About this role
Plentific is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join its engineering team in a fully remote capacity across European countries. This hands-on position involves building and maintaining core services for a leading property technology platform that supports housing providers and contractors.
Role Overview
The Senior Backend Engineer works within a cross-functional product team to design, build, and operate vital backend services. This role combines advanced Python development with agentic, spec-driven engineering practices to deliver reliable solutions for complex real-world workflows. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with product managers, frontend engineers, and quality specialists to turn product requirements into production-ready software.
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About the Company
Plentific provides a property technology platform utilized by housing associations, local authorities, and contractors across the UK and Germany. The platform streamlines repairs, maintenance, and contractor workflows at scale by combining a marketplace, workflow automation, and operational analytics. Headquartered in London with a team operating across Europe, Plentific solves real-world operational challenges in an under-served software sector.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should visit the official Plentific careers page to submit their application for this remote position.
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What is the primary location for this job?
This is a fully remote role open across European countries where Plentific currently employs or engages remote engineers.
What technical stack is used for backend development?
The backend is built primarily in Python and Django, utilizing Django REST Framework, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery, AWS, and Kubernetes.
How many years of experience are required?
Candidates must have 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, including substantial commercial experience with Python and Django.
What role does AI play in the engineering process?
Plentific practices spec-driven development where engineers use agentic coding tools like Codex, Claude Code, or Cursor to generate, refactor, test, and document code.
What benefits are provided with this position?
Benefits include 25 days of annual holiday (plus extra days for tenure), fully remote work with options to work abroad, private healthcare, enhanced parental leave, life insurance, a pension scheme, and various wellness and tech schemes.