Lead Software Engineer, Backend
Bennie, United States
Job Description
About Bennie:
Bennie is an employee benefits platform that helps companies create a healthier workplace. We provide technology and services that are beyond what growing companies typically receive, yet exactly what they need. Our goal is to provide high quality company benefits through an engaging platform, while empowering employees to leverage their benefit options easily and effectively.
At Bennie, we’re creating an environment where our people can learn, thrive and move our mission forward. Our team is fully remote across the United States, and we also have offices in Stamford, CT and downtown Manhattan. Our Bennie team owns our company and our culture. We prize diversity of thought and expertise within our teamand we’re always looking for amazing people to help us do and be more.
About the role:
You are a self starter with a passion for crafting elegant, scalable solutions to modern problems. You are excited at the prospect of building a brand new system that will revolutionize the way employees view and manage their benefits data.
Some Challenges You’ll Tackle:
- Help establish/iterate on coding standards and best practices
- Effectively craft/review architecture design documents
- Integrating our application with complex external systems
- Help iterate on our development pipeline as our team scales
- Build scalable, maintainable software given a complex set of requirements
Requirements
- 5+ years professional experience delivering production-grade software
- Experience producing/consuming HTTP APIs (REST, SOAP, gRPC, etc.)
- Working knowledge of CI/CD workflows
- Experience with relational and/or non-relational databases
- Version control (we use git)
- Experience with modern languages/frameworks (we use Go and .NET)
- Experience with distributed, asynchronous systems
- Experience working with containers (Docker, rkt, etc.)
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment
- Self-directed and responsible for deliverables
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or ample real-world experience
- Team player
Bonus Qualifications:
- Cloud Provider experience (GCP, AWS, etc.)
- .NET or Go experience
- Experience working with container orchestration
- Experience with observability/monitoring tools
Benefits
We believe in comprehensive benefits and perks that provide total wellness solutions. We offer excellent healthcare choices, and lots of other great perks!
- Highly competitive compensation package including salary and equity
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Remote-First, work from anywhere
- 401(k) plan
- Discretionary reimbursement towards fitness, home office and/or learning and development opportunities
- Generous Parental Leave amp; flexible vacation policy
At Bennie, we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our values by ensuring everyone feels they can flourish and grow. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.