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To help us on our quest to be the best,we need brilliant people on board and that’s where you come in.\nWhy should you apply?\nImpact: work on a product suite used by millions of people that improves employee experience and wellbeing.\n\nScale: a big focus of our engineering teams is building features and services to support our customers globally.\n\nAutonomy: have an input into the product roadmap and technically lead features/services.\n\nDevelopment: this is a crucial part of our aim to ensure a seamless experience across FPS.\n\nTop 10 Employer, Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards\n\nWork for aprofitable, fast-growingmarket leader in the online reward and benefits space\n\nGreat benefits\nITP1 pension.\nLifeplan - a leading financial advisory service that offers personalized advice for maximizing your pension savings.\nCollective agreement.\nAccess to our comprehensive benefits portal.\nGenerous wellness allowance.\n30 vacation days / year.\nReferral bonuses.\nEnhanced parental pay.\nVolunteer Days - two paid days annually to give back to the community.\nRole Overview\nJoin our Transformers team, responsible for the services that power the creation and delivery of customised reporting for customers across our platform. Every day, customers rely on these services to turn complex data into meaningful insights without needing technical expertise.\nWorking in a small, collaborative team, you'll contribute across the full software lifecycle, from shaping product decisions and architecture through to delivery, operation and continuous improvement. You'll work closely with fellow engineers, product leadership and stakeholders, helping to build scalable, maintainable solutions that support an ever-growing volume of customer reporting requirements.\nHow We Work\nWe're a collaborative team that values ownership, curiosity and continuous improvement. Engineers are encouraged to contribute beyond implementation, helping shape technical decisions, product direction and ways of working. 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