
Software Engineer - Go at HiPeople (Berlin, Germany)
HiPeople· Berlin, Germany·
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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: Go
- Collaborate closely with product, CS and Sales and report directly to a founder
- 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