Job Description
About Plansom
Plansom is building a category-defining execution platform for modern organisations.
As companies scale, planning breaks down, ownership blurs and execution slows. Existing tools optimise fragments of work documents, tasks, and communication but none are designed to run execution at scale.
Plansom is solving this by building a platform that becomes the execution backbone for teams: a system that connects planning, accountability delivering across people, processes and time.
We’re building software designed to help thousands of teams deliver results consistently, with AI embedded directly into how work is structured, tracked and improved.
Plansom has been featured on the Microsoft Blog for building the Plansom Agent for Microsoft Teams, powered by Microsoft Foundry SDKs and Azure OpenAI.
We are early, but deliberate: a live product, real users, weekly releases and a clear path to scale.
The Role
We are hiring a Senior Backend Engineer who has owned a product in production.
This is not a support research, or a ticket-only role. You will own backend features and product areas from specification through to production and iteration.
You will work closely with:
The CTO and CEO, who own technical vision and architecture
Product and frontend teams, to deliver and evolve features
The CTO and CEO set the direction. You execute, own and improve product components within that framework.
What You Will Own
Backend features from design → build → release → iteration
Production services written in Python and Javascript
APIs, data flows and integrations
Reliability, performance and code quality of the areas you own
Continuous improvement based on real product usage
Ownership means:
Knowing how your code works in production
Taking responsibility for outcomes, not just delivery
Fixing what breaks permanently and improving what doesn’t scale
“Owned a Product” — What This Means (Mandatory)
You must have personally owned at least one product or product area that:
Was live in production
Had real users or customers
You were responsible for beyond initial delivery
This does not include:
Only implementing tickets
Only maintaining legacy systems
Only contributing as part of a large team without ownership
If you have not owned a product end-to-end, this role is not a fit.
Required Experience
6–10 years backend engineering experience
Strong hands-on experience with Python and Javascript
Experience in product-led SaaS companies
Proven ability to work independently and take ownership
Experience working in remote or distributed teams
Clear, pragmatic communication style
Scalable REST Services
Python libraries such as Django, FastAPI.
Postgresql or Any SQL Database in Production
Hands on cloud experience (Azure Prefered)
Kubernetes, Docker & GitOps
AIOps/MLOps (basic knowledge)
Outstanding academic record
Nice to Have
Experience in early-stage or scaling startups
Cloud experience (Azure preferred)
Experience improving performance and scalability post-launch
How We Work
Clear technical direction
Weekly releases
High trust, high accountability
Outcome-focused delivery
Direct feedback from product and customers
Why Join Plansom
Real product ownership without politics
Strong technical leadership and clarity
A live, evolving product with real users
Opportunity to grow into Lead Backend responsibilities
Remote-first working culture
This role is for engineers who want to build, own and improve something that genuinely matters.
Plansom is building a category-defining execution platform for modern organisations.
As companies scale, planning breaks down, ownership blurs and execution slows. Existing tools optimise fragments of work documents, tasks, and communication but none are designed to run execution at scale.
Plansom is solving this by building a platform that becomes the execution backbone for teams: a system that connects planning, accountability delivering across people, processes and time.
We’re building software designed to help thousands of teams deliver results consistently, with AI embedded directly into how work is structured, tracked and improved.
Plansom has been featured on the Microsoft Blog for building the Plansom Agent for Microsoft Teams, powered by Microsoft Foundry SDKs and Azure OpenAI.
We are early, but deliberate: a live product, real users, weekly releases and a clear path to scale.
The Role
We are hiring a Senior Backend Engineer who has owned a product in production.
This is not a support research, or a ticket-only role. You will own backend features and product areas from specification through to production and iteration.
You will work closely with:
The CTO and CEO, who own technical vision and architecture
Product and frontend teams, to deliver and evolve features
The CTO and CEO set the direction. You execute, own and improve product components within that framework.
What You Will Own
Backend features from design → build → release → iteration
Production services written in Python and Javascript
APIs, data flows and integrations
Reliability, performance and code quality of the areas you own
Continuous improvement based on real product usage
Ownership means:
Knowing how your code works in production
Taking responsibility for outcomes, not just delivery
Fixing what breaks permanently and improving what doesn’t scale
“Owned a Product” — What This Means (Mandatory)
You must have personally owned at least one product or product area that:
Was live in production
Had real users or customers
You were responsible for beyond initial delivery
This does not include:
Only implementing tickets
Only maintaining legacy systems
Only contributing as part of a large team without ownership
If you have not owned a product end-to-end, this role is not a fit.
Required Experience
6–10 years backend engineering experience
Strong hands-on experience with Python and Javascript
Experience in product-led SaaS companies
Proven ability to work independently and take ownership
Experience working in remote or distributed teams
Clear, pragmatic communication style
Scalable REST Services
Python libraries such as Django, FastAPI.
Postgresql or Any SQL Database in Production
Hands on cloud experience (Azure Prefered)
Kubernetes, Docker & GitOps
AIOps/MLOps (basic knowledge)
Outstanding academic record
Nice to Have
Experience in early-stage or scaling startups
Cloud experience (Azure preferred)
Experience improving performance and scalability post-launch
How We Work
Clear technical direction
Weekly releases
High trust, high accountability
Outcome-focused delivery
Direct feedback from product and customers
Why Join Plansom
Real product ownership without politics
Strong technical leadership and clarity
A live, evolving product with real users
Opportunity to grow into Lead Backend responsibilities
Remote-first working culture
This role is for engineers who want to build, own and improve something that genuinely matters.
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