Staff Engineer

Summary

Join Pleo's Credit Core team as a Staff Engineer and redefine how we approach product development. You will take charge of critical system components, articulate technical decisions, bring fresh ideas, and build features incrementally. As a force multiplier, you'll elevate team performance and deliver impactful solutions. Success involves creating scalable infrastructure, ensuring testing excellence, and reliable delivery of innovative solutions. You'll also mentor and foster a culture of innovation and collaboration.

Requirements

• Cloud environments / distributed systems / microservices (AWS, Google Cloud, Kubernetes)
• Architecting scalable solutions and API design
• Authentication & authorisation for APIs
• Server-side languages (we mainly use Kotlin and TypeScript)
• Testing frameworks, observability, and monitoring
• Credit or other payments-related systems

Responsibilities

• Architectural Ownership: Take charge of critical system components
• Visionary Thinking: Articulate the 'why' behind each technical decision with clarity and passion
• Continuous Innovation: Bring fresh ideas and strategic trade-offs rooted in a deep understanding of our users
• Iterative Development: Build features incrementally with a focus on early feedback and continuous improvement
• Mentorship: Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration through technical coaching and inclusion
• Scalable Infrastructure: More performance, fewer bugs
• Testing Excellence: Catch those pesky bugs before our users do
• Reliable Delivery: Ensure consistent, timely delivery that meets user and stakeholders needs
• Innovative Solutions: Identify creative and scalable technology solutions that make Cash Management surprisingly easy for Pleo’s Credit customers
• Motivated Team: Contribute towards forming a high-performing, cohesive team through mentorship and embodying our team culture of curiosity, humility and kindness

Preferred Qualifications

• An outstanding communicator who can clearly share ideas
• Perpetually curious, always learning new technologies and methodologies
• A dedicated coach for fellow engineers, helping them grow
• A proponent of thorough code review processes and testing
• A key contributor to designing holistic solutions, not just writing code
• Someone they’d enjoy having a coffee with
• Naturally inclined to solve intricate problems and drive towards effective solutions

Benefits

• Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)
• Lunch is on us - with catering in our Lisbon,  or a monthly lunch allowance paid directly together with  your salary in other markets 🍜
• Private health insurance to ensure you’re fit in body and mind to do your best work
• We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays
• For our Engineering team we offer fully remote options of work - If you would like to work from the office that is fine too
• Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice
• Wellbeing days - fully paid days off designed for a slower pace, allowing you to take time to recharge and prioritise self-care
• We’re trialling MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and wellbeing 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 👶