale backend services.
  • Strong programming experience in languages such as Kotlin/Java, or similar.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain backend systems that power payroll processing pipelines.
  • Design and improve services responsible for payroll calculations and processing workflows.
  • Ensure payroll data is processed accurately and reliably across the platform.

Skills

Backend system development
Distributed systems
Kotlin/Java programming
Problem-solving

Job description

A tech company in the HR sector is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their Payroll Foundations team. This role involves building and maintaining backend systems for payroll processing, ensuring accuracy and reliability. Candidates should have strong experience in backend systems, proficiency in Kotlin or Java, and excellent problem-solving skills. The position offers flexible working arrangements with 2 days required in-office and additional remote work options, plus a variety of employee benefits.
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