Backend Engineer
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About this role
We’re building the next generation of employee benefits infrastructure.
At Happl, we help global teams design, manage, and scale benefits that actually work for their people by using AI, across flex allowances, benefits, insurance, recognition, and wellbeing, all in one intelligent platform.
Happl is backed by leading investors such as YCombinator, 6Degrees Capital, and more, known for backing leading companies such as Deel, Rippling, Airbnb, Coinbase, Dropbox, and most recently was awarded a place in the UK’s top 100 startups for 2026.
About the role
As a Backend Engineer at Happl, your mission is to build the systems that power a global, AI-first benefits platform.…
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Skills match
For this role: typescript, go, sql, rest, postgresql…
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Level fit
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Domain experience
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Recency
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Location fit
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