Careers

We're always looking for awesome people like you. Even if your dream job isn't listed, please share your unique Plum talent profile with us - we may have just the spot for you!

Who We Are

The future of work means an increasing impact from artificial intelligence, the automation of jobs, and changing models of what work looks like. The shake-up will be felt across all industries in every department; “That’s the way it’s always been done” will no longer be a valid excuse to justify traditional business processes and methodologies. We are a Waterloo-based technology company that helps solve this problem by combining advanced Industrial/Organizational Psychology with Artificial Intelligence to help companies hire, grow and retain top talent.

At Plum, we believe in transparency, and a culture of support and team orientation displayed first and foremost by our leadership team. Daily interactions with our Directors and our Co-founders are not uncommon in our small but growing team. We are also committed to helping our team members reach their full potential with coaching and internal growth opportunities (we also love to have fun on a daily basis)!

Working at Plum

Competitive health benefits
Flexible work schedule
Bi-weekly team meals
Fun monthly company events and activities
Relaxed dress code and atmosphere
Dog-friendly office

We want to know more about who you are and how you’ll fit with our team and culture, as such we ask that you complete the Plum Discovery Survey (follow the Apply link below). By taking our Plum Talent Assessment you’ll get a chance to check out our base product first hand and get your own Plum Talent Profile that highlights your strengths and gives you tips to make sure your next role is the right fit.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

The future of work means a growing impact from artificial intelligence, the automation of jobs, and changing models of what work looks like. At Plum, we’re preparing enterprise organizations for the biggest disruption to the workforce since the industrial revolution by quantifying people’s innate strengths and matching them to jobs where they thrive. We are a Waterloo-based SaaS company of 34 people that automates advanced Industrial/Organizational Psychology to provide enterprise organizations with the talent data they need to prepare for the future of work. As a Senior Software Developer, you’ll join the Engineering team to build, support, and evolve Plum’s application and infrastructure. Our application is built using Python/Django, Typescript/Angular, and we leverage Docker in all environments from development through to production (AWS ECS/ECR).

What You'll Do

Join an Agile team that works in close collaboration with the Product team to build, support, and evolve the Plum application.
Mentor, support, and foster the technical growth of team members through code review and one-to-one guidance.
Design and develop new product features with the team.
Be an active participant in the code review process.
Create unit tests for existing and new code bases.
Document system, feature, and testing designs with the team.
Monitor and maintain the system with bug fixes.
Contribute to the building, managing, monitoring and maintaining of Plum’s cloud infrastructure, following infrastructure-as-code principles utilizing different technologies.
Maintain, support, and develop tools related to our continuous integration pipeline.
Collaborate with our Information Security team to further harden the Plum infrastructure, while leveraging tools to monitor for malicious activity.
Participate in an on-call rotation, including off-hours and holidays to support Plum’s technology stack.

What You'll Need

5+ years experience in software development
Experience mentoring and coaching junior software developers
Experience building RESTful APIs and have experience with Python.
Experience building single page web applications (e.g. Angular, React, etc.).
Comfort and preference for working in a Linux environment.
Experience using Docker in a production environment.
To believe strongly in writing testable and maintainable code.
Experience with and knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL a plus).
Experience managing, monitoring, troubleshooting, and tuning production deployments in AWS, would be an advantage.
Experience with the hardening and monitoring of cloud-based web application architectures, would be an advantage.

Who You Are

Explain ideas with clear and concise language
Receive and deliver feedback constructively.
Build and maintain long-term working relationships.
Adapt to others' strengths and weaknesses.
Attend to details to ensure accurate and timely completion of projects.
Solve complex problems despite time pressure.
Consistently surpass quality standards.

Who We Are

At Plum, we believe in transparency, commitment, and a culture of support and team orientation through the following initiatives:

Flexible work schedule
Fun quarterly company events and activities
Coaching and internal growth opportunities

We want to know more about who you are and how you’ll fit with our team and culture, as such we ask that you complete the Plum Discovery Survey (follow the Apply link below). By taking our Discovery Survey you’ll get a chance to check out our base product first hand and get your own Plum Profile that highlights your strengths and gives you tips to make sure your next role is the right fit.