[Remote] Platform Engineer at Ben

Poland

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Technology, Benefits, HR TechIndustries

Requirements

Have built cost-effective, secure systems in AWS - understand the trade-offs between different services and can make pragmatic infrastructure decisions
Are comfortable with containerised applications (run on ECS/Fargate) and have used Infrastructure as Code tooling like Terraform to manage cloud resources
Have worked extensively with monitoring and observability tools (use Datadog and Sentry) and know how to debug issues in production
Can write solid shell and Python scripts to automate common tasks and build internal tooling
Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences - can explain complex infrastructure decisions to product teams and leadership

Responsibilities

Infrastructure Automation: Set up infrastructure components using Terraform (via Terragrunt) with maintainability, scalability & reliability in mind
Developer Tooling: Tooling and processes to support product squads in increasing the speed, reliability and visibility of their development workflows
Observability: Tooling and processes to improve monitoring, logging, events and tracing at both the infrastructure and application layer
Collaborating: Working with product squads to deliver infrastructure to support new services/features in a secure and scalable manner
Resource Optimisation: Working to right-size services and implement features such as auto-scaling to increase the cost effectiveness of the platform and reduce waste
Security: Collaborating with the security squad on projects to increase security posture, such as improving least privilege approach to IAM roles for users and services
Documentation: Maintaining clear and up-to-date documentation for systems and procedures to increase product squad self-service

Skills

Terraform

Terragrunt

Infrastructure Automation

Developer Tooling

Observability

Monitoring

Logging

Tracing

Auto-scaling

IAM

Security

Documentation

Ben

SaaS platform for managing employee benefits

About Ben

Ben offers a platform that simplifies employee benefits management for businesses. It allows HR departments and employees to access various benefits, such as health and dental, through the Ben Card, which provides preferred rates. The platform operates on a subscription-based SaaS model and stands out by automating benefits administration and providing a user-friendly self-serve interface for employees. Ben's goal is to enhance the benefits experience for both employers and employees while offering cost savings through its broker network.

London, United KingdomHeadquarters

2019Year Founded

$18.9MTotal Funding

SERIES_ACompany Stage

Consulting, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries

201-500Employees

Risks

Increased competition from HRtech startups could dilute Ben's market share.

Economic downturns may lead to reduced spending on employee benefits.

Data privacy concerns and regulations pose challenges for managing sensitive information.

Differentiation

Ben combines SaaS platform with per-employee Mastercards for personalized benefits.

The Ben Card offers access to hundreds of additional benefit options.

Ben's platform integrates with existing HR tools for seamless benefits management.

Upsides

Ben raised $16 million to enhance its software and payments technology.

Increased demand for flexible benefits platforms due to remote work trends.

Growing interest in financial wellness programs as part of employee benefits.

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