Staff Engineer

The Role

What You Will Do

• Architect and design modular, scalable, and observable systems that support high-volume experimentation and user engagement flows spanning from the mobile client to backend services
• Drive the Cross-Platform Strategic Vision and roadmap, ensuring our architecture supports high-volume experimentation, rapid iteration and future business needs
• Promote Continuous Improvement by driving architectural standards, engineering best practices, and operational excellence across multiple teams.
• Provide guidance to and mentor Senior Engineers and other team members, fostering a culture of technical excellence and career growth.
• Identify root causes of systemic issues and architectural bottlenecks, determining short-term mitigations and long-term strategic resolutions.
• Work and intervene on the whole life cycle of the software, from high-level system design to deployment and post-release monitoring.
• Partner closely with Product Managers and Data Scientists to design technical solutions that unlock new growth opportunities and optimise user funnels.

What We Look For

• Proven track record of technical leadership, preferably in a mobile-heavy or full-stack capacity
• Experience designing and architecting systems at scale
• Deep experience with A/B testing frameworks, experimentation platforms, or data-intensive growth loops.
• High level of pragmatism; you understand when to build for scale and when to optimise for speed of learning.
• Positive and solution-oriented mindset
• Strong planning and prioritisation skills, with the ability to translate high-level business goals into actionable technical strategies across the stack.
• Ability to share product insight with stakeholders, challenge product decisions with data, and act as a bridge between Engineering, Product, and Data Science.
• Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organisational challenges to both technical and non-technical executives.
• Experience in working within a cross-functional team and collaborative environment; ability to facilitate technical decision-making and resolve conflicts across teams.
• Self-motivated and self-managing, with excellent organisational skills and a focus on high-leverage work.
• Comfortable working with both strongly and dynamically typed languages. We value your ability to architect

Plum 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.