HiPeople

Frontend Engineer at HiPeople (Berlin, Germany)

HiPeople· Berlin, Germany·

Role details

Work type
Hybrid
Employment
Full-Time

Job description

HiPeople is on a mission to equip recruiting and people teams with AI-powered screening products — talent insights for fast, unbiased, and easy hiring decisions.

HiPeople Resume Screens | HiPeople Assessments | HiPeople Reference Checks

We work with some of the world's leading brands, including the NFL, Kickstarter, Zapier and Rolling Stone Magazine.

We’re backed by leading investors and angels such as: 🌗🔥 Moonfire founder Mattias Ljungman 🧢 Capnamic 🍒 Cherry Ventures 🔷 🔵 LeanIX (an SAP company) founder André Christ

We’re a small team of 5. We solve problems when we see them and leave code in better shape than when we started. As an Engineer, you’re not afraid of ownership; you take on projects with little guidance, make well-informed decisions and drive best-in-class development within the product and for our users.

Role:

  • Build using: React, TypeScript & Redux
  • Collaborate closely with product & design, and work with founders
  • Estimate, plan and execute. FYI, we are adding 2 new products to the platform over the next 12 months!
  • Ship multiple times a day, in 1-week sprints —> Managed in Linear
  • CI-driven, we push for cycle time, PRs merged / week & planning accuracy
  • Bar raise the code base, standards and quality with your architectural designs and hands-on tactics
  • Together with the team, extend our automated e2e test suite with Playwright

Sounds like you?

  • Ideally, but not mandatory, you will be Berlin-based and want to take advantage of the social and productive aspects of coming to our Maschinenraum office (e.g. collaborating with design & founders in person)
  • 2+ years of professional frontend experience
  • You enjoy live collaboration with your team, e.g. paired programming & huddles
  • Translate ideas into end-to-end delightful experiences
  • Engage with other teams to create impactful ways of quickly solving problems
  • Break down tricky topics in writing and person
  • Growth mindset, e.g. learns and educates the team on new tech to help advance the product
  • You will help to build a company-inclusive culture and understand that keeping comms constructive keeps the team productive

The process: What happens after you apply?

  • Step 1: Assessment
  • Step 2: Initial call
  • Step 3: Interview with hiring manager
  • Step 4: Technical & Team interview
  • Step 5: 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.

Why work at HiPeople

  • Culture: “Ambitious hiring teams” – small, agile team (13–16 employees) with a high-impact mission; backed by top European VCs
  • Work environment: Hybrid/remote-friendly – offices in Berlin (HQ) and New York; distributed team across Germany, Brazil, US, and Hong Kong
  • Engineering culture: Tech stack includes React, TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, OpenAI, Redis, Docker; emphasis on AI/ML and product engineering
  • Growth: Opportunity to shape the product early-stage; recent case studies and product releases signal strong traction
  • Perks: Not explicitly listed, but modern HR tech stack (HubSpot, Zapier, etc.) and a focus on recruiter efficiency suggest a data-driven, flexible workplace

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