Senior Backend Engineer

Who are Benifex? 💚💜

We are a fast-moving technology company, and one of the most successful providers of online reward and benefits solutions in the world. We believe that everyone deserves an exceptional experience at work, every day, and build workplace technology that makes this happen. Benifex’s mission is to build remarkable experiences that employees love. Today Benifex supports more than five million employees in over 3,000 organisations across more than 100 countries. 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.

• Development: this is a crucial part of our aim to ensure a seamless experience across FPS.

• 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

Great benefits

🧠 ITP1 pension.

❤️ Lifeplan - a leading financial advisory service that offers personalized advice for maximizing your pension savings.

📝 Collective agreement.

💸 Access to our comprehensive benefits portal.

🤸 Generous wellness allowance.

✈️ 30 vacation days / year.

💰 Referral bonuses.

🌟 Enhanced parental pay.

🙂 Volunteer Days – two paid days annually to give back to the community.

Role Overview 🚀

As a Software Developer in the team, you will primarily focus on backend development (80–90%) while occasionally contributing to frontend improvements.

You’ll work closely with two other developers, a product manager, and an engineering manager in Gothenburg.

The team is responsible for a service that generates reports for customers, based on changes related to employee benefits and users. The Product & Engineering department in Gothenburg consists of about 80 people, giving you the benefits of a strong local tech community while still having a small, focused team where your input matters.

The role involves translating business ideas into technical solutions, maintaining high coding standards, and driving improvements in efficiency and scalability. You’ll also play a key role in shaping ways of working and technical strategy in a collaborative environment.

AI is an integrated part of our daily workflow, not a side experiment. We use tools like Claude Code and similar agent-based assistants to write, refactor, and review code, and we continuously evolve how we work as the tools get better. The goal isn't to replace engineering craft — it's to let our developers spend their time on what actually requires judgment: architecture, technical decisions, and quality. We expect you to be curious about how AI can amplify your work and want to help shape how the team uses it.

Responsibilities 🤘

• Develop backend services and maintain high coding standards.

• Contribute to frontend changes using JavaScript and TypeScript when needed.

• Collaborate with developers, product owners, UX designers, and other stakeholders.

• Participate in code reviews and uphold team coding standards.

• Implement automated integration and component tests.

• Drive technical strategy, refactor legacy code, and reduce technical debt.

• Engage in pair and mob programming sessions to solve the more complex problems together.

• Actively use and evaluate AI tooling in the development workflow, and share what works

What are we looking for? 🔎

• Strong experience in Java, SQL, and Spring/Spring Boot.

• Solid understanding of Git and CI/CD pipelines.

• Familiarity with JavaScript and TypeScript for occasional frontend work.

• A developer who enjoys applying Domain-Driven Design (DDD) in practice, working closely with domain experts to build well-aligned, maintainable systems.

• Proven experience working across varied systems and environments, with hands-on exposure to multiple architectural styles - including both monolithic and microservices.

• A person who thrives in a team that values collaboration (often together in the office), works closely through pair and mob programming when needed, communicates openly, constructively challenges ideas, and enjoys discussing solutions from different perspectives.

• Are curious about AI-driven workflows — whether you already use them daily or are keen to get started

• Value code quality and can think critically about what AI suggests

Bonus points for:

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Pub/Sub systems (e.g., RabbitMQ, NATS).

• Knowledge of Hibernate, Grafana, and monitoring tools.

• Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design principles.

• API development experience (OpenAPI, AsyncAPI).

Please note: Our recruitment process will begin in mid-to-late August, once the hiring team has returned from their summer holidays. We appreciate your patience and look forward to reviewing your application.

Our Interview Process ✌

Benifex understand the need to have a fast and efficient process, the below will all be completed in the shortest time possible, typically a 2-2.5 week timeframe.

📞 Initial informal call with the Talent team

⏳ Interview with our Engineering Director 30-45 min

🧪 Technical Task

🔎 Technical Interview - 60 min

🤩 Final interview with VP of Engineering - 30-45 min

We are a proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during the recruitment process, please let us know with your application.