Backend Engineer, Backend Core

**Backend Engineer, Backend Core**:
Location

Lisbon, London, Madrid

Team

Engineering & IT

**Intro**:
At Pleo, we’re on a mission to revolutionise the way businesses manage company spending. No more outdated processes, clunky spreadsheets, or frustrating delays - we believe spend management should be seamless, empowering, and surprisingly effective for finance teams and employees alike. We’re creating tools that promote autonomy, foster trust, and let businesses focus on what truly matters.

Our culture is built on transparency, collaboration, and a deep commitment to innovation - which is reflected in our spending solution. At Pleo, you’ll join a passionate team shaping the future of work, all while having some fun along the way.

**About the role**:
We're looking for a **Backend Engineer** to join our **Backend Core team** at Pleo. The Backend Core team is part of the Backend and Infrastructure Platform group together with the Security, Developer Experience, and SRE teams. As an engineer on the Backend Core team, you will build first-class tooling, libraries, and paved paths to support Pleo's engineering community. You will have the opportunity to help design, develop, and shape how we build scalable, robust, distributed products. You’ll work closely with teams within the group and across product engineering. This presents an excellent opportunity to continue growing in your role and both broaden and deepen your skills.

In this role, you'll help build and scale our backend systems and be part of exciting projects as we continue to grow our product and service offerings. If you're passionate about solving complex technical challenges, developing high-impact solutions, and want to work in a culture that values transparency, collaboration, and a deep commitment to innovation, then this role is for you.

**What you’ll be doing**:
As a Backend Engineer, you will:

- Design and build tooling for scalable systems primarily using Kotlin.
- Break down complexity and work with the team to ensure scalability, maintainability, and testability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop innovative solutions across Pleo.
- Continue to refine and define our tech stack and implement optimisations to ensure high reliability and scalability.

**What you bring**:
You'll thrive in this role if you have:

- Experience in server-side languages, especially Kotlin, and knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, and cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes).
- Proficiency with relational databases like PostgreSQL, testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Testcontainers), and observability tools like Grafana.
- A collaborative mindset to problem solve with other engineers and across teams.
- A mindset of maintaining high standards for code quality and reliability. A passion for innovation and driving impactful solutions within a fast-paced scale-up environment.**How you’ll develop in this role**:
In your first six months at Pleo, you’ll:

- Contribute to backend initiatives to improve system performance and scalability. Collaborate with teams to drive innovation in product and infrastructure. Grow your expertise in Kotlin and distributed systems. Contribute to shaping the future of our product as Pleo scales globally.
- We’re committed to supporting your growth, whether through taking on larger projects, stepping into leadership roles, or expanding your technical expertise.

**Salary Range**:
The annual salary for this position varies based on your location:

- United Kingdom: €78,700 -€83,500
- Spain/Portugal: €71,500 - €75,900

We’re happy to share more about our approach to pay and this range during your first call with us

Check out our**Engineering Hiring Blog Post to get an in-depth overview of our hiring process and what to expect. Enjoy the reading

**Show 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 Médis
- We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays
- For our Team, we offer both hybrid and fully remote working options
- Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice We use MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and well-being 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#LI-DNI

**Why join us?**

Working at Pleo means you're working on something very exciting: the future of work. Our mission is to help every company go beyond the books. Pleo itself means ‘more than you’d expect’, and it’s been the secret to our success