Lead Backend Engineer

At HSP Group, we're pioneering a new niche within the fast-growing industry of global expansion management. As a Stage B startup, we focus on delivering value through relentless innovation, execution, and customer delight. As part of a small but highly experienced and dynamic team, you will play a critical role in our company's success.

Gateway HR is our HRIS platform designed specifically for global expansion management. It offers deep integration with Gateway GXM — our flagship global entity management platform — enabling capabilities like automatic payslip generation, intelligent contract management, and seamless cross-border compliance.

Our platform ecosystem already includes AI-powered document recognition and classification in production, event-driven serverless architecture on Azure, and a growing suite of integrated tools spanning HR, entity management, and compliance.

We're looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to own the technical direction of Gateway HR and drive its deep integration with GXM. You'll combine hands-on platform development with technical leadership of external development teams — evolving the architecture, building innovative features, and representing HSP's engineering standards across the codebase.

This is not a pure management role. You'll be writing code, reviewing PRs, challenging architectural decisions, and shipping features — while also setting the bar for quality and engineering practices.

You'll join a small, distributed engineering organization. Day-to-day, you'll work closely with the GXM backend team, an external development partner, and the product team. You report to the Director of Engineering. 

• →Background in HR technology, payroll platforms, or global workforce management —understanding multi-country employment, compliance, and employee lifecycle challenges
• →Cerbos or similar policy-based authorization engines
• →WorkOS or similar identity/authentication platforms
• →Novu or similar notification infrastructure
• →Python for AI/ML integration, data analytics, or workflow scripting
• →Terragrunt for advanced IaC patterns
• →System migration and refactoring experience — evolving legacy systems while maintaining uptime
• →Multi-tenant SaaS architecture and global scalability patterns