About Us

At Benepass we're making benefits easy. We believe people are the most important asset to any company. Traditional one-size-fits-all benefits packages no longer cut it in today's hybrid and remote-first environment. With Benepass, companies can tailor their benefits to the unique needs of their workforce.

Through our easy-to-use and highly customizable fintech platform, People teams can implement, administer, and track the benefits that meet employees where they are. Employers design their benefits and perks plan by setting a contribution amount and eligible spend categories. Every employee has their own individual definition of wellness and needs different things to help them be their most productive, fulfilled self.

Our Mission

Helping companies reimagine how companies take care of their people.

Our Investors

We are backed by leading investors, including Portage Ventures, Threshold Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Workday Ventures, and Clocktower Technology Ventures. To date, the company has raised $35 million of equity capital.

Articles

• Founder Story - Jaclyn Chen

• Benepass Raises $20M

Candidate Resources

• Benepass | Candidate Resource Page

• Benepass Listed on Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces of 2023

TEAM & ROLE

Benepass is scaling rapidly, and the complexity of our product surface demands senior engineers who can bridge product vision and technical execution. This role exists to own the “zero-to-one” stage — shaping product approach in collaboration with PMs, Designers, and other engineers, defining the right technical strategy, and driving execution to delivery.

This Senior Software Engineer I will be an impact multiplier: leading architecture for initiatives, breaking down large ideas into clear technical approach documents and milestones, and mentoring other engineers while raising our technical bar. While they will contribute across the stack, they will have a heavier focus on backend systems — including our ledger, syncs, decisioning engine, and rules engine — with the ability to dive into frontend (React, TypeScript) work when needed.

You will:

• Partner early in product discovery with Product, Design, and engineering leaders to clarify goals, evaluate options, and recommend a technical approach.

• Lead the creation of technical approach documents that define architecture, system interactions, trade-offs, and execution plans.

• Guide teams through execution of agreed-upon approaches, ensuring work is delivered with high quality, precision, and in a timely manner.

• Take ownership of backend-heavy initiatives (ledger, syncs, decisioning engine, rules engine) while contributing to frontend features when needed.

• Bring forward strong architectural ideas, evaluate trade-offs, and influence system direction.

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to mid-level and senior engineers.

• Identify and drive improvements to system stability, performance, developer experience, and engineering practices.

ROLE LOCATION & TRAVEL

You will be expected to attend company-wide on-site events three times per year.

OUR TECHNOLOGY AND STACK

Python, Django, Django Rest Framework, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Tailwind CSS, React Native, AWS, Docker.

ABOUT YOU

Product & Architecture Leadership

• Partners closely with Product, Design, and other engineers to translate ambiguous ideas into actionable, valuable solutions.

• Shapes technical direction early in the discovery process, evaluating multiple approaches and trade-offs.

• Regularly authors technical approach documents for complex initiatives, aligning architecture with business goals.

• Ensures architecture decisions balance user needs, speed of delivery, and long-term maintainability.

Technical Excellence

• Designs and implements well-structured, maintainable code in Python/Django and React with minimal guidance.

• Builds robust APIs and UIs that meet scalability, per