Platform Engineer

Plumery
Plumery

Software Engineering

Europe · Remote

Posted 6+ months ago

Why Plumery exists

Our mission is to enable financial companies of any size globally to launch composable digital and AI banking experiences fast without giving up control, so they can adapt freely as banking changes and their vision grows.

Who are we?

Our name is derived from Plumeria, a tropical flower that is considered sacred in some cultures, symbolising new beginnings, dedication, and beauty.

It’s a contrast to how ugly digital banking can get. We know where the industry's compromises came from because we once worked for the companies that built them. We were in escalation meetings when banks discovered their vendors’ technology was more limited than they anticipated. And we were powerless to offer more than license concessions as a consolation.

This was a situation we didn’t want to continue. So we launched a new beginning for banks: Plumery.

About the Platform Team

We are the backbone of Plumery, providing a robust and reliable platform that empowers our product teams to build and deploy amazing things. We’re obsessed with automation, performance, and security, and we believe in the power of cloud-native technologies to drive innovation.

Your Mission

As a Platform Engineer, you will be a key player in building and maintaining the foundation upon which Plumery’s success is built. Your mission is to:

  • Ensure Plumery’s platform is a rock: You’ll be responsible for the availability, performance, and scalability of our infrastructure, ensuring zero downtime and seamless scaling.
  • Champion a culture of collaboration: You’ll work closely with product teams, understanding their needs and enabling them to deliver features faster and more efficiently.
  • Automate everything: You’ll embrace Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps practices to automate infrastructure changes, ensuring consistency and repeatability.
  • Be a knowledge leader: You’ll continuously learn and share your expertise with the team and the wider organisation, promoting best practices and improving our collective knowledge.

What You Bring to the Table

  • Platform building expertise: You have a proven track record of designing, building, securing, and supporting platforms at scale for both product and infrastructure.
  • IaC and GitOps mastery: Terraform is your weapon of choice, and you’re fluent in the language of IaC and GitOps.
  • Cloud-native expert: You have a deep understanding of cloud-native applications, distributed systems, and microservices architectures.
  • Public cloud proficiency: You’re comfortable navigating multiple public cloud providers (AWS,Azure,GCP), with experience in managed Kubernetes services.
  • Automation enthusiast: You can automate tasks effectively using Go and/or Python.
  • Kubernetes expert: You have hands-on experience managing applications on Kubernetes.
  • Networking specialist: You have a strong grasp of public cloud networking concepts, with a focus on security and Kubernetes service meshes.
  • Data management: You have experience managing databases, streaming, and messaging services.
  • Security advocate: You have a deep understanding of public cloud security and Kubernetes security, including best practices for securing infrastructure, applications, and data. You have experience with security tools and technologies such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, encryption, and identity and access management.You are familiar with Well-Architected Frameworks and compliance frameworks like ISO27001, SOC2.
  • Observability expert: You have a deep understanding of observability practices and tools, including monitoring, alerting, tracing, and logging.

What Your Colleagues Would Say About You

  • Team player: You thrive in a collaborative environment and are passionate about fostering technical excellence.
  • Adaptable and open to change: You embrace new challenges and are always willing to learn and grow.
  • Driven to make a difference: You’re motivated to make a real impact and are always looking for ways to improve.
  • Innovative and curious: You’re not afraid to experiment with new technologies and challenge the status quo.

Why should you join Plumery?

  • Work with a team of highly passionate people where every person is appreciated and respected.
  • Be part of changing how banking is done globally.
  • Enjoy a unique opportunity to influence and shape the trajectory of Plumery, making a substantial impact on our future growth and development.
  • Maintain work-life balance as we prioritize efficiency over long working hours.
  • Gain significant equity upside as one of Plumery’s foundational team members.

In addition, we are proud to offer full remote work flexibility. We believe that remote work fosters greater productivity, work-life balance, and employee well-being.

Join us and help build the future of Plumery!