Who are Benefex?
We are a fast-moving technology company, and one of the most successful providers of online reward and benefits solutions in the UK. We believe no one comes to work to do a bad job or be actively disengaged, and that technology is instrumental in providing an exceptional employee experience. We are striving to create seamless but tangible interactions between employers and employees, making work a rewarding place for every single one of us. To help us on our quest to be the best, we need brilliant people on board and that’s where you come in.

Why should you apply?

• Impact: work on a product suite used by millions of people that improves employee experience and wellbeing
• Scale: a big focus of our engineering teams is building features and services to support our customers globally
• Autonomy: have an input into the product roadmap and technically lead features/services
• Top 10 Employer, Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards
• Work for a profitable, fast-growing market leader in the online reward and benefits space

**Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship and require to people to be based in the UK, Germany or Ireland for this position**

Great benefits:
£70,000-85,000 / €80,000-100,000
Tech setup of your choice (Mac Book Pro or equivalent, monitors, etc.)
£/€800 annual learning budget, plus two hours per week as ‘Focus Fridays’.
Flexible work – choose a working setup that works for you, our only ask is to see you once a quarter in our UK HQ and you need to be based in UK, Ireland, Germany or the Netherlands
✈️ 25 days holiday plus your local bank holidays
Your birthday off
❤️ Two half day wellbeing days
Healthcare cash plan to cover the costs of day to day healthcare
Employee Assistance Plan 24/7 365 support
Income Protection (75%) and life assurance (4x salary)
Pension scheme
£50 monthly allowance to spend on whatever takes your fancy, your very own Benefex card will be topped up at the start of each month!

Role Overview
Our Product Engineering department is in an exciting phase of growth, and we are actively seeking Senior Backend Engineers who specialise in Java and Spring Boot.


In this role, you will focus exclusively on developing new features and innovations for our One Hub products, addressing unique challenges in the employee experience domain.
You'll be part of a team that follows the "Shape-Up" methodology, a development process pioneered by Basecamp. This approach involves building projects in focused cycles, allowing for more creativity and effective problem-solving.
You will collaborate closely with our Principal Backend Engineer to architect optimal solutions and strategies for our One Hub products. Your primary responsibility will be working with Java and Spring Boot to build REST API's within a cloud-based environment equipped with CI/CD pipelines.
You will have the autonomy and responsibility to uphold code quality, security, performance, and maintainability, adhering to development principles and best practices.
We have a diverse team of engineers from various backgrounds. If you're passionate about learning and growing in a dynamic environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Stack: Java, Spring Boot, REST API's, Mongo DB, Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP.

Responsibilities

• Working with a small unit of a Product Manager and Engineers in the squad to understand priorities and requirements to deliver within the sprints
• Hands-on collaboration within the squad to analyse, refine, design and deliver new Product features
• Working with the wider Backend Chapter and Principal Backend Engineer to architect the best solutions and strategy for the One Hub products
• Autonomy to evolve the current standards and increase the documentation across the Backend Chapter
• Using backend technologies including but not exclusively, Spring boot, Kubernetes, Java, Mongo DB
• Architecting and building REST APIs on a distributed cloud solution

What are we looking for?

• "Senior" level engineer, both in technical output (leading more complex features/services, technical decision making) and impact on the wider team (mentoring, knowledge sharing, raising standards)
• Passion for engineering and continuous learning
• A pragmatic approach, someone with the ability to understand the big picture (business, product and tech), factor in all considerations and choose the best way forward
• A mindset of taking ownership, identifying and solving problems, able to navigate complex challenges.
• Proven experience creating Java Spring Boot based services in a service-based architecture
• Experience working on cloud architecture and software built on REST API’s with the ability to implement high quality code and deliver on time
• Experience working within a fast-paced agile environment with the focus of reducing WIP and getting stories to “Done”
• Good understanding of event-driven architecture (EDA) and programming principles
• Experience with No SQL databases such as Mongo DB Atlas

Bonus points for:

• Circle CI or similar CI/CD tools
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Okta
• Monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus and Grafana
• Knowledge of containerisation and Kubernetes
• Open source collaboration

Even if you don't meet all of the requirements for this role, we encourage you to apply! We are looking for talented and passionate individuals who are eager to learn and grow. We also offer a variety of other roles, so please check out our careers page to see if there is something else that might be a good fit for you.

Our interview process
Benefex understand the need to have a fast and efficient process, the below will all be completed in the shortest time possible.
Initial informal call with the Talent team

• Interview with our Engineering Director - engineering approach, ways of working - 30-45 min.

Technical Task - 3 hour limit.


Technical interview with the Principal Backend Engineer and Senior Backend Engineer - 45 min.
Final Interview with our VP of Engineering - alignment with our values - 30-45 min

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and respected. We believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to our success, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.