We are looking for a hands-on Backend Developer to join our partner – HiBob, a deep tech company building a modern, cloud-native HR platform used by over 1 million people worldwide.
HiBob is a developers dream – no legacy systems, just a cutting-edge stack with Kotlin, event-driven architecture, CI/CD, and automated testing. The team deploys multiple times per day and stay ahead with the latest tools and best practices. The UI is sleek, modern, and intuitive, making both the developer and user experience top-notch.
If you love high-performance, scalable systems and working in a fast-moving, innovation-driven team, you’ll love it here.
Requirements
- 8+ years of backend development experience (Java, C#, Python, Golang)
- Solid experience with functional programming & microservices
- Experience with AWS or an equivalent cloud platform.
- Well-versed with git-flow – you’re a git power user.
- Good understanding of SQL, NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, RESTful APIs
- Strong problem-solving skills and an ownership mentality – you like to see things through.
- Excellent communication and mentorship skills
Will be a plus
- Backend development experience in Kotlin
- Hands-on experience working with 3rd-party APIs, async processing, error handling, retries, and unexpected behaviors.
- Experience with event-driven design and resilient systems.
- Experience designing for fault tolerance, scalability, and self-healing systems.
- A knack for AI-enhanced vibe engineering – leveraging tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, or custom scripts to boost productivity, automate routine tasks, and bring some creative energy into your workflow.
Responsibilities
As a Backend Engineer, you’ll be key in developing resilient and scalable payroll integrations. This means:
- Owning the entire development cycle from technical design to coding, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
- Handling third-party APIs that can be unpredictable designing integrations for flexibility and reliability.
- Working in an async-heavy environment with event-driven workflows, background jobs, and failure recovery mechanisms.
- Collaborating with product, frontend, and external partners to ensure a smooth customer experience.
- Continuously improving performance, observability, and system reliability.
What we offer
- Competitive salary (CIM/PFA/SRL) with regular reviews
- Hybrid work model (1 day/week in the Cluj office) with flexible working hours
- 4 paid wellness days per year – one each quarter
- Awesome referral program – earn 1,000 – 2,500 per successful referral
- Work with cutting-edge tech in a team that values growth and impact
About the project
HiBob was founded to modernize HR tech. Fast-growing companies across the globe such as Monzo, Gong, Happy Socks, and Monday rely on HiBob to empower HR and managers to engage, develop, and retain top talent while providing employees with a beautiful way to connect. This intuitive and data-driven platform was built for how people work today: globally, remotely, and collaboratively.
Since its launch in late 2015, HiBob has achieved consecutive triple-digit year-over-year growth and become the HRIS of choice for more than 1,500 modern and global companies and over 200K employees who understand that a powerful, agile HR tech suite is critical for organizational success.
- Disruptive SaaS Organization
- Series C funded $274 M
- Offices in New York, London, Tel Aviv, Amsterdam, and Australia
