Senior Backend Engineer, Backend Core

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Lead initiatives to design, build, and ship scalable services and tooling that greatly increase developer productivity and application quality.
• - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop innovative solutions across Pleo.
• - Analyze and break down complexity to ensure scalability, maintainability, and testability.
• - Participate in code reviews, post-mortems, and provide mentorship to other engineers.
• - Proactively address technical debt and guide the team through technical challenges and migrations.

Required Skills

• - Expertise in server-side languages, especially Kotlin, and experience with distributed systems, microservices, and cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes).
• - Proficiency with relational databases like PostgreSQL, testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Testcontainers), and observability tools like Grafana.
• - Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset to mentor and upskill your teammates.
• - A proven ability to lead projects, manage ambiguity, and maintain high standards for code quality and reliability.
• - A passion for innovation and driving impactful solutions within a fast-paced scale-up environment.

Benefits

• - Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)
• - Lunch is on us for your work days - enjoy catered meals or receive a lunch allowance based on your local office 🍜
• - Comprehensive private healthcare - depending on your location, coverage options include Vitality, Alan or Médis
• - We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays
• - For our Team, we offer both hybrid and fully remote working options
• - Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice
• - We use MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and well-being support with great success so far ❤️‍🩹
• - Access to LinkedIn Learning - acquire new skills, stay abreast of industry trends and fuel your personal and professional development continuously
• - Paid parental leave - we want to make sure that we're supportive of families and help you feel that you don't have to compromise your family due to work 👶