Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Company Name: Plume Design

Job Details: $128.5-145.1k+,Bonus,+,equitySQLMongoDBAWSDockerKubernetesGCPPythonScalaJavaKafkaGoCassandraELKAzurePrometheusGrafanaBoostDynamoDBChatGPTDevOpsSenior,and,Expert,levelRemote,from,USMore,information,about,location

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Job Description: Role
Who you are
Strong proficiency in Scala, Go, or Java and Python (experience with multiple is a plus)
Proven experience with distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures
Fundamental understanding of computer networking (including Wi-Fi), operating system, and database
Hands-on expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
Familiarity with data engineering (ETL pipelines, real-time streaming with Kafka/Pulsar, batch processing frameworks)
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB)
Solid knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK)
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in an agile, squad-based environment
Desirable
Functional programming experience in Scala
Experience with caching layers, distributed storage, and message queues
Familiarity with AI-powered developer tools such as ChatGPT, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar to boost productivity
Contributions to open-source projects or personal projects showcasing backend innovation

What the job involves
As part of our Product Engineering organization, you will play a critical role in building scalable, high-performance backend systems that directly power customer-facing products and internal platforms
Product Engineering at our company is responsible for translating product vision into reliable, secure, and production-grade software solutions
This role sits at the intersection of product strategy and technical execution — partnering closely with Product, Design, and cross-functional engineering squads to rapidly ship impactful features while maintaining long-term architectural integrity
You’ll help shape the technical foundation of our products, ensuring they are scalable, resilient, observable, and built with engineering excellence
API Development: Design, implement, and maintain RESTful and gRPC APIs powering internal and external applications
Cloud Microservices: Architect and deploy scalable microservices in AWS/GCP/Azure using Kubernetes and modern DevOps practices
Data Pipelines: Build real-time and batch data pipelines, ensuring data accuracy, performance, and observability (EMR on EKS)
Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional squad members to deliver features end-to-end, from concept to production
System Reliability: Optimize services for scalability, resilience, and high availability
Engineering Excellence: Contribute to architecture discussions, enforce coding standards, and drive best practices in CI/CD, testing, and monitoring
Security: Embed security and compliance into backend systems and data workflows

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Top investors

-15% employee growth in 12 months

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Trustpilot (2.1)

Company
Company benefits
Lifetime Plume HomePass membership
Allowance for home-office set up
Monthly data or phone allowance
Plume employee referral bonus program
Public transportation reimbursement
Retirement savings contributions
Employee discounts
Patent submission support and incentive award program
Competitive and comprehensive health insurance coverage and extended benefits such as dental, vision, life, short/long-term disability insurance, and FSA/HSA (detailed coverage may vary by location)
Employee assistance program
Generous vacation policy to ensure time to recharge (open paid time off or generous accrued paid time off based on location)
Health and wellness reimbursement and a Premium Strava membership
Holistic health platform through Walking on Earth
Generous parental leave policy
Online and in-person team-building events
PlumeStrong - our corporate social responsibility program designed to apply our resources (time, brainpower, product, money) for good
Remote/flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities
Immigration support

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Oct 2021

$300m
LATE VC

Feb 2021

$270m
SERIES E

Total funding: $697.4m

Our take

Smart devices within the home have become the norm, but Plume Design believes that this influx of revolutionary home tech is only as smart as the networks that support them. With many issues concerning smart devices, treatment is reliant on generic WiFi, unsafe networks, and expensive analysis. Plume Design remedies this with cloud-controlled internet platforms that are defined by the needs of the devices that use them.
With home office setups now the norm, Plume has fast become a necessary service for many small businesses and casual users. Its smart Wi-Fi networks are ground-level products upon which Plume offers more smart home services and it now has more than a billion devices on its network.

With substantial funding behind it, Plume’s post-COVID surge in business was one thing, but keeping up the momentum throughout the 2020s is quite another. Time will tell if the company can continue on its upward trajectory. But as long as it keeps its networks fresh (as it did in 2022 through its partnership with OpenSync software agent SamKnows), it shouldn’t have a problem as it scales up.

Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle