Job description
What is Leapsome?
Leapsome is the all-in-one platform for People Enablement. We combine tools for goals & OKR management, performance reviews and 360s, employee engagement surveys, continuous feedback, team and 1:1 meetings, and fair compensation and promotion management into an easy-to-use, customizable platform.
At Leapsome, we want work to be the best it can be for everyone. That’s why we help companies create environments where people can achieve goals, learn and grow together, and build authentic relationships — our purpose is to make work fulfilling for everyone!
CEOs and HR/People Operations teams in international, forward-thinking companies like Spotify, monday.com, Unity, Workato, Bolt, and Northvolt choose Leapsome to drive employee development, productivity, and engagement. Forbes magazine listed Leapsome as one of the 100 most innovative startups in Germany and G2 as the #2 Software Company in Germany.
After successfully bootstrapping to more than 1,500 customers, Leapsome raised US$60 million in Series A Funding led by Insight Partners in March 2022. The funding allows us to further invest in developing our intelligent people enablement platform, create an even stronger employee experience, and expand in the US market - which we did in November 2022. It is a very exciting time to join Leapsome!
Your Opportunity
We’re looking for new team members who are passionate about shaping the future of work and want to expand, scale, and optimize our product offerings as part of a small yet highly effective engineering team. You’ll join a group of experienced software engineers who have worked on several small- and large-scale applications before choosing Leapsome as their favorite next work environment and product. From day one, you’ll have a direct and significant impact on product and architecture decisions to shape and support us in steering our growth.
You will:
Build user interfaces using JavaScript, VueJS, and TailwindCSS
Design, maintain and implement REST APIs for internal and external requirements
Optimize our infrastructure landscape on AWS
Collaborate with other senior engineers to refine our long-term technical vision and drive architectural changes as well as infrastructure
Review and test the work of your peers throughout all stages of the development cycle
Be a sparring partner for product that gets involved and provides feedback and advice very early in the feature evaluation and planning phase
Monitor the health of our services and deep dive into topics that appear to negatively impact our user experience
Mentor team members to support bringing out their best work
What is the Technology Stack?
Node.js for our backend REST APIs
MongoDB as NoSQL database
AWS for our infrastructure
Vue.js & Tailwind for our main single-page applications
Cypress, Jest, and Mocha for test automation
Travis for CI/CD
Git as a version control system with GitHub
You’ll be a good fit if you:
Have a strong software engineering background which allows you to write simple and maintainable code while following best practices for software architecture, design and security. Successful applicants usually come with more than 5 years of web development experience. (Full disclosure: This is a rough approximation - we know how hard it is to measure development experience.)
Enjoy being part of early feature ideation and taking end-to-end ownership of features from concept to production release instead of implementing pre-defined tasks and designs with little to no room for adjustments.
Love working on both the front- and back-end as well as anything else it takes to tackle challenges we might face as a rapidly growing tech company.
Like to work with a diverse group of people with different backgrounds and expertise.
Are passionate about the future of work and continuous learning at work, and you want to join us in building an exceptional team and company to have a real impact in this space.
Benefits at Leapsome
Impact: 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
Teammates: Join a diverse and international team of talented, smart, and kind people
Feedback and recognition: We value feedback exchange and celebrating successes — big and small
Hybrid model: Enjoy our hybrid model by working from home or in our offices in the heart of Berlin, Germany
Flexible work: Experience a work-life balance with flexible hours and the option of working elsewhere for up to 2 months per year
Learning and Development: Develop your skills with a yearly development budget of €2,000 and access to Good Habitz platform
Vacation: Take 30 vacation days every year plus public holidays (or upgrade to 40 vacation days at adjusted pay) & benefit from a month-long paid sabbatical after 5 years with Leapsome
Health & Wellness: Stay active and healthy with a free Urban Sports Club membership and Oliva subscription
Mental health: Access to 1:1 therapy sessions via our mental health partner, plus company workshops and learning pathways on topics like mindfulness and digital wellness
Work-from-home stipend: Receive a one-time work-from-home stipend of €1,000
Monthly team activities: Have fun at monthly team activities like kayaking, laser tag, and game nights
Competitive pay and pre-IPO equity package
Leapsome’s values
We stay true to our values in everything we do at Leapsome.
Seek impact — What brought us together is the desire to make work fulfilling for everyone. We’re like-minded in that we seek out and hold ourselves accountable for the impact we want to have in this world.
Listen & learn — We thoroughly and genuinely seek understanding. It helps us to constantly grow together and learn from each other as well as from our customers and partners.
Challenge the status quo— We regularly challenge ourselves. We don’t walk the beaten path just because everyone else does. Instead, we reflect and seek out better ways.
Take ownership & pursue excellence — We’re a group of smart and dedicated people, and we trust each other to truly own our work. We’re not afraid of high expectations as we strive for excellence.
Be honest & transparent — We’re honest and transparent with each other and ourselves. We want to get to the core of it, always. We trust each other to handle all shared information with care.
Be kind & humble— We are more than just colleagues — we genuinely care for each other. We give each team member the appreciation they deserve and the support they need. We have no interest in serving our own ego.
Excited to be part of Leapsome? 😊
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!
You can find more about what our colleagues think about working at Leapsome here 👉 ✨✨✨ Glassdoor ✨✨✨ Kununu✨✨✨
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every qualification. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Help us make work fulfilling for everyone!
At Leapsome, we want work to be the best it can be for everyone. We help companies create environments where people can achieve shared goals, build authentic relationships, learn, and grow together.
Put simply; our purpose is to make work fulfilling for everyone. And we know how to get there. But we can only do this by “walking our talk” and building a diverse and inclusive company where people — not just the business — thrive.
Apply now 👇 or keep scrolling to read more about what makes Leapsome a unique workplace!
