About the role
Our Mission
We're not your average benefits platform; we're the unordinary force that uplifts people's lives. Our technology is the link that connects the entire benefits ecosystem, creating better outcomes for employers, employees, brokers, and providers.
Our mission is clear: we're here to create a world where everything operates at its very best, ensuring that every employee receives the support they need to live life to the fullest, both at work and beyond.
Your Mission
As a backend leaning
Full-stack Engineer
at Ben, you’ll help build and scale the features that power our platform from benefits browsing and payments to provider integrations and smart admin tooling.
You’ll take features from idea to production: understanding the problem, scoping solutions, building, shipping, and making sure what you deliver truly solves the need. You won’t just be handed tickets, you'll contribute to shaping
why
we build things,
how
we build them, and
what
the future of our product looks like.
You’ll collaborate across product, design, and engineering to make decisions that matter: data models, integration patterns, API design, scalability choices, and how we support a system used by hundreds of thousands of people. At Ben, everything is connected so what you build helps power payroll workflows, provider integrations, notifications, and everything in between.
And you’ll do all this as part of a fun, fast-moving startup, spending
2 days a week with the team in our Barbican office
.
Things you will be working on…
Build and ship backend-leaning fullstack features across the product (APIs, services, integrations, and React frontend)
Are pragmatic and can balance shipping fast with thoughtful engineering
Work closely with product managers to understand context and shape solutions early
Collaborate with designers to create polished, intuitive experiences
Contribute to technical discovery, architecture thinking, and implementation planning
Ask product and UX questions when something doesn't quite add up
Design with scale, reliability, and enterprise readiness in mind (security, compliance, flexibility)
Own your work from idea to production and care about the impact once it’s live
Help improve developer experience, tooling, and internal standards
Ensure security best practices (OWASP, AWS Well-Architected, etc.) are embedded in how we ship software
You will thrive in this role if you…
Have strong experience building modern web apps, especially backend systems
Are comfortable in Python and TypeScript (or excited to learn quickly)
Care about solving real user problems, not just closing tasks
Enjoy collaborating directly with PMs and designers without needing perfect specs
Like figuring out the
how
with autonomy and the
why
with curiosity
Know what it means to build for enterprise scale
Are pragmatic able to balance scrappy shipping with thoughtful engineering
Communicate clearly and enjoy working with friendly, ambitious people
Nice-to-haves, but not deal-breakers:
Experience with financial platforms, HR tech, or B2B SaaS
Experience building reliable workflows with tools like Temporal
You will
not
love this role if you…
Prefer a slow or highly predictable pace we move quickly and value action
Feel uncomfortable owning projects end-to-end and being accountable for outcomes
Prefer maintaining the status quo we challenge assumptions and improve constantly
Want a heavily structured environment we’re still building processes as we grow
Struggle with ambiguity or prefer prescriptive direction you’ll get context, but you’ll need to figure things out
Wait for others to take initiative this is a proactive, high-performance team
Not sure if you meet 100% of the requirements?
That’s okay, careers aren’t linear. If you have a strong technical foundation, solid backend experience, and enthusiasm for fullstack engineering in a fast-moving startup, we’d love to hear from you. Just make sure you feel confident contributing meaningfully from day one.
Our Compensation & Benefits
It’s important to us to practise what we preach when it comes to our benefits. We know what good looks like and we want to provide the best for our team, with a comprehensive and inclusive benefits package. This means you have a choice over the things that are most important to you. You can see a selection below, along with the full offering
here
.
💰
Competitive base salary
+
equity,
so you own what you build
💳
£100 monthly personal Ben Balance:
for whatever works for you, whether that's Netflix, Spotify, or a really expensive cup of coffee! This allowance will
increase by £50 for each year of service until you reach £250
🍔
Weekly lunch provided in office
so you can spend quality time with the team over some tasty food!
🏖
28 days of holidays
a year plus bank holidays, and an option to
buy or sell 5 days per year
. Also, your holiday entitlement will
increase to 30 days at your 3rd year of service!
🌴 Work-from-abroad scheme,
so you can support your travels, enjoy an extended holiday, or visit loved ones.
🍼 Enhanced parental leave
and
workplace nursery scheme
to support with the cost of childcare in a nursery setting
❤️
Comprehensive
Private Medical Insurance
💌 Funded Life Assurance cover
with the option to voluntarily increase - this also includes an annual health check
🧠 Comprehensive and tailored mental health support and professional coaching
through a leading provider
Diversity and Culture at Ben
We are organically growing a brilliantly diverse, inclusive and respectful bunch of people we are extremely proud of. This should go without saying but all applications are very much welcome. If you need any adjustments to support you with your application, just let us know by emailing jobs@thanksben.com. You can learn more about DEI at Ben
here
.