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Engineering Manager

Benepass· Engineering
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U.S Remote$200k - $230kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Engineering Manager (M3) at Benepass leading a Core Services backend team (ledger, decisioning, schedules, rules engine, HRIS integrations, authentication, directory) in a hands-on leadership role.

Responsibilities

  • Manage ~4–6 engineers to start, with room to hire as we grow.
  • Run 1:1s focused on growth, set expectations against IC leveling matrix, provide constructive feedback.
  • Hire, onboard, and level the team. Design a hiring bar.
  • Coach project leads to drive kickoff, technical approach, weekly updates, and release; provide support and air cover to do it well.
  • Be accountable for results, not activity; stay engaged until the problem is solved.
  • Translate company priorities into a sequenced plan; raise timelines if unrealistic, cut scope, and make tradeoffs explicit.
  • Protect operational load; Core Services carries production health, incidents, and correctness work.
  • Prioritize incidents over roadmap; escalate risks early.
  • Lead design reviews; champion simple, correct, observable patterns; review code when necessary.
  • Dive into code, prototypes, or production debugging to unblock the team, then step back.
  • Maintain invariants for money and eligibility (idempotency, auditability, reconciliation, safe retries).
  • Partner with Client Apps, Platform, Customer Engineering, Product, and Ops to reduce bottlenecks.
  • Share context early; document decisions; surface risks; drive within project teams.
  • Promote AI-native practices; leverage AI to increase leverage and reduce toil; coach team in AI Craft.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years leading teams of ~3–8 engineers (startup or SaaS preferred).
  • Proven ability to lead design reviews, enforce engineering standards, and prototype in Python/Django (or equivalent backend stack).
  • Experience mentoring engineers through 1:1s, setting growth goals, handling performance issues, and hiring.
  • Track record of shipping on commitments and managing a healthy SDLC without turning process into the product.
  • Heavy use of AI in own work and ability to describe concrete workflows incorporating AI.

Skills

Required:Python/Django backend developmentSystem design and architectureTeam leadership and people developmentAI-native development

Benefits

  • 95% coverage of medical, dental, and vision
  • $250 WFH setup (one time)
  • $500/year Learning & Development Benefit
  • $150/month cell phone + internet
  • $100/month Wellness
  • $100/month Co-working and Commuter Benefit
  • Flexible PTO
  • Onsite events several times a year
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Benepass consolidates corporate benefits onto a single card, powered by our in-house fintech payments stack We help companies take care of their employees through tax-advantaged benefits (e.g. FSA/HSA, dependent care, commuter) and company-funded stipends (e.g. wellness, WFH, professional development) all on a single card + mobile app. With Benepass, HR teams can centralize all ancillary benefits and perks in the same place and make them a no-brainer for employees to use and engage with.

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