Software Development Manager

Benify’s Software Development team is expanding. Currently our main teams are based in Gothenburg and now we are happy to expand this function to our head office in Stockholm. We are currently looking for an experienced software development manager to lead our new Stockholm effort. The main challenge, and also the great opportunity, is to build a team, maintain and develop our great development culture with a relentless focus on great code and continuous deployment.


ABOUT THE POSITION

As software development manager you will be responsible for maintaining and building a team of dedicated Java-developers and the development of our core-platform, the absolute cornerstone of our business. You’ll be responsible for project planning, requirement analysis, technical design and the staff.

This position includes tight collaboration and frequent visits to the Gothenburg office. 


WHO ARE YOU? 

To succeed in the role you must excel at the following:

• Keep in touch with the code on a daily basis
• Motivate developers
• Define, continuously improve, and deliver on the improving code quality
• Participate in business and project planning
• Identify and escalate risks
• Coach employees to develop, learn and achieve desired results
• Performance evaluation and compensation planning


Besides a great personality and natural leadership skills we’re looking for candidates with the following background:

Essential:

• A Masters degree in subjects such as computer science, software engineering, IT or related subjects
• Java and database development experience
• Fluent in English and Swedish (written and spoken)
• Years of experience working as a team- or project manager within software development
• Proven experience from multiple roles within software development
• Experience from Agile development


Desirable:

• Long experience working as a software developer in a product organization
• Experience from distributed development teams
• Long experience as a manager with personnel responsibilities
• Experience from product development with strong focus on code quality, continuous deployment and usability


We also offer the opportunity to be part of a motivated team and work for a fast growing, profitable company where technology rules.


PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Start: We’d like to fill the position ASAP, but we prefer "Ms/Mr Right" to "Ms/Mr Right Now"

Extent: Full time

Location: Östermalm, Stockholm

Contact person: Robert Crivei


APPLICATION

Sounds interesting? Please click on "Apply" below to easily submit your application. We review applications continuously and might fill the position before application deadline.
 
ABOUT BENIFY

Benify has for a long time been at the top of Dagens Industri’s list of Gazelle Companies and has been appointed to a Superbolag by Veckans Affärer. This is something we are very proud of since these acknowledgments refers to Sweden’s fastest growing and profitable companies. Out of Sweden’s thirty largest companies, twenty are customers of ours such as IKEA, Ericsson, Volvo, Nordea and AstraZeneca. Benify offer web-based HR services and we provide our customers with a highly tailored web solution that streamlines communication and interaction with their employees. Our portal provides a smarter way for over half a million employees to visualize their “total compensation” consisting of salary and benefits. Through the web portal we offer flexible benefits such as wellness, health, pensions, insurance and company cars. We also provide the product Lifeplan, which is a revolutionary web-based service for digital financial advisory. In 2014 Lifeplan was chosen as the “pension advisory of the year”, despite its’ short existence on the market.

Benify is an entrepreneurial company that has grown rapidly to a market dominant position in Scandinavia. Our main focus right now is on further international growth, primarily in Europe. Today we have about 250 outstanding employees located in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Oslo, London and Münich. We work in a young environment with happy and ambitious employees. We’re hard working but at the same time having lots of fun. That's because we only employ people who we really like! If you're square, don't bother! Positivity and humor is an absolute criterion for employment regardless of position.