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ABOUT PLUM Plum is an employee insurance and health benefits platform focused on making health insurance simple, accessible and inclusive for modern organizations. Healthcare in India is seeing a phenomenal shift with inflation in healthcare costs 3x that of general inflation. A majority of Indians are unable to afford health insurance on their own; and so as many as 600mn Indians will likely have to depend on employer-sponsored insurance. Plum is on a mission to provide the highest quality insurance and healthcare to 10 million lives by FY2030, through companies that care. Plum is backed by Tiger Global and Peak XV Partners. ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant APIs Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code to build features and improvements to the Plum product in a secure, well-tested, and performant way Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders within Engineering (Frontend, UX, etc.) to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance ROLE REQUIREMENTS 3+ years of experience in shipping backend applications with expertise in one or more backend technologies such as Node.js [http://node.js/], Java, Python, Go, or similar. Experience with frameworks like Express (Node.js [http://node.js/]), Spring Boot (Java), Django (Python), or equivalent. Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system. Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable API infrastructure. Shows the drive for owning a project from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution. Self-motivated and self-managing, with strong organizational skills. Having experience maintaining a production-grade open-source project is a plus. .
Here's how to pick the right one and stand out in your application.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.