As a player-coach Engineering Lead, you will spearhead a cross-functional squad reinventing how 300k+ global users access benefits and pay. You will drive high-impact technical direction across HR-tech and fintech domains while fostering an AI-native culture, scaling complex B2B SaaS infrastructure that serves as the backbone for global workforce rewards.
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Engineering Lead at Ben
Are you ready to reinvent an industry that impacts everyone? As a player-coach Engineering Lead, you will manage a talented squad while staying hands-on with a modern AI-native toolkit. If you thrive in high-impact, high-ownership environments and want to scale complex B2B SaaS for 300k+ users worldwide, this is your chance to lead from the front in a culture that values action over bureaucracy.
About this role
Role overview
About the company
Human Resources Software50-100 employees
Thanks Ben Ltd, trading as 'Ben', is a London-based company founded in 2019 that offers an all-in-one, SaaS-based employee benefits and rewards platform. The platform enables companies to manage all aspects of employee benefits—from pensions and health insurance to custom allowances for wellbeing, learning, and hybrid work—through a single interface. Ben supports HR teams in automating tedious administration via integrations with HRIS and payroll, while empowering employees to personalize their benefits and access them using the Ben Benefits Mastercard. The platform connects employers, insurers, and benefit providers at a global scale and offers flexible, self-serve options for both employers and employees. Ben's solution is designed to increase employee engagement and streamline complex benefits management for companies of all sizes.
What you'll do
What you will do
- Manage a cross-functional squad of 4-8 product engineers, providing career mentorship and driving a high-performance culture through objective performance evaluation.
- Stay hands-on in the code, contributing to strategic features using Python, Django, and React while leading by example on quality and pace.
- Partner with Product and Design to shape technical roadmaps, navigating complex B2B SaaS architecture and making smart trade-offs on scope and delivery.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- Proven experience line managing engineering teams in high-ownership B2B SaaS environments, ideally using product frameworks like Shape Up.
- Senior-level technical expertise in modern stacks, specifically including Python/Django, TypeScript/React, and asynchronous systems like Celery or Temporal.
- A proactive builder with a high bar for accountability and a genuine enthusiasm for integrating AI-assisted development into daily engineering workflows.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Join a high-growth Series B company that recently secured $27.5M to disrupt a massive global industry affecting millions of employees.
- Lead an AI-native engineering culture that prioritizes agentic development workflows and modern toolkits over legacy processes.
- Direct impact on a complex global product suite covering payments, payroll reporting, and reward software for a massive enterprise user base.
Jack & Jill
How Jack & Jill work together
I get to know what you’re great at, then find roles you’d never find yourself.Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support.
I recruit from Jack’s network and make the intro when I spot a great match.And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate.
Meet Jack
Jack gets to know what you're great at and what you want next, then searches 15 million jobs daily and helps you discover roles at companies like this.
How does this work?
Jack’s an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.
Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack’s network.
If it’s a match and the company wants to meet you, they’ll make the intro. In the meantime, if you’d like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.