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Pleo is hiring a Backend Engineer

About the Role

The role involves building and improving backend systems that support core product functionality, working closely with other engineers and product teams to deliver reliable and efficient solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement server-side logic for scalable applications
  • Develop and maintain APIs used across internal and external services
  • Collaborate with frontend teams to integrate user-facing features
  • Optimize backend performance and ensure system reliability
  • Write clean, testable, and well-documented code
  • Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production issues promptly
  • Work with database systems to ensure efficient data access
  • Support the deployment and monitoring of services
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and system design
  • Ensure data consistency and integrity across services
  • Implement security best practices in backend systems
  • Collaborate on building event-driven architectures
  • Help scale infrastructure to meet growing demand
  • Engage in planning and refining technical roadmaps

Nice to Have

  • Experience in financial technology systems
  • Familiarity with event sourcing and message queues
  • Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools
  • Background in test-driven development
  • Exposure to Kubernetes or similar platforms
  • Understanding of CI/CD workflows
  • Experience with PostgreSQL or similar databases
  • Previous work in fast-growing startup environments
  • Contributions to system architecture discussions
  • Ability to mentor junior engineers

Compensation

Competitive salary and benefits package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model with flexibility

Team

Collaborative engineering team focused on scalable systems

Our Tech Stack

  • We use Go and TypeScript for most services
  • PostgreSQL is our primary data store
  • We run on Kubernetes with cloud infrastructure
  • Monitoring via Prometheus and Grafana
  • Event-driven workflows using Kafka

Growth and Impact

  • You'll work on systems that handle real-time financial data
  • Your contributions will directly affect product scalability
  • Opportunities to lead technical initiatives
  • Regular feedback and performance reviews
  • Access to learning and development resources

Available for qualified candidates

About company
Pleo
Pleo builds spend management solutions that make managing money seamless, empowering, and effective for finance teams and employees, with a vision to help all businesses 'go beyond'.
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Job Details
Department Engineering
Category backend
Posted a month ago