Meridian HR
An internal HR platform covering onboarding, time-off, and performance reviews for a 450-person company that had outgrown spreadsheets and email approvals.
Industry
Human Resources
Timeline
13 weeks
Team
2 engineers, 1 designer
Category
Enterprise Application
Where things stood
Meridian ran onboarding checklists, time-off requests, and performance reviews across a shared spreadsheet and email threads, so approvals routinely got lost and HR couldn't answer a basic headcount question without manually compiling it.
How we got there
Structured onboarding workflows
Replaced the onboarding spreadsheet with role-based checklists that automatically assign tasks to IT, facilities, and the new hire's manager.
Time-off and approval routing
Built time-off requests that route to the correct approver automatically based on team structure, with balances calculated instead of tracked by hand.
Performance review cycles
Built structured review cycles with manager and self-assessment forms, replacing a process that used to run entirely over email threads.
What changed
450
Employees on the platform at launch
~80%
Reduction in onboarding tasks missed or delayed
Days → minutes
Time to pull a headcount or approval-status report
Tech stack
Next.js
Runs the employee and manager-facing HR portal.
TypeScript
Kept approval-routing logic consistent as org structure changed.
PostgreSQL
Stores employee records, approvals, and review cycles.
AWS
Hosts the platform within Meridian's existing security requirements.
SAML SSO
Ties access to each employee's existing corporate identity.
SendGrid
Sends approval and review-cycle notifications outside the app.
