About the role

This role owns a meaningful part of the platform core: the services behind the organisation model and the configurable workflow engine that every module builds on.

Most HR platforms ship one fixed hierarchy and expect customers to reorganise around it. Bhivo models each organisation as it already works — divisions, sites, cost centres, reporting lines — as data, and runs every capability on that model. Approval logic is data too, which is how approval flows differ per customer without forking the product.

This role owns a meaningful part of that core. You will design and build the services behind the organisation model and the workflow engine, and the module teams — attendance, leave, payroll, performance — build on what you ship. When a regional head can see their own region without being made an admin, that is your work.

What you will do

Design and build backend services for the organisation model and configurable workflow engine

Own data-model decisions that let structure and approval logic vary per customer without code changes

Build the extension points partner and services teams use, and keep them stable across releases

Work with the payroll team on correctness-critical calculation and statutory filing pipelines

Review designs and code across module teams; raise the bar on testing and observability

Be on a light on-call rotation for the services you own

What we are looking for

5–8 years building backend systems in production, with real ownership of at least one

Strong relational data modelling; you have designed schemas that had to change without breaking consumers

Experience with multi-tenant SaaS, including tenant isolation and role-based access

Comfort with correctness-critical code — financial, payroll or similar — and the testing discipline it needs

Clear written communication; most design decisions here are made in documents first

Based in or willing to relocate to the Delhi NCR region

Nice to have

Workflow or rules-engine experience

Exposure to Indian statutory payroll (PF, ESIC, TDS, professional tax)

Experience building public APIs or extension points used by third parties

How we hire

Every application is read by a person; you hear back within ten working days either way. Then a 30-minute conversation with the hiring manager, a practical exercise close to the actual job (paid if it runs over two hours), and a final conversation with the team you would join. We make an offer within a week of that.

Compensation and benefits

Compensation is shared in the first conversation and we do not ask for your current salary. Health cover extends to family, there is a learning budget, and performance is run on quarterly check-ins rather than an annual review, in Bhivo, because we run on our own product.

Bhivo is an equal-opportunity employer. We hire on ability and care for the work, and we are glad to make reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process. Just tell us what would help.

Senior Backend Engineer