Senior Engineer - Developer Experience

Summary

Join Pleo's Developer Experience team as a Senior Software Engineer and become a force multiplier, empowering other engineers. You will identify and implement systemic improvements, build developer tools and frameworks, and prioritize iterative development. The role requires expertise in cloud environments, server-side languages, testing frameworks, and DevOps. You will collaborate closely with colleagues, coach junior engineers, and advocate for high-quality code. Pleo offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work environment.

Requirements

• Experience with cloud environments, distributed systems, and microservices (AWS, Google Cloud, Kubernetes)
• Proficiency in server-side languages (Kotlin and TypeScript preferred)
• Familiarity with testing frameworks (Cypress, Mockk, JUnit, Testcontainers) and principles
• Understanding of DevOps culture and tools (GitHub Actions, Gradle, Terraform)
• Experience with observability and monitoring (Grafana)
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL)
• Ability to work in English
• Experience solving complex technical challenges at scale
• Commitment to ensuring a high bar for quality and reliability

Responsibilities

• Enable other engineers to do even better by working as a force multiplier
• Identify, build, and deliver systemic improvements across Pleo
• Provide frameworks, libraries, developer tools, and guides to enhance the engineer experience
• Build features incrementally, prioritizing early feedback and iterative development
• Work in English
• Solve complex technical challenges at scale
• Ensure a high bar for quality and reliability within your team
• Coach others to help them develop as engineers
• Advocate for a more thorough code review process
• Regularly give and receive feedback - both positive and constructive
• Help design the overall solution, not just write code
• Help your team solve challenging problems
• Be a force multiplier within your team
• Describe technical debt faced by your team and propose solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience coaching others
• Experience advocating for a more thorough code review process
• Experience giving and receiving regular feedback
• Experience in designing overall solutions
• Ability to be sought after for help in solving challenging problems
• Ability to describe and propose solutions for technical debt

Benefits

• Pleo card (no out-of-pocket spending)
• Catered lunch (Lisbon, Copenhagen, London offices) or monthly lunch allowance
• Private health insurance
• 25 days of holiday + public holidays
• Fully remote work options
• Option to purchase 5 additional holiday days
• Wellbeing days (fully paid days off)
• Access to MyndUp (mental health and wellbeing support)
• Access to LinkedIn Learning
• Paid parental leave
• Equity grant scheme