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 $27.5M Series B global benefits & fintech infrastructure startup
Are you ready to reinvent an industry that impacts everyone? This $27.5M Series B startup is building the global infrastructure for employee benefits, payments, and rewards. 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.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Ben
Human Resources Software50-100 employees
$27.5M Series B global employee benefits and fintech infrastructure startup
Responsibilities
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.
Candidate profile
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.
What makes it remarkable
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.
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