Backend Engineer (Python/ Django)

About Plane

Plane is an incisive response to config-heavy, opinionated, and restrictive project management software. Check out our website.

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 human force today.

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

• 2 to 3 years of proven experience in developing high-quality backend systems.

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

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

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

• Expirenced in working on mono repos and micro services architecture.

• Demonstrated success in similar roles.

• A dedication to delivering high-quality products.

Tech

• Django/Python, Postgres, RabbitMQ and Redis in the backend

• Hosted on AWS Cloud with k8s

• Experienced working in message queues and scheduling.

• Expirienced in using monitoring tools like DataDog and Sentry

• Tools: GitHub, Django, PGAdmin, Postman, Pytest

Why Join Plane?

• Be part of a global product team driving meaningful impact worldwide.

• Thrive in a collaborative, innovation-driven environment that prioritizes continuous learning.

• Experience a vibrant and supportive company culture.

• Join a high-growth organization with exciting opportunities for advancement.