Hipeople

Software Engineer (backend-biased)

2mo ago
MiddleRemote
Hipeople

Software Engineer (backend-biased)

2mo ago
MiddleRemotegoci/cd

Develop scalable backend systems and collaborate closely with product and design teams to deliver impactful AI software for recruiting.

Requirements

  • 100% alignment with our Ops Principles (if this doesn’t resonate, please do not apply)
  • 2+ years of professional Go experience
  • Enjoyment of live collaboration (e.g. pair programming & huddles)
  • High ownership mindset and strong attention to detail
  • Strong interest in quality, not just shipping features
  • Clear communication and documentation skills
  • Growth mindset (e.g. learning and sharing new technologies with the team)

Conditions

  • Direct ownership of AI products used by ambitious hiring teams in the US and EMEA
  • Work closely with founders on core product
  • Competitive salary and meaningful stock options
  • Educational stipend to support ongoing learning and development
  • The best team to work with (true story!)

Other

  • HiPeople is the AI Hiring Platform that takes care of screening, interviews, assessments, and references. So recruiting teams can focus on what matters most. People.
  • We work with some of the world's leading brands, including the NFL, Zapier, Celonis, and DAZN. and are backed by leading investors and operators such as: Moonfire founder Mattias Ljungman, Capnamic, Cherry, André Christ (LeanIX, an SAP company), Mirko Novakovic (Founder Instana/Dash0), Micha Hernandez (Fiberplane), and others.
  • We’re hiring an Software Engineer to accelerate our velocity in shipping differentiating AI for recruiting teams as we scale toward $10M ARR and beyond .
  • You’ll work in in a highly collaborative, high-impact team team where everybody strives to make a dent every day with the software we ship. This role is for people who care deeply about quality, enjoy working on difficult backend problems.
  • We are an extremely lean team and plan to reach $10M ARR with fewer than 20 people. Every hire materially changes the company. This role has direct exposure to founders and real responsibility from day one.
  • Build scalable systemsusing: Go
  • Ship multiple times a day, in 1-week sprints
  • Talk to users whenever needed to uncover core problems
  • Engage with other teams to quickly solve impactful problems
  • Break down complex topics clearly in writing and in person
  • Collaborate closely with product and design
  • Work in a CI-driven environment; we optimize for cycle time, PRs merged per week, and planning accuracy
  • Raise the bar for the codebase, standards, and quality
  • Extend our automated end-to-end test suite with Playwright
  • Strong candidates often come from:
  • Software engineering roles at top tech companies
  • Other paths that demonstrate building high-quality products at high velocity
  • This role is remote or on-site in our Berlin office. We do not offer visa support for Germany or any other country at this time.
  • Step 1: AI Application Screen (immediate)
  • Step 2: AI Recruiter Interview (right after successful AI Application Screen)
  • Step 3: AI Skills-Assessment (right after successful AI Recruiter Interview)
  • Step 4: Interview with Co-founder
  • Step 5: Interview with the team (incl. Live Case Study)
  • Step 6: References + Offer
  • Duration: 1 week, end-to-end
  • 🌈 We proudly believe in the power of diversity and inclusion. Diversity of thought fuels our success which can only be achieved with a diverse team. We welcome people from any race, orientation, gender, religion, age, ethnicity, differently-abled, neurodiverse or identity, we value all uniqueness.