Backend Engineer

Employment: Full-time Experience: Mid-Senior level Millions of people want to grow their money but don't know where to start. More than 90% of adults don’t access traditional financial advice. That's the gap Plum was built to close. We're building the proactive money platform that makes it easy for people to smartly and sustainably grow their money. Whether you're stashing the cash for tea and toast in your first home or catching some rays during retirement, we've got your back. Since 2016, millions of people across 10 European markets have set aside more than £10 billion with Plum. But what we're most excited about is what comes next and the opportunity for our people to help shape it. We're now going after something even bigger: the £2 trillion+ advised market in the UK and beyond, currently locked behind high fees and complexity. By combining AI-driven financial guidance with the products people actually need, we're building a solution for everyone, not just the wealthy few. At Plum, you'll be part of a team that's ambitious, curious and driven. We move fast, learn from what doesn't work, challenge the status quo and, most importantly, build something that makes people's lives better. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere, and that the best work happens when people feel trusted to take ownership, collaborate openly and bring their whole selves to work. Join nearly 300 Plumsters and be part of a team shaping the future of money The Team & The Role We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to join our Engineering team and play a key role in bringing the best product to our customers. You’ll work closely with Product team, bringing your expertise to help us achieve this mission. This role is perfect for someone who combines pragmatism with strong product thinking, enjoys solving complex problems, and thrives in a collaborative environment where they can challenge ideas, share insights, and continuously improve how we build. What You Will Do Apply a pragmatic approach to solving problems and making decisions Plan and prioritize effectively to deliver high-impact work Drive continuous improvement by identifying process efficiencies and quality improvements Guide and mentor more junior team members Share product insights with stakeholders and challenge product decisions when needed Collaborate within a cross-functional team and contribute to technical, design, and retrospective discussions Work comfortably with both strongly and dynamically typed languages, bringing your programming skills and problem-solving approach to the team regardless of whether Python is your primary language What We Look For 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 Our Tech Stack Tech Stack: Kotlin with Spring Boot & Python with FastAPI Datastores: Postgres, BigQuery, Infrastructure: GCP (kubernetes, docker), RabbitMQ, Terraform Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Incident.io, Sentry We offer a compensation package consisting of base salary and equity, with compensation reviewed twice a year as part of our performance and growth framework. The salary range (annually gross) for this position is: 30,000-50,000 Final compensation will be confirmed at the end of the hiring process and will be based on the level at which the candidate is assessed, taking into account their experience, expertise, and alignment with our internal competencies and leveling framework. Plum Perks We're all in this together! Own part of the company through stock options 💷 Private health insurance Annual training budget Plum Max subscription for yourself and Boost for 2 friends or family members Referral scheme: earn competitive rewards up to 4k Flexible approach to remote working: we encourage at least 2 days a week in one of our beautiful offices in London, Athens or Cyprus Team breakfasts and team lunches 25 days holiday + bank holidays 45 work-from-anywhere days: giving you the flexibility to work your way 2 weeks & 6 weeks sabbatical after 4 years and 8 years respectively to take the break you deserve Enhanced parental leave Wedding allowance 1 paid volunteering day annually Annual team trip: to a surprise destination! A fun, inclusive company culture (think 🦄🌈💯) If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you! Thanks, Team Plum 💜 * 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.