Senior FullStack Engineer - Munich - Payroll Experience team (d/f/m)

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?
Senior FullStack Engineer
Payroll Experiences Team Location: Munich
The Role
At Personio, we’re building the leading People Operating System for small and medium-sized businesses across Europe.
As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will join the Payroll Experience team, responsible for making Personio Payroll feel effortless, intuitive and delightful for our customers.
This team owns the product surface and workflows that payroll managers rely on every day. Surfacing the right data in front of users at the right time - from payroll tasks, status views and flexible data exploration tools. The teams work impacts customer satisfaction directly by ensuring payroll feels transparent, in control, and stress-free.
You'll work across frontend and backend systems to deliver features that thousands of customers depend on every payroll cycle.
 
What You’ll Do
Build full stack features that make payroll management intuitive and transparent for customers

Design and implement backend services that surface the right data at the right moment

Build flexible data views that allow customers to slice and dice payroll data to fit their needs

Develop payroll task management tools that keep users in control of every step of the payroll process

Improve the usability and clarity of payroll workflows, reducing friction and building customer confidence

Collaborate closely with product managers and designers to craft experiences that delight users

Ensure high performance and reliability across all customer-facing payroll features

Contribute to architectural decisions that shape the future of the payroll product experience

What We’re Looking For
Strong experience as a Full Stack Engineer

Experience working across frontend and backend systems

Backend experience with languages such as Kotlin, Java, Node.js, or similar

Experience building modern frontend applications (React or similar frameworks)

Ability to deliver user-facing features end-to-end

Strong collaboration skills with product and design teams

AI Fluency: You have hands-on experience using AI to improve your workflow, and the sound judgment to know exactly when to rely on it and when to step in yourself.

Nice to have:
Experience building customer-facing SaaS products

Experience working with complex workflows or data-heavy interfaces

Why Personio
Personio is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an inclusive and values-driven culture.
This role requires 2 days per week in the Munich office . The remaining days can be worked from home, plus 20 Flex Days per year to work remotely from other locations.
You’ll also benefit from:
Competitive salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity

28 days paid holiday, plus extra days after 2 and 4 years

One fully paid Impact Day per year

Family leave, mental health support, and sabbatical options

Regular team events, office snacks, drinks, and weekly catered lunches