Senior HR Business Partner

The role

You will be the HR partner for R&D leaders and the international employment expert for the UK, EOR countries, and APAC. You will help build the UK employment infrastructure and manage EOR relationships.

What you will do

• Partner with R&D leaders on performance, org design, employee relations, and people strategy
• Advise on international ER and org changes under local law
• Help build UK employment infrastructure including contracts, probation, and policies
• Manage EOR relationships with Deel and Rippling
• Plan the path from EOR to direct employment in key markets
• Track regulatory changes in the UK and active EOR countries
• Own performance, compensation cycles, promotions, and leveling for the pod
• Build repeatable country playbooks
• Keep international employee data accurate in Rippling and Deel

Required qualifications

• Located in the Austin metro area or Eastern time zone
• 5+ years of HRBP experience, including employee relations
• Meaningful UK and/or international exposure
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law
• Familiarity with EOR models and their limitations
• Hands-on experience with Rippling and/or Deel
• Comfort working independently across time zones
• Early UK-hours overlap

Nice to have

• SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or equivalent hands-on HR experience
• Experience supporting a company through a legal entity launch
• Exposure to APAC or EMEA employment law beyond the UK
• Experience partnering with engineering or R&D teams in a high-growth SaaS company

About the company

Coder is a platform for AI development Infrastructure that enables enterprises to securely run human and AI-driven development workflows. The company is growing from about 220 to 500 people by the end of 2027.