People Business Partner - Tech

The role

This person will support Engineering and Product teams as a People Business Partner. You will partner with leaders to build effective teams, develop technical talent, and manage organizational design and performance cycles.

What you will do

• Be a trusted thought partner to Engineering and Product leaders and managers
• Lead organizational design efforts to ensure teams are structured to scale
• Partner with leaders to identify talent gaps and plan for future team needs
• Partner with People Operations and Legal to ensure People practices remain compliant
• Own performance management cycles end to end
• Support clear career paths and consistent leveling for Engineering and Product roles
• Use People data to guide decisions about team effectiveness, engagement, and retention
• Be a point of contact for employee relations matters
• Coach managers through performance concerns, difficult conversations, and team conflicts
• Own learning and development initiatives for Engineering and Product

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in People roles
• 4+ years as a People Business Partner
• Experience supporting Engineering and Product leaders in scale-up or high-growth SaaS environments
• An understanding of how technical teams operate, including engineering and product collaboration, technical career paths, and leveling
• Familiarity with international employment laws and compliance
• A track record of working with globally distributed teams across cultures and time zones
• Hands-on experience across organizational design, performance management, employee relations, and compensation
• The ability to build credibility with technical leaders and translate business priorities into practical People solutions
• The ability to be empathetic without avoiding difficult conversations

Benefits

• Generous compensation in cash and equity
• Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested
• Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture
• Flexible paid time off and Year-end break
• Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - US and Canada specific
• 4% matching in 401k / RRSP - US and Canada specific
• MacBook Pro delivered to your door
• One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc.
• Monthly meal stipend
• Monthly social meet-up stipend
• Annual health and wellness stipend
• Annual Learning stipend

About the company

Sardine is the leading agentic risk platform for fighting financial crime. Their integrated solution unifies data across risk teams to help organizations stop fraud in real time, prevent AI-driven attacks, and automate fraud and AML operations.