Senior Backend Engineer

About Plane

Plane is a modren project management solution for all teams. Read our manifesto. In just two years, Plane's grown to #1 in its category on GitHub and become a viable open-core alternative to Jira, Monday, Wrike, Asana, ClickUp, and Linear, not to mention all-in-one tools like Notion or Obsidian.

Our growth has come on the back of the product's true flexibility without artificial limits, simple configurations that work out of the box, and thoughtfully packaged features that nurture our customers' growth instead of punishing it.

As a modern product start-up, we obsess over new and power users equally. Our mission is to empower teams everywhere with the simplest, most delightful work management experience on the planet. Our vision is to become the WorkOS of the future with a workbench of unified tools and techniques that intuitively and progressively form a greater whole for knowledge workers.

We're well capitalized, backed by OSS Capital, and are revenue-positive. Our coworkers include ex-Microsoft, Deloitte, [24]7, Nutanix, and Yahoo in our 50-strong workforce today.

About the Role
This role is integral to developing and optimizing the core systems that power high-impact, user-centric features across our platform. The Senior Backend Engineer will leverage modern technologies such as Python, Go (Golang), event-driven streaming and change-data-capture for real-time data synchronization, and advanced caching to reduce latency and load, boosting performance and system reliability. Collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to sharing meaningful solutions with the open-source community are key aspects of success in this position. Candidates will drive architectural upgrades, foster excellence in observability and monitoring, and set industry benchmarks for backend development.

What you will do?

• Develop the backbone for a variety of user-centric features.

• Enhance the efficiency of real-time data synchronization across our platforms.

• Boost database and system performance through advanced caching techniques and connection pooling.

• Elevate our service's reliability with superior observability, monitoring, and alert systems, enabling prompt incident responses.

• Expand our service's capabilities with strategic architectural and infrastructural upgrades.

• Share our meaningful innovations with the open-source community.

• Set new industry standards for software development practices, aiming to deliver unparalleled quality to the global market.
  
  

Skills You'll Need to Bring

• Proficient in programming, with extensive experience working across the full stack.

• Expertise in Python or Golang, with a strong ability to navigate the full stack environment.

• A self-starter attitude, with a commitment to taking responsibility for tasks.

• Demonstrated success in similar roles.

• Ability to adapt to scale engineering and strong understanding on deployment strategies.

• A dedication to delivering high-quality products.

• A minimum of 5 years of proven experience in developing high-quality backend systems.

• Familiarity with GraphQL will be considered a strong plus.
  
  

Tech

• Django/Python, Golang, NodeJS, Postgres, and Redis in the backend.

• Hosted on AWS Cloud with k8s and Rancher.

• Experienced working in message queues and scheduling using RabbitMQ or Kafka.

• Monitored with DataDog and Sentry.

• Tools: GitHub, Slack, Plane, Figma, Whimsical.

Why Join Plane?

• Leverage your deep technical expertise to shape innovative, impactful products used by a global user base.

• Collaborate with a team that values technical leadership, strategic insight, and continuous professional development.

• Thrive in a culture that encourages mentoring, knowledge sharing, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Contribute to a dynamic, high-growth environment offering meaningful opportunities to influence product strategy and organizational direction.

• Advance your career by taking on challenging projects that require thoughtful decision-making and technical excellence.