Senior Staff Software Engineer — Architecture & Tech Leadership (Remote)

Pleo; Madrid; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Wellbeing days

LinkedIn Learning access

Lunch allowance

Job summary

Pleo is seeking a hands-on technical leader to design and operate distributed systems and cloud-native services. You will apply domain-driven design to model complex business domains, shape clear service boundaries, and drive architectural decisions across teams.

In this 80/20 leadership role, you will mentor engineers, promote quality, and ensure security and resilience in production. Remote work is supported with occasional travel to Europe, including Amsterdam, for offsite meetings.

Qualifications

• Experience designing distributed systems and scalable architectures.
• Strong background in domain-driven design and architectural ownership.

Responsibilities

• Designing and operating distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native services.
• Applying DDD to model complex domains and define service boundaries.
• Mentoring engineers and driving architectural decisions across teams.
• Ensuring security, observability, and resilience in production systems.
• Leading and shaping cross-team technical direction while delivering high-quality software.

Skills

Distributed systems

DDD

Leadership

Mentoring

Node.js

TypeScript

Cloud-native

APIs

Security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Temporal

SpiceDB

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Redis

OAuth 2.0

OIDC

WebAuthn

Job description

Pleo is seeking a hands-on technical leader to design and operate distributed systems and cloud-native services. You will apply domain-driven design to model complex business domains, shape clear service boundaries, and drive architectural decisions across teams.

In this 80/20 leadership role, you will mentor engineers, promote quality, and ensure security and resilience in production. Remote work is supported with occasional travel to Europe, including Amsterdam, for offsite meetings.