Senior People Operations & Automation Engineer (all genders)
Lucanet Group
| Company | Lucanet Group |
| Category | Engineering |
| Location | Germany |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Senior |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 4 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (greenhouse) |
Description
About us Lucanet is the CFO Solution Platform built for modern finance & tax teams, offering an integrated suite of solutions to simplify and automate their most critical finance processes. More than 6,000 companies around the world rely on our easy-to-use, out-of-the-box SaaS platform - from consolidation and financial planning to tax compliance and reporting, ESG reporting, banking and cash management, and more. PE-backed and growing our footprint across global markets.
Behind the platform is a global team of 850+ people who care about doing the work well. We challenge each other to push boundaries, move fast without cutting corners, and build solutions that genuinely change how finance & tax leaders operate. If you're looking for a place where your work has real reach - and where your growth is part of the deal - this is it.
Discover more about Lucanet as an employer.
The Role
Joining Lucanet's People & Organisation team as a People Operations and Automation Engineer - this role will be crucial in accelerating our department's journey towards an AI-enabled target operating model. The role will focus on delivering an ambitious roadmap spanning multiple workstreams, with the mission of reducing manual transactional tasks, allowing our team to focus on high-impact activities that deliver real value for our internal customers. The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in People Operations (and/or other HR functions) paired with a proven track record of automating complex processes and building HR tools with AI. This role sits perfectly at the intersection of HR and AI technical skills, requiring hands-on proficiency with tools like Claude, OpenAI, MS Copilot, n8n and others.
What you'll do
Provide hands-on expertise in People Operations processes combined with advanced proficiency in AI and automation tools (Claude, Copilot, n8n, and similar), integrating these for workflow optimisation and innovation across the employee lifecycle
Full mastery of end-to-end people processes, from onboarding to offboarding, performance management, and data governance, with the judgement to identify and prioritise the highest-value automation opportunities
Drive the automation roadmap for People Operations delivering an ambitious programme spanning multiple workstreams with department-wide implications
Create measurable improvements in internal stakeholder and candidate experience through optimised, AI-enabled processes
Act as the bridge between People Operations and IT, managing complex technical stakeholder relationships to scope and integrate automation solutions
Partners with the leadership team to shape the automation roadmap
Take on team coordination and project delivery responsibilities,
What you bring to the table
Significant experience working in People Operations with direct, hands-on ownership of operational processes or project delivery
Track record of leading cross-functional projects independently, end to end
Experience using key people systems, such as HRIS and ATS platforms, to automate core people operations processes. Prior working experience with HiBob and Greenhouse is a plus.
Comfortable managing and prioritising incoming requests through a structured ticketing workflow (e.g. Jira)
Demonstrates ability to build AI tools or agents, with clear evidence of embedding AI into key workflows and processes
Able to independently design, build, and test production-grade automations without engineering support (e.g. using tools such as n8n or Power Automate)
Understands how systems exchange data well enough to connect them and troubleshoot integrations
Able to spot a recurring pain point and turn it into a tool or automation that gets genuinely adopted
Clear and precise written and spoken English; additional European languages are an advantage
Benefits and Perks
LucaFlex – Flexible working model