Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer

Company Name: Cleo

Job Url: https://revolutpeople.com/cleo/public/careers/position/c2b40f1f-5dd6-41f9-8b3c-52c98ca8c82b?utm_source=Otta

Job Description: Our Tech Stack

Cleo is built as a Ruby on Rails monolith with a single React Native app frontend, utilising TypeScript. We also leverage Python for machine learning services and PostgreSQL for our database, all hosted on AWS. Our CI/CD pipeline is fully automated, with production deployments happening on every merge via Heroku. Our backend engineers deploy multiple times a week, and we release our frontend app to Google and Apple for review at least once a week.

While we take a pragmatic approach, we place a strong emphasis on quality. Our code is peer-reviewed, and we maintain automated testing using Minitest and CircleCI. We're also actively working towards a more modular architecture, focusing on separating concerns to achieve all the benefits of microservices within a monolith, while progressively refactoring our code as we build new features. Everyone in the engineering team contributes to driving our technical strategy, voices & ideas from all levels are valued: we are all owners at Cleo.

What you’ll be doing
Joining a cross-functional product squad and collaborating with a mix of engineers, designers, analysts and other disciplines to develop features that enhance our users' financial health.
Collaborating with other senior peers in your squad and pillar to provide technical insight into upcoming work, and leading the delivery by helping pull everyone together to get it shipped.
Mentoring colleagues to help them grow as engineers and actively supporting their development.
Working on our Ruby on Rails monolith, building data models, APIs, and business logic services.
Delivering your work using agile methodologies and tools like tests, observability, AB-tests, and feature flags.
Analyzing data to identify problems and generate new ideas, using various sources such as our database, application logs, and user research data.
Supporting colleagues through in-hours support and optionally joining the compensated out-of-hours on-call rotation.
Contributing to cross-cutting concerns that improve our engineering efforts.
Taking part in shaping the work of your squad beyond technical aspects, participating in product ideation, user research, design reviews, retrospectives, and more.


Here are some examples, big and small, of the kinds of product feature work our engineers have taken part in over the last year:

Building a secured credit card
Launching new budget analysis features
implementing pricing experiments for subscriptions
Want to hear more from our engineers? Check out Magda's blog post.

About you
You are passionate about making a positive difference in society by improving the financial health of our users. You align with our company values and engineering principles, which drive our ways of working and software delivery.

As this is a SE3-SE4 position we’re looking for someone who has at least 4 years industry experience of using Ruby on Rails. If it’s not quite that much, maybe you want to look at our standard Backend role.

What do you get for all of your hard work?
A competitive compensation package (base + equity) with termly (3 annual) reviews, aligned to our OKR planning cycles.
Work at one of the fastest-growing tech startups, backed by top VC firms, Balderton & EQT Ventures
A clear progression plan. We want you to keep growing. That means trying new things, leading others, challenging the status quo and owning your impact. Always with our complete support.
Flexibility. We can’t fight for the world’s financial health if we’re not healthy ourselves. We work with everyone to make sure they have the balance they need to do their best work
Work where you work best. We’re a globally distributed team. If you live in the Bay Area we have a hybrid approach, we’d love you to spend one day a week or more in our beautiful office. If you’re outside of SF, we’ll encourage you to spend a couple of days with us a few times per year. And we’ll cover your travel costs, naturally


Other Benefits

Company-wide performance reviews every 4 months
Generous pay increases for high-performing team members
Equity top-ups for team members getting promoted
15 days annual leave a year + public holidays + 5 extra use-for-whatever days (+ an additional day for every year you spend at Cleo)
401k matching
Medical Insurance, Dental and Vision care
Generous Parental Leave
1 month paid sabbatical after 4 years at Cleo
Regular socials and activities, online and in-person
We'll pay for your OpenAI subscription
Online mental health support via Spill
And many more!


We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

Compensation range
United States: $170,000 - $225,000 gross annually*
Other locations: Compensation will be discussed during the interview process
*Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate's qualifications, skills, and previous experience