Backend Engineer Hey! We’re Plum, your smart saving and investing app on a mission to help grow money for life. Whether you’re stashing the cash for tea and toast in your first home or catching some rays during retirement, Plum’s got your back.Since 2016, over 2 million people in 10 European markets have set aside more than £2 billion with our clever automation and AI – that’s the magic of Plum! As recognition for our work, we’ve received awards from the likes of Deloitte, Finder, and more.That’s all down to our passionate team of 230+ Plumsters, who work around Europe to help us achieve our mission. And now we’re looking for more brilliant people to join us on our journey.The RoleAt 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 projects.Please note we are following a hybrid work model, in which we visit our office 2 times per week. We’re looking for a Backend Engineer and these are the main qualities you should ideally possess if you want to be part of the team:Qualifications:High level of pragmatismStrong planning and prioritization skillsPromote Continuous Improvement by identifying process efficiencies and quality improvementsProvide guidance to and mentor more junior team membersBeing able to share product insight with stakeholders and challenge product decisionsComfortable working within a cross functional team, collaborative environment, ability to partake in and contribute to technical, design and retrospective dialogComfortable 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!Key Responsibilities:Being able to create and design modular, scalable, testable, tested, performant systems which interface via well defined endpoints using software engineering best practicesBeing able to identify root cause of system issues and determine short and long term resolutionsAdaptability 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 iterationsAble to work and intervene on the whole life cycle of the softwareOur Tech Stack:Tech Stack: Kotlin with Spring Boot & Python with FastAPIDatastores: Postgres, BigQuery, Infrastructure: GCP (kubernetes, docker), RabbitMQ, TerraformMonitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Incident.io, SentryWhat to Expect from Our Hiring ProcessAt Plum, we value a lot the time you devote to the hiring process, this is why we are always trying to make the process as fast and smooth as possible. 30 min. Call with ourTalent Acquisition Team. So we understand better your career plan, tell you more about Plum and the role ⚙️45 min. Call with our Engineering Lead. Brief technical discussion about the role and your skills 🏄120 min. Live Coding Call with our Engineers, including System Design exercise and an Implementation phase🧑💻30 min. TeamCall with a Product Manager and a Senior Manager from Engineering, for you to understand the business and envision yourself as part of Plum 🧬 Offer 💵Plum's PerksOwn part of the company you're helping grow through stock optionsPrivate health insuranceAnnual training budgetPlum Premium for freeCompetitive referral schemeHybrid working: 2 days a week connecting in our beautiful offices in London, Athens, or CyprusTeam breakfasts and team lunches25 days holiday + bank holidays45 work-from-anywhere days to give you flexibility to work your way2 weeks sabbatical after 4 years to take the break you deserveEnhanced parental leave1 paid volunteering day annuallyAnnual team trip to a surprise destination!A fun, inclusive company culture (think 🦄🌈💯)If you think this sounds like you, don’t hesitate to get in touch!Thanks,Plum Τeam* Plum is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Plum does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. Hey! We’re Plum, your smart saving and investing app on a mission to help grow money for life. Whether you’re stashing the cash for tea and toast in your first home or catching some rays during retirement, Plum’s got your back.Since 2016, over 2 million people in 10 European markets have set aside more than £2 billion with our clever automation and AI – that’s the magic of Plum! As recognition for our work, we’ve received awards from the likes of Deloitte, Finder, and more.That’s all down to our passionate team of 230+ Plumsters, who work around Europe to help us achieve our mission. And now we’re looking for more brilliant people to join us on our journey.The RoleAt 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 projects.Please note we are following a hybrid work model, in which we visit our office 2 times per week. We’re looking for a Backend Engineer and these are the main qualities you should ideally possess if you want to be part of the team:Qualifications:High level of pragmatismStrong planning and prioritization skillsPromote Continuous Improvement by identifying process efficiencies and quality improvementsProvide guidance to and mentor more junior team membersBeing able to share product insight with s