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The Role
Lead a team building the employee data HR management module across frontend and backend. Own technical design, data layer, data flows, infrastructure components, performance optimization, CI/CD, deployment, testing and monitoring. Hire, onboard, mentor engineers and collaborate with Product to define and deliver the roadmap in a cloud-hosted SaaS, microservices environment.
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Job Description
Hibob is a vibrant, dynamic, happy place to work. A start-up with an amazing culture, and bright and resourceful people in London, Amsterdam, New York, Sydney, and Tel Aviv. We're growing fast and looking for a talented and passionate Engineering Team Leader to join us!
Job Requirements
7+ years of professional experience in software engineering with a strong backend background.
3+ years of experience as a team leader, preferably in dynamic, fast-paced companies.
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 who desires to impact our team, product, and customers.
Excellent communication skills in both Hebrew and English.
Experience with developing infrastructure components - shared libraries, and foundational services.
Experience with build and CI/CD processes.
Proven experience in performance optimization.
The following is a big plus
Experience developing a product from scratch
Experience with JVM languages - Kotlin / Java / Scala
Working with various data infrastructure technologies
Mentoring and leading internal guilds / Tech-forums
Job Responsibilities
What will you do?
Hibob is a vibrant, dynamic, happy place to work. A start-up with an amazing culture, and bright and resourceful people in London, Amsterdam, New York, Sydney, and Tel Aviv. We're growing fast and looking for talented and passionate Engineering Team Leader to join us!
In this role, you will lead a team responsible for developing employee data HR management module, focusing on the feature and infra aspects of the module. This is the most important entity in HiBob and responsible for most data in the system. Your team will design, implement, and maintain employee data & profile, both frontend and backend, be responsible for the data layer, data flows, work closely with the team's product manager on defining new functionalities and improving existing features.
As an Engineering Team Leader, you will be in charge of hiring, onboarding, growing, and mentoring your team of backend and frontend engineers, while working closely with our Product team to build and execute on a roadmap of exciting features. You should be passionate about people management as well as software engineering and building a product end-to-end, as your team will be responsible for owning the dev cycle from the technical design, through coding and testing, to deployment and monitoring. We work in a true continuous delivery environment with fully automated QA processes on a microservices architecture, deploying to
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 Total Reward offer including:
Financial & Equity Incentives
Equity Plan: Participation in the Company Share Options Plan
Social Contributions and Keren Hishtalmut
Employee Referral Program: $2,500 for each successful hire
Wolt Benefit (meal card): ₪1,000 per month
Health, Wellness
Private Health Insurance: Comprehensive premium medical coverage
Sick Leave: Full payment from the first day of illness
Wellness Benefits: Annual Headspace subscription and dedicated wellness programs
Preventive Screening: Health screenings for employees aged 40+
Work-Life Balance & Leave ⚖️
Paid Time Off: Competitive paid time off policy
HiBaby: 3 weeks of additional fully paid bounding time for new parents
Bob Balance Days: 4 additional company-wide "long weekend" days (one per quarter)
Social Impact: 2 paid days per year for volunteering and social contribution
Work from Anywhere: Temporary remote work option for up to 2 months (available after 6 months of tenure).
Birthday Day Off: Enjoy a day off during your birthday month
Hybrid Work & Office Environment
Hybrid Model: A flexible balance between office and home-based work
Home Office Allowance: One-time stipend to ensure an ergonomic and productive home setup
Transportation: Monthly travel allowance or parking arrangements
Pet-Friendly: Dog-friendly office environment to support a stress-free workplace
Culture & Growth
Social Events: Regular team-building and company-wide events, both local and global
Professional Growth: A culture built on precision, performance, and ambitious career scaling
If this sounds like something you've been looking for, we'd love to have you. Come on, join our village
Hibob is a vibrant, dynamic, happy place to work. A start-up with an amazing culture, and bright and resourceful people in London, Amsterdam, New York, Sydney, and Tel Aviv. We're growing fast and looking for a talented and passionate Engineering Team Leader to join us!
Job Requirements
7+ years of professional experience in software engineering with a strong backend background.
3+ years of experience as a team leader, preferably in dynamic, fast-paced companies.
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 who desires to impact our team, product, and customers.
Excellent communication skills in both Hebrew and English.
Experience with developing infrastructure components - shared libraries, and foundational services.
Experience with build and CI/CD processes.
