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 200+ 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 Role
As an Engineering Lead, you will guide an agile team of engineers, driving best practices, improving processes, and fostering continuous development. You’ll be responsible for ensuring technical excellence and delivery outcomes, while leading the team in their growth and professional development.
Our teams are mission-driven, comprising Product Managers, Designers, and engineers across Backend and Mobile, all working together to build and maintain high-impact products and services that provide an exceptional user experience. Squads are organized around key business areas, and we rely on data-driven, autonomous teams that take ownership of their work. As an engineering leader, your focus will be on empowering your team, enabling them to deliver successful results, and supporting their personal and professional growth.
Your key responsibilities 🎯
Who you are 👀
What’s in it for you
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.
At Plum, we're on a mission to help everyone be financially better off! People all over the world are making bad financial decisions every day, due to lack of financial education, antiquated financial systems and temptation. In the UK alone, 50% of people have less than £100 in savings. We believe we can change that with great technology, data science and behavioural theory.Since the beginning of 2017 we've helped more than 1M people in the UK, we've put away more than £100 million and we've grown from 2 Co-founders sharing a rusty desk in Soho to a brilliant, hard-working team of 50+, with offices in London and Athens.What We Are BuildingPlum is a quirky and fun AI assistant that started life as a Messenger chatbot and is now available as an app for iOS and Android. By linking directly to our users’ bank accounts, we are able to analyse transaction data to learn about their income and spending.What We Offer A bucketful of challenging problems to solve, so hopefully that's your thing! Our job is to take a complicated, archaic domain and make it simple and accessible to everyone. One of the best learning experiences of your life. You'll get to work with extremely smart and capable people, with backgrounds in finance, physics, history, computing, languages and more. Competitive pay and company stock options – we are all in this together! 25 days holiday a year, excluding bank holidays (33 in total). Work from our London or Athens office (almost) whenever you want 🇬🇧🇬🇷 Team trip to secret destinations once a year ✈️ Plants, lots of plants 🌱 Fresh fruit (plums obviously), snacks with varying health benefits and great coffee. Because you can't be a startup without great coffee.
Understand the required skills and qualifications, anticipate the questions you may be asked, and study well-prepared answers using our sample responses.
Engineering Lead Q&A's