Skill needed: Kotlin, APIs.
Employer: Pleo
Messy spend management is tricky business. And tedious processes are a lose-lose situation for all involved, not just finance. At Pleo, we're changing that. We build spend solutions that make managing money seamless, empowering, and surprisingly effective for finance teams and employees alike—with a vision to help all businesses ‘go beyond’.The word ‘Pleo’ actually means ‘more than you’d expect’, and living by that mantra has been the secret to our success over the last 10 years.Now, we’re at a pivotal moment in our journey; every move we make has a direct impact on our 40,000+ customers, our business, and our collective success. We need people who take pride in uncovering customer needs, who turn complex problems into simple solutions, challenge the way things are done (respectfully), and always aim high. With great ambitions driving us forward, we can’t say we’ve got this whole thing figured out. And frankly, that’s half the fun! What we can say is that we’re a driven, progressive, and, importantly, a kind bunch of 850+ people from over 100 nationalities, all committed to delivering the future of business spending, together.At Pleo, we’re on a mission to make spend management surprisingly effective and empowering.We’re hiring a Staff Backend Engineer to join the Treasury Management team. You will help set technical direction and deliver resilient backend systems that help customers optimise liquidity, forecast cash flow, and automate treasury processes.What Treasury Management doesTreasury Management helps companies optimise and automate how they manage cash.Liquidity management: get visibility and control over cash using real-time balance and cash flow dataForecasting: help finance teams understand what their future cash position could look like (spend projections and cash flow forecasting)Automation: reduce manual finance work through transfer rules (automation and scheduling) and alertsTreasury capabilities: deposits and parts of multi-currency money managementIntegrations & dependencies: integrate with external providers and work closely with other Pleo teams to deliver end-to-end treasury capabilities, with correctness and reliabilityWhat you’ll be doingIn this role, you will be a force multiplier for backend delivery and technical strategy.Drive initiatives to design, build, and maintain scalable backend services (we primarily use Kotlin)Own and evolve service architecture, APIs, and data models in a financial domain with a high bar for correctnessBuild and maintain integrations with external providers that enable treasury capabilities (for example, deposits), and continuously improve reliability and how we run systems in productionCollaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end outcomes, and lead the technical part of cross-team initiativesSet technical direction for key parts of the Treasury backendAnalyse system performance and implement improvements to ensure high reliability and scalabilityRaise our engineering bar for correctness through strong engineering practices:Code reviews, incident follow-ups and post-mortems, and thoughtful ownershipSafe change management (backwards compatibility, feature flags, migrations, rollout plans)Resilient workflows (idempotency, reconciliation, safe retries)Proactively identify and reduce technical debt and help guide the team through technical challenges and migrationsSupport other engineers through pairing, reviews, and technical guidanceContribute hands-on in code. You should expect to be coding a meaningful part of the time.You’ll bring solid experience withDesigning and maintaining backend systems, ideally in domains with strong requirements for correctness and reliabilityObservability and owning systems in production (monitoring, alerting, incident response, post-mortems)Distributed systems fundamentals (async workflows, consistency, idempotency, and designing for things going wrong in production)API design, clear service boundaries, and integrating with external systems in a maintainable wayData modelling and evolving schemas safely over timeStrong testing practices and a high quality mindsetClear communication and pragmatic decision-making across teams and stakeholdersYour colleagues would say youLead by example and raise the bar with pragmatism and careCommunicate clearly, listen well, and bring people along in decisionsEnjoy breaking down complex problems, gathering input, and driving to a solutionCoach and mentor others and create space for people to growPrefer progress over perfection, while still caring deeply about qualityShow me the benefits!Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)Lunch is on us for your work days - enjoy catered meals or receive a lunch allowance based on your local office 🍜Comprehensive private healthcare - depending on your location, coverage options include Vitality, Alan or MédisWe offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidaysFor our Team, we offer both hybrid and fully remote working optionsOption to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrificeWe use MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and well-being support with great success so far ❤️🩹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 👶 About your applicationPlease submit your application in English; it’s our company language so you’ll be speaking lots of it if you join 💕We treat all candidates equally: If you are interested please apply through our application system - any correspondence should come from there! 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