About PleoAt Pleo, we’re on a mission to revolutionise the way businesses manage company spending. No more outdated processes, clunky spreadsheets, or frustrating delays - we believe spend management should be seamless, empowering, and surprisingly effective for finance teams and employees alike. We’re creating tools that promote autonomy, foster trust, and let businesses focus on what truly matters. About InvolvementOur culture is built on transparency, collaboration, and a deep commitment to innovation – which is reflected in our spending solution. At Pleo, you’ll join a passionate team shaping the future of work, all while having some fun along the way. About The RoleYou'll join the Data team to drive innovation and deliver impactful solutions that power our business. As a Principal Data Engineer, you'll move beyond incremental improvements to lead foundational projects. You will provide hands‑on leadership to shape the future of Pleo's data architecture. Embedded in the Data Platform Group, you’ll work directly with the VP of Data, contributing as a key member of the data leadership team. You'll collaborate extensively with Product, Engineering, and Business teams to ensure our data solutions directly drive product innovation and business outcomes. You’ll help shape the future of Pleo’s data landscape, support multiple teams, drive strategic projects, and stay hands‑on with cutting‑edge technology to deliver impactful solutions. What You’ll Be Doing

Partner with product and business teams to develop data strategies that enable new features and improve user experience Drive key strategic projects across the organisation, dipping in and out as needed to provide leadership and hands‑on support Support multiple teams across Pleo in delivering impactful data and analytics solutions Build data products that directly support Pleo's product roadmap and business goals Collaborate with the VP of Data and other data leaders to set the vision for Pleo’s data strategy and ensure alignment with company objectives Enhance our data infrastructure and pipelines to improve scalability, performance, and data quality Experiment with and implement innovative technologies to keep Pleo’s data stack at the forefront of the industry Mentor engineers, analysts, and data scientists to foster growth and build a world‑class data team

Examples of projects you may lead include:

Data catalog and data literacy: spearhead a new data catalog to empower the entire organization with accessible, high‑quality data Data platform & warehousing strategy: lead the revamp of our data infrastructure and our dbt architecture to scale for the future AI engineering strategy: support our Product & Engineering teams in structuring and building new AI platform tools for internal & external usage Community of Practice: foster and grow our internal data community, establishing best practices and mentoring technical peers across the company

Tech StackWe work with both AWS and GCP as well as Kubernetes for our hybrid infrastructure. We use Python and SQL alongside Airflow for orchestration and Kafka for event‑driven processing. Our data warehouse is currently in BigQuery, and we serve dbt and Looker. What You BringWe're looking for a strategic thinker who can translate complex business challenges into scalable data solutions. You will thrive if you have:

High proficiency in Python with a proven track record of delivering high‑quality data pipelines and products at scale Experience designing, building, maintaining, and scaling data platforms in both the AWS and GCP ecosystems Experience building data products for analytics purposes, with a focus on AI/ML applications Expertise in designing systems and data architecture serving platform, product, and analytics purposes The ability to inspire and act as a trusted mentor who builds strong partnerships The ability to innovate with pragmatism, actively contributing to a culture of continuous learning by seeking and sharing knowledge

Why It’s a Good FitThis role is for you if:

You are a passionate technologist who loves balancing high‑level strategy with hands‑on execution. You enjoy coding and still spend time debugging, managing or supervising complex data pipelines You are excited about advancements in AI and data engineering best practices You want to own and shape Pleo’s data architecture (not just one piece of it), and help deliver it You excel at mentoring and empowering other data professionals, helping them grow their careers You have significant experience working in data platform teams with a proven track record in implementing and fostering DataOps practices

What It May Not BeThis role may not be for you if:

You want to focus on architecture and strategy only. This is part of the role, but not all of it - we expect you to be hands‑on too when needed You prefer working on a single project for a long time rather than dipping in and out of various strategic initiatives You lack experience in building complex data pipelines or designing data models at an organisational level You are eager to focus on big data ecosystems (we don’t operate with very large volumes of data) Your experience is focused around consulting projects instead of long‑term platforms

The PackageThe annual salary for this position varies based on your location:

United Kingdom: £136,595 - £142,120 Spain / Portugal: €156,000 - €172,000

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role in any of the listed locations you find in the job info so you will need to have a valid right to work. You will, however, be able to work either remotely, hybrid or in office. We’re happy to share more about our approach to pay and this range during your first call with us! Show Me the Benefits

💳 Your own Pleo card (no more out‑of‑pocket spending!) 🍜 Lunch is on us for your work days – enjoy catered meals or receive a lunch allowance based on your local office 🏥 Comprehensive private healthcare – depending on your location, coverage options include Vitality, Alan or Médis 🌴 We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays 🏠 For our team, we offer both hybrid and fully remote working options 🏖️ Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice ❤️🩹 We use MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and well‑being support with great success so far 👶 Paid parental leave – we want to make sure that we’re supportive of families and help you feel that you don’t have to compromise your family due to work

The Interview Process

Intro call: A 30‑minute chat with our Talent Partner to discuss the role and your background Hiring Manager interview: a 60‑minute discussion with the hiring manager to dive deeper into your experience and our data vision A code review interview: a 60‑minute live session where you review real data engineering code alongside our team A system design interview: a 75‑minute live session where you’ll work on a data architecture case alongside our team A leadership interview: a 45‑minute discussion with a senior leader focusing on behavioural skills and values

Transparency is important to us so we also wanted to share some insights about what we’re looking for in applications to ensure you can set yourself up for success! Last time we hired a Principal Data Engineer, we received a total of 452 applications but only 19 were selected for an intro call. Some of the key reasons why previous candidates didn’t make it past the application screening stage include:

CV writing and content: many CVs were generic and AI generated. We expect real impact and a clear picture of achievements Application care: every application is reviewed by a human. We expect a similar level of attention paired with a human‑care approach Profile to role fit: we expect a principal‑level engineer with organisation‑wide or cross‑division initiatives experience and the ability to touch code for years

Why Join Us? Working at Pleo means you’re working on something very exciting: the future of work. Our mission is to help every company go beyond the books. Pleo itself means ‘more than you’d expect’, and it’s been the secret to our success over the last 8 years. So it’s only fitting that we’d pass this philosophy onto our customers to help them make the most of their finances. We think company spending should be delegated to all employees and teams, that it should be as automated as possible, and that it should drive a culture of responsible spending. Finance teams shouldn’t be siloed from the rest of the organisation – they should work in unity with marketing, sales, IT and everyone else. Our values tell the story of how we work at Pleo. We have four core values: ‘champion the customer’, ‘succeed as a team’, ‘make it happen’ and ‘build to scale’. They guide our culture and help us deliver results. We’re a 850+ team from over 100 nations, with offices in Copenhagen, London, Stockholm, Berlin, Madrid, Montreal, Lisbon, and many remote positions worldwide. We support a good work‑life balance and help you set up the best remote setup possible. About Your Application

Please submit your application in English – it’s our company language so you’ll be speaking a lot of it if you join 💕 We treat all candidates equally. If you are interested, please apply through our application system – any correspondence should come from there! Our support can’t pass on calls or emails to us We embrace and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply – regardless of race, ethnicity, colour, religion, nationality, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, neurodiversity, socio‑economic status, culture or beliefs When you submit an application we process your personal data as a data processor. Find out more about how your data is used in the FAQs section at the bottom of our jobs page

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