Junior Full-Stack Engineer
Junior Full-Stack Engineer
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04-05-2025
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Job Description
Want to use AI to make roads around the world safer and greener Were looking for an energetic Engineer with a passion for data and web applications to join our team and help us transform transport.
Salary: 40k 55K
Reporting to: Andy Jackson Engineering Manager
Location: primarily based in our London Office with flexible and hybrid working (ideally 2 days per week in the office).
About us
At VivaCity we make cities smarter safer and more sustainable using the latest in AI and IoT technologies. We have over 6000 AI sensors around the world gathering realtime anonymous data on transport modes traffic flow and travel patterns. This is used to gather actionable insights to support strategic decisions to improve the global transport network. All our solutions are communitycentric using privacy by design principles. We pride ourselves on a collaborative open culture that fosters innovation learning and encourages everyone to do their best work whilst building a sense of community and collaboration. Read more about what its like to work at VivaCity.
About the role
Youll join our 6person sensors and signals team who are responsible for developing and managing our AIpowered traffic sensors. This includes the web applications needed to configure and manage smart IoT sensors at scale. You will play a crucial role in producing and managing the trillions of data points per year which flow from our smart traffic sensors to government clients.
As a junior fullstack engineer you will work on varied projects learning quickly on the job to make an impact for customers helping to make roads around the world safer and greener. You will use pair programming and regular touch points to learn from senior engineers but you will have the autonomy to drive your own impact in our stack.
About you
You bring energy curiosity and a bias for action and you love collaborating to achieve impact for customers. Youve written Typescript and/or Go commercially or in substantial projects and are comfortable with Git and the command line. You communicate clearly enjoy learning unfamiliar tech and arent afraid to ask for help or be resourceful to make sure youre delivering ontime and onscope.
Requirements for the role
- JavaScript and a staticallytyped language (eg Go Typescript): commercial or significant project experience required
- Version control (Git) and command line: basic ability and knowledge of fundamentals required
- Cloud software engineering (eg GCP/AWS): basic ability and knowledge of fundamentals required
- Docker & kubernetes: basic ability and knowledge of fundamentals required
- SQL or other structured query language: basic ability and knowledge of fundamentals required
- Problemsolving mindset and willingness to tackle unfamiliar domains
- Clear written and verbal communication with a collaborative and open approach
- Strong sense of personal accountability and attention to detail
Your time will be spent roughly as follows:
- 60% Proactive technical work (e.g. product development reliability enhancements DevX enhancements)
- 30% Reactive technical work (e.g. incident response support requests code review)
- 10% Planning and administration
This is a unique opportunity to work with exciting technologies for a good cause whilst building your experience across a wide variety of skillsets.
The following would further strengthen an application
- Deeper experience with parts of our stack eg Go Typescript react
- Terraform or other InfrastructureasCode tooling
- Exposure to Kafka eventdriven architectures or message queues
- Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault or other secrets management tooling
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines
- Experience in a startup or scaleup environment
- Passion for sustainability transport or smart cities
You dont need to have done all of these things before but to excel in this role you will need to be keen to learn and comfortable working in a dynamic fastpaced environment. If youre close to what were looking for please consider applying. Experience comes in many forms skills are transferable and passion goes a long way.
Hiring process
- 30 minute introductoryinterview.
- 1 hour pair programming interview where you will work together with a VivaCity engineer
- 1.5 hours final round interview split into a 45 minute technical experience interview then 45 minute soft skills interview
We know that diverse ideas and perspectives drive innovation and make us better. We are creating an environment where everyone from any background can do their best work. Were an equal opportunities employer and all applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation nationality disability age or social background. If you need any reasonable accommodations to help you perform at your best during the application process please let us know.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
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