Staff Software Engineer, Plume Design
$190-200k
+ Bonus & Equity
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Platform for communications service providers
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Platform for communications service providers
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$190-200k
+ Bonus & Equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To keep you in the flow with any experiences you turn on.
Role
Who you are
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
- 4+ years of experience writing and shipping production-quality code
- A strong track record of leading complex, cross-functional software projects from conception to delivery
- Deep proficiency in one or more of: Java, Scala, Node.js, or Rust
- Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures on AWS or GCP
- Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and object-oriented design
- Working knowledge of computer networking, operating systems, and databases
- Exceptional communication skills — you can distill complex technical concepts for both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience with Spark, Akka, or NestJS is a strong plus
What the job involves
- Plume's Cloud Platform team is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help shape the future of our industry-leading platform
- At our scale, every technical decision matters — you'll tackle complex distributed systems challenges daily, architecting solutions that power millions of connected devices worldwide
- This is a high-impact, high-visibility role where your work will directly influence the trajectory of our platform and the engineers around you
- Architect and lead the end-to-end delivery of large-scale software initiatives across cloud, embedded, front-end web/mobile, data, and product teams
- Set the technical bar — writing clean, well-documented code and elevating quality across the team through thoughtful code reviews and engineering best practices
- Drive solutions to complex scalability, integration, and architectural challenges unique to our platform's massive scale
- Own the full lifecycle of services in a Kubernetes ecosystem — from design and deployment to operations and incident response
- Serve as a technical leader and mentor, helping grow the next generation of engineers on the team
- Participate in rotating on-call responsibilities as part of a strong production support culture
Our take
Smart devices within the home have become the norm, but Plume Design believes that this influx of revolutionary home tech is only as smart as the networks that support them. With many issues concerning smart devices, treatment is reliant on generic WiFi, unsafe networks, and expensive analysis. Plume Design remedies this with cloud-controlled internet platforms that are defined by the needs of the devices that use them.
With home office setups now the norm, Plume has fast become a necessary service for many small businesses and casual users. Its smart Wi-Fi networks are ground-level products upon which Plume offers more smart home services and it now has more than a billion devices on its network.
With substantial funding behind it, Plume’s post-COVID surge in business was one thing, but keeping up the momentum throughout the 2020s is quite another. Time will tell if the company can continue on its upward trajectory. But as long as it keeps its networks fresh (as it did in 2022 through its partnership with OpenSync software agent SamKnows), it shouldn’t have a problem as it scales up.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2021
$300m
LATE VC
Feb 2021
$270m
SERIES E
Total funding: $697.4m
Company benefits
- Lifetime Plume HomePass membership
- Allowance for home-office set up
- Monthly data or phone allowance
- Plume employee referral bonus program
- Public transportation reimbursement
- Retirement savings contributions
- Employee discounts
- Patent submission support and incentive award program
- Competitive and comprehensive health insurance coverage and extended benefits such as dental, vision, life, short/long-term disability insurance, and FSA/HSA (detailed coverage may vary by location)
- Employee assistance program
- Generous vacation policy to ensure time to recharge (open paid time off or generous accrued paid time off based on location)
- Health and wellness reimbursement and a Premium Strava membership
- Holistic health platform through Walking on Earth
- Generous parental leave policy
- Online and in-person team-building events
- PlumeStrong - our corporate social responsibility program designed to apply our resources (time, brainpower, product, money) for good
- Remote/flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
- Immigration support
Company HQ
Downtown North, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Sri Nathan
(Co-Founder & Vice President of Major Accounts)Previously Co-Founder & Vice President of Business Development at Menara Networks, Vice President and Executive Consultant at Schema, and CEO at Liwana Technologies and Jasmine Networks.
Adam Hotchkiss
(Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer)Previously Vice President of Menara Networks, Sales at ADVA Optical Networking, Product Line Management at Qtera / Nortel and Product Manager at Fujitsu Network Communications.
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