June 28
🔄 Hybrid – London
Docker
Flask
Google Cloud Platform
Grafana
Kubernetes
MongoDB
Postgres
Prometheus
Python
RabbitMQ
Redis
Terraform
• At Plum we’re looking for engineers who are passionate about both technology but also about bringing the best product to our customers. • To achieve this mission we’re looking for engineers who not only have a strong technical background but who also understand the product and are able to make an impact on all the steps of the product development lifecycle. • We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer and these are the main qualities you should ideally possess if you want to be part of the team:
• At least 6 years of working experience as a Software Engineer • High level of pragmatism • Strong planning and prioritization skills • Promote Continuous Improvement by identifying process efficiencies and quality improvements • Provide guidance to and mentor more junior team members • Being able to share product insight with stakeholders and challenge product decisions • Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational challenges and propose thorough iterative solutions • Experience in working within a cross functional team, collaborative environment, ability to partake in and contribute to technical, design and retrospective dialog • Self-motivated and self-managing, with excellent organizational skills • Comfortable working with both strongly and dynamically typed languages, we believe you can bring valuable insights and perspectives to the team, even if Python is not your primary language. We care more about your overall programming skills and approach to problem-solving! • Being able to create and design modular, scalable, testable, tested, performant systems which interface via well defined endpoints using software engineering best practices • Being able to identify root cause of system issues and determine short and long term resolutions • Adaptability and flexibility, we are building new and novel products and believe that we can provide our users the best products by shipping fast and getting feedback to improve on later iterations • Able to work and intervene on the whole life cycle of the software
• Own part of the company through stock options • Private health and life Insurance • Annual training budget • Flexible approach to remote working, though we encourage at least 2-3 days a week in our beautiful office in central London for optimal collaboration • Team breakfast on Tuesdays and team lunch on Thursdays in the office, as well as a plentiful supply of fruit, snacks and coffee • Free Plum Premium subscription (normally £9.99 a month) • 2 weeks paid sabbatical after four years of service • 25 days holiday a year, excluding bank holidays (33 in total) • 45 days work from anywhere • Employee referral scheme up to £4000 • 1 day paid leave for volunteering, supporting you giving back to society • Enhanced parental leave • Team trip to secret destinations once a year ✈️ • A vibe that’s 🦄🌈💯
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