Tech Systems Lead

Messy spend management is tricky business. And tedious processes are a lose-lose situation for all involved, not just finance. At Pleo, we're changing that. We build spend solutions that make managing money seamless, empowering, and surprisingly effective for finance teams and employees alike—with a vision to help all businesses ‘go beyond’.

The word ‘Pleo’ actually means ‘more than you’d expect’, and living by that mantra has been the secret to our success over the last 10 years.

Now, we’re at a pivotal moment in our journey; every move we make has a direct impact on our 40,000+ customers, our business, and our collective success. We need people who take pride in uncovering customer needs, who turn complex problems into simple solutions, challenge the way things are done (respectfully), and always aim high. With great ambitions driving us forward, we can’t say we’ve got this whole thing figured out.

And frankly, that’s half the fun! What we can say is that we’re a driven, progressive, and, importantly, a kind bunch of 850+ people from over 100 nationalities, all committed to delivering the future of business spending, together.

As People Tech Systems Lead, you will be the technical and strategic backbone of our People Technology landscape, with a strong focus on enabling the business through well aligned, scalable and reliable People systems. You’ll ensure our People Tech stack supports Pleo’s growth, operating model and employee experience, translating business needs into thoughtful technical solutions. You’ll elevate how our systems work together, provide technical guidance and leadership within the People Tech space, and help us deliver a world class HRIS environment as we mature our recent HiBob implementation and the broader People systems ecosystem.

This role blends hands-on engineering, architectural ownership, and leadership influence. You will help shape the long term direction for People Tech, challenge and guide fellow engineers, and partner with People Operations, Talent Acquisition, Payroll and L&D to design scalable and human centred processes.

If you love solving complex problems in human systems, enjoy designing future-proof architectures, and want to ensure technology genuinely supports how a business operates and grows, this role is for you.

As a People Tech Systems Lead, you will:

• Define the technical roadmap and architecture for our People SaaS ecosystem including HiBob, Green House, Zinc, Contractbook and supporting tools, setting integration standards and assessing new platforms
• Partner with People Operations, Talent Acquisition, Payroll and L&D as a trusted advisor to improve processes, clarify ownership and strengthen operational maturity, balancing technical feasibility with business needs
• Build and maintain integrations using APIs, webhooks, scheduled jobs and lightweight code to ensure accurate, secure and reliable data flows
• Drive automation to improve lifecycle processes including onboarding, offboarding, promotions, compensation changes and organisational moves
• Perform hands-on configuration, system administration and low-code/no-code tooling work to implement improvements directly
• Establish documentation standards, playbooks and system patterns that support consistency, knowledge sharing and high quality decision making
• Lead improvement initiatives that enhance data quality, system reliability, process scalability and the overall People Tech experience
• Troubleshoot incidents and complex technical issues across our People systems and integrations, ensuring timely resolution and clear communication
• Own data governance across People systems, ensuring GDPR compliance and secure data transport between platforms

What you bring

You’ll thrive in this role if you have:

• 5+ years of experience in People Tech / HRIS engineering, system administration, or technical HRIS roles
• Strong understanding of HRIS architecture, system integrations and API-based automation
• Experience managing and optimising People systems such as HiBob, Ashby, Workday, Greenhouse or similar tools
• Proven ability to reason about processes at both a high level and a detailed technical…