Senior DevEx Engineer

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

To achieve our mission, we’re looking for engineers who not only have a strong technical background but also understand the product and can make a meaningful impact on it. We’re currently seeking a Senior DevEx Engineer, to join our SRE team and deliver value across the entire Engineering department by improving the efficiency of our Software Development Lifecycle

Your key responsibilities 🎯

• Improve local testing in order to decrease the feedback loop on changes.
• Implement automations which streamline integration & e2e testing.
• Develop internal tools to enable validation of changes in dynamic production-like environments.
• Enhance observability across build, test, deploy, and runtime stages.
• Collaborate with all Engineering squads to build self-service tooling.

Who you are 👀

• At least 7 years of working experience as a Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or in a similar position.
• Passion for improving engineering workflows and developer productivity.
• Security awareness with secure-by-default mindset.
• Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational challenges and propose thorough iterative solutions.
• Experience in working within a cross functional team & collaborative environment.
• Ability to partake in and contribute to technical, design, and retrospective dialog.
• High level of pragmatism.
• Strong planning and prioritization skills.
• Self-motivated and self-managing, with excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills in English (verbal and written).

Our Tech Stack:

• Languages: Python, Kotlin
• Datastores: PostgreSQL, BigQuery, DBT, Redis
• Infrastructure: GCP, AWS, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Github Actions
• Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, Sentry, Incident.io

What To Expect From Our Hiring Process

At Plum, we value a lot the time you devote to the hiring process, this is why we are always trying to make the process as fast and smooth as possible.

• 30 min. Call with our Talent Acquisition team. So that we better understand your career plans, and tell you more about Plum and the role ⚙️
• 60 min. Call with our SRE Lead. Brief technical discussion about the role and your skills 🏄
• 90 min. Call with Senior & Staff Engineers. Technical discussions about architecture designs, SDLC, and CICD🧑‍💻
• Offer 💵

Plum's Perks

• We're all in this together! Own part of the company through stock options 💷
• Private health insurance
• Annual training budget
• Plum Premium
• Referral scheme: earn competitive rewards
• 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 sabbatical after 4 years to take the break you deserve. 
• Enhanced parental leave
• 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 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.