Proven experience in performance optimization.
The following is a big plus
Experience developing a product from scratch
Experience with JVM languages - Kotlin / Java / Scala
Working with various data infrastructure technologies
Mentoring and leading internal guilds / Tech-forums
Job Responsibilities
What will you do?
Hibob is a vibrant, dynamic, happy place to work. A start-up with an amazing culture, and bright and resourceful people in London, Amsterdam, New York, Sydney, and Tel Aviv. We're growing fast and looking for talented and passionate Engineering Team Leader to join us!
In this role, you will lead a team responsible for developing employee data HR management module, focusing on the feature and infra aspects of the module. This is the most important entity in HiBob and responsible for most data in the system. Your team will design, implement, and maintain employee data & profile, both frontend and backend, be responsible for the data layer, data flows, work closely with the team's product manager on defining new functionalities and improving existing features.
As an Engineering Team Leader, you will be in charge of hiring, onboarding, growing, and mentoring your team of backend and frontend engineers, while working closely with our Product team to build and execute on a roadmap of exciting features. You should be passionate about people management as well as software engineering and building a product end-to-end, as your team will be responsible for owning the dev cycle from the technical design, through coding and testing, to deployment and monitoring. We work in a true continuous delivery environment with fully automated QA processes on a microservices architecture, deploying to
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 Total Reward offer including:
Financial & Equity Incentives
Equity Plan: Participation in the Company Share Options Plan
Social Contributions and Keren Hishtalmut
Employee Referral Program: $2,500 for each successful hire
Wolt Benefit (meal card): ₪1,000 per month
Health, Wellness
Private Health Insurance: Comprehensive premium medical coverage
Sick Leave: Full payment from the first day of illness
Wellness Benefits: Annual Headspace subscription and dedicated wellness programs
Preventive Screening: Health screenings for employees aged 40+
Work-Life Balance & Leave ⚖️
Paid Time Off: Competitive paid time off policy
HiBaby: 3 weeks of additional fully paid bounding time for new parents
Bob Balance Days: 4 additional company-wide "long weekend" days (one per quarter)
Social Impact: 2 paid days per year for volunteering and social contribution
Work from Anywhere: Temporary remote work option for up to 2 months (available after 6 months of tenure).
Birthday Day Off: Enjoy a day off during your birthday month
Hybrid Work & Office Environment
Hybrid Model: A flexible balance between office and home-based work
Home Office Allowance: One-time stipend to ensure an ergonomic and productive home setup
Transportation: Monthly travel allowance or parking arrangements
Pet-Friendly: Dog-friendly office environment to support a stress-free workplace
Culture & Growth
Social Events: Regular team-building and company-wide events, both local and global
Professional Growth: A culture built on precision, performance, and ambitious career scaling
If this sounds like something you've been looking for, we'd love to have you. Come on, join our village
Skills Required
- 7+ years of professional experience in software engineering with a strong backend background.
- 3+ years of experience as a team leader, preferably in dynamic, fast-paced companies.
- 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 who desires to impact team, product, and customers.
- Excellent communication skills in both Hebrew and English.
- Experience with developing infrastructure components - shared libraries, and foundational services.
- Experience with build and CI/CD processes.
- Proven experience in performance optimization.
- Experience developing a product from scratch.
- Experience with JVM languages - Kotlin / Java / Scala.
- Working with various data infrastructure technologies.
- Mentoring and leading internal guilds / Tech-forums.
What the Team is Saying
Giovanna
Sr Account Executive
Alex
VP Corporate Marketing
Latisha
Sales Development Manager
Rebecca
Talent Acquisition Partner
Ana
Customer Experience Team Leader
Ashley
Office and Experience Manager
HiBob Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Affordable Benefits — Employer-paid employee-only medical/dental/vision and $0-cost medical plan options indicate low out-of-pocket healthcare for core coverage, with EAP/mental-health support also available. Built-in flexibility through FSA/HSA further supports affordability across different plan choices.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting strengthens retirement readiness from the start. Equity grants at hire complement long-term financial security.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO in the ~18–20 day range, two volunteer days, a birthday day off, company holidays, and quarterly Bob Balance Days provide multiple avenues for rest and recharge. The company-wide nature of Balance Days helps employees disconnect without returning to a backlog.
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The Company
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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HiBob Offices
Hybrid Workspace
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.
Typical time on-site:
2 days a week
