Benefits Platform Engineering Lead

Jobylon AB; Finland; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Epassi, established in Finland, seeks a Senior Engineering Manager for Benefits to own technical direction, delivery, and reliability of the Benefits domain. You will lead a growing engineering team, set standards, and drive architecture that scales as the company expands into new markets.

You will collaborate with Product, Staff and Principal Engineers, and DevOps to ship complex backend systems with high availability, while promoting AI-assisted tooling and modern development practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with a strong backend background.
• 4+ years leading backend or platform engineering teams.
• Solid technical grounding in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
• Practical experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, and PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with service reliability, observability, and API governance.
• Experience in fintech and/or payments is a strong plus.
• A Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Benefits engineers, removing blockers and creating the conditions for the team to do their best work.
• Drive execution of the Benefits roadmap with quality, on time, and in line with business objectives.
• Own the reliability and quality of Benefits services, including API contracts, SLAs, and documentation for consuming teams.
• Recruit strong engineers and build a diverse, inclusive team that meets or exceeds our hiring bar.
• Work with Product Managers, Staff Engineers, Principal Engineers, Quality Engineers, and DevOps Engineers on architectural decisions that scale.
• Set and maintain engineering and coding standards that grow with the team and the platform.
• Promote automation, CI/CD improvements, and AI-native development practices across and beyond the team.

Skills

Backend engineering

Leadership

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

AWS

Kubernetes

Kafka

PostgreSQL

API governance

Fintech/payments

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Copilot

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Job description

Epassi, established in Finland, seeks a Senior Engineering Manager for Benefits to own technical direction, delivery, and reliability of the Benefits domain. You will lead a growing engineering team, set standards, and drive architecture that scales as the company expands into new markets.

You will collaborate with Product, Staff and Principal Engineers, and DevOps to ship complex backend systems with high availability, while promoting AI-assisted tooling and modern development practices.