Being a Bobber is all about being you. We want you to bring all parts of yourself to work, giving you the freedom and confidence to be the best you and do your best work. If that's bubbly, shy, precise, funny, bold, kind, honest, brilliant, or anything in between, we're waiting with open arms. Come join us.
You are passionate about hiring and leading a diverse team of Frontend and Backend Engineers to build an end-to-end product from scratch. You will partner closely with the Product team to shape and execute the roadmap for our new Payroll Offering that GA'd in January.
This is a fully remote role, however, you must be physically located in EST and be willing and able to work EST hours Monday-Friday given the location of other members on your team.
Base salary for this role ranges from $200,000 - $230,000 per year.
Job Requirements
- 7+ years of professional experience in software engineering with a strong backend background. All candidates must pass the same live coding interview given to Senior Backend Engineering candidates.
- 3+ years of experience leading, growing and mentoring Engineering Teams, preferably in dynamic, fast-paced companies.
- Experience developing products in one of the following domains or similar: Payroll, Benefits, HR, Payments.
- Excellent knowledge of software design and scalable web architecture.
- Experience developing SaaS products hosted in a cloud platform like AWS or equivalent.
- People-person with strong leadership skills who can build a winning team.
- Independent, resourceful, and proactive team player with a desire to impact our team, our product, and our customers.
The following are a big plus:
- Experience developing a product from scratch.
- Experience with Kotlin / Scala / Java.
- Both Backend and Frontend development experience.
Job Responsibilities
- Hire, lead, and develop a high performing Engineering team to build our Payroll Product in alignment with overall product vision and business goals.
- Partner with Product to build and execute on a roadmap of exciting features for Payroll.
- Drive technical excellence by building a product end-to-end: owning the dev cycle from the technical design, through coding and testing, to deployment and monitoring.
- Manage a continuous delivery environment with fully automated QA processes on a microservices architecture, deploying to production dozens of times every day.
- Foster a collaborative work environment across multiple teams globally, including CX, UX, Infrastructure teams and other dev teams.
- Foster a strong feedback culture, where all team members are encouraged to challenge and be challenged on their opinions and beliefs in order to always optimize for the best possible outcome.
Benefits
HiBob is a village filled with amazing people and we're especially proud of that. It's a place where Bobbers can be themselves. We're about fun, dreams, hopes and ambition, just as much as we are about precision, growth, and top performance. Becoming a Bobber means you'll receive competitive compensation, benefits, and pre-IPO equity alongside all of this:
- Stock options at a high-growth unicorn startup
- 100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees
- 401(k) with a 3% company match starting from Day 1
- Hybrid working model for bobbers in the NY metro area
- Work from home allowance to get your home office set up!
- Temporary remote work-from-anywhere in the world for up to 2 months after 6 months of employment
- Annual Headspace subscription and wellness benefits
- Two social impact days per year for volunteering
- Bob balance days - 4 additional days within a calendar year - Enjoy a company-wide long weekend at the beginning of each quarter
- Employee referral program - $2,500 bonus for each successful referral with an additional ambassador bonus
- Fun and frequent social events (in-person and virtual)
- We love birthdays - take the day off and receive a special gift
- Dog-friendly office
What the Team is Saying
HiBob Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision with employer-paid options at the employee-only tier, plus FSA/HSA, EAP, and wellness resources. These elements point to robust healthcare support as part of the total rewards.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings feature a 401(k) plan with company match beginning at hire and immediate vesting, complemented by company equity grants. This combination supports long-term financial security beyond base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave includes paid baby-bonding leave in addition to birthing/short‑term disability, along with family-focused programs and return‑to‑work support. These provisions demonstrate meaningful support for growing families.
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What We Do
HiBob helps modern, mid-size businesses transform the way they manage people, giving HR and managers all they need to connect, engage, develop, and retain top talent. Since 2015, we’ve achieved consecutive triple-digit year-over-year growth, all backed by our amazing team of Bobbers from across the globe, making us the choice HRIS of over 4000 midsize and multinational companies. Our HR platform is intuitive, data-driven, and built for the way people work today: globally, remotely, and collaboratively. Fast-growing companies across the globe such as Huel, What3words, Fiverr, and VaynerMedia rely upon Bob to help them create the best work experiences for their people.
Why Work With Us
Being a Bobber is all about being you. We want you to bring all parts of yourself to work, giving you the freedom and confidence to be the best you and do your best work. If that’s bubbly, shy, precise, funny, bold, kind, honest, brilliant, or anything in between, we’re waiting with open arms. Come join us.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
We love collaborating and connecting with our team members in person and we hope you do too. Our team spends 2-3 days per week in our NYC office.
