Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, Leapsome
+ Pre-IPO equity package
More information about location
Performance management platform
Open for applications
Performance management platform
101-200 employees
Open for applications
+ Pre-IPO equity package
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make work more fulfilling for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Share our belief that engineering is a product-focused discipline, and you’re passionate about solving user problems with impactful solutions
- Thrive in a dynamic, agile environment where priorities can shift, and enjoy collaborating across teams and domains
- Have 5+ years of experience as a full-stack engineer, working on scalable and secure applications
- Are proficient with modern web frameworks (e.g., Vue.js, React) and backend technologies (Node.js, MongoDB)
- Have experience with design systems and building user-friendly, modular components
- Have hands-on experience experimenting with AI/LLMs and stay current with the latest developments in AI tooling, models, and best practices
- Value pragmatic excellence, striking a balance between high standards and efficient delivery
- Enjoy mentoring teammates, fostering a collaborative, supportive engineering culture
- Can contribute to discussions on architecture and strategy while excelling in hands-on development
What the job involves
- Join a small yet impactful engineering team that’s reshaping the future of work
- At Leapsome, we empower product engineers to take ownership of their work, contributing to the full lifecycle of our features, from ideation and discovery to development and iteration
- Collaboration is at the core of how we operate: you’ll work closely with product and design teams, combining vision and technical insight to create innovative, scalable, and secure solutions that delight our users
- We emphasize delivering exceptional user experiences and solving real-world problems through thoughtful design, robust engineering, and an iterative, data-driven approach
- As part of an agile and ambitious team, you’ll play a key role in shaping product and architecture decisions, creating features that truly make an impact
- Your primary focus will be on People Enablement modules, such as performance management, learning, and engagement
- A core part of your role will be developing features powered by AI capabilities, building AI-powered features that unlock new ways of working and understanding one another, with more authenticity and less effort
- You'll design tools that empower employees and managers to collaborate and grow, contributing to features that emphasize usability, accessibility, and innovation
- You'll also have opportunities to contribute to other strategic initiatives, including HRIS and broader platform enhancements
- Design and develop impactful features for the People Enablement suite, including performance management, learning, and engagement tools
- Collaborate closely with product and design teams to deliver user-centric solutions, participating actively in product discovery and grooming sessions
- Develop AI-driven solutions for user problems, experiment with cutting-edge AI technologies, and develop foundational tooling (incl. agents, tools, evals, tests) to enhance AI-driven features
- Build and maintain reusable, scalable frontend and backend components using our modern tech stack (Vue.js, Node.js, MongoDB)
- Ensure high-quality releases by contributing to robust testing, monitoring, and code review processes
- Analyze data and user feedback to refine features iteratively and deliver meaningful product improvements
- Contribute to cross-domain projects, such as smarter platform initiatives or HRIS, when strategic priorities align
- Provide mentorship and guidance to teammates, helping the team grow in technical and product expertise
- Frontend: Vue.js, TailwindCSS, and a modern design system for a consistent, intuitive user experience
- Backend: Node.js (TypeScript) with Express, MongoDB and NATS, built for scalability and modularity
- AI/LLMs: Integration of state-of-the-art AI technologies, OpenAI and LangChain/LangGraph/LangSmith, to create smarter workflows and enhance functionality; using AI tools such as Cursor, CodeRabbit, Deep Research to accelerate learning, automate repetitive tasks, and rapidly prototype and iterate on solutions
- Infrastructure: Docker and AWS, ensuring robust CI/CD pipelines and scalable infrastructure
- Testing: Automated testing using Playwright, Vitest, Mocha/Chai, and other tools to maintain high-quality, reliable codebases
- Analytics: Mixpanel, Sentry, Datadog and custom solutions for data-driven development and monitoring
- Collaboration: GitHub, Notion, and async communication tools for transparent teamwork
Application process
- Just send us your CV. You won't need to input any information already mentioned on your CV later on - promise! 🤙
- A cover letter isn’t necessary, but we’d really appreciate a brief answer to these questions: Why Leapsome? Why you?
- We look forward to getting to know you!
Our take
Berlin-founded, New York-based Leapsome is a ‘people enablement’ platform that works to improve employee performance and satisfaction through various methods from feedback and OKRs to employee engagement and corporate learning options.
Recognising the amount of time a person will spend in a work environment, the company aims to help employees grow and develop in this time, whilst boosting a company’s efficiency and productivity. Over a relatively short time, it has amounted trust and respect within the industry.
The company has now accrued over one thousand customers across Europe, U.S, Asia and Australia, including impressive clients such as Spotify and Merecedes-Benz. Leapsome has also raised considerable funding towards accelerating its US market presence whilst continuing to develop new products and features.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
87% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Mar 2022
$60m
SERIES A
Total funding: $60m
Company benefits
- Become part of a fast-growing scale-up taking over the People Performance & Enablement space by making work fulfilling for more than two million people by 2025
- Join a diverse and international team of talented, smart, and kind people
- We value feedback exchange and celebrating successes — big and small
- Enjoy our hybrid model by working from home or in our offices in the heart of Berlin, Germany
- Develop your skills with a yearly development budget of €2,000
- Experience a healthy work-life balance with flexible work hours and the option of working abroad for up to 2 months per year
- Have fun at monthly team activities like kayaking, laser tag, and game nights
- Stay active and healthy with a free Urban Sports Club membership
- Take 30 vacation days every year (plus public holidays)
- Receive competitive pay and a pre-IPO equity package
- Get support and sponsorship for relocation (if needed)
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Leadership
Jenny von Podewils
(Co-CEO)Previously co-founded udexter and has served as Advisor to the CEO for DIE ZEIT.
Kajetan von Armansperg
(Co-CEO)Previously co-founded Alive and served as Vice President of Product for Zencap.
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