Senior Backend Engineer
Senior Backend Engineer
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About HIVED
At HIVED were steamrolling forward as one of Europes fastest growing startups and our momentum shows no signs of slowing.
Based in London we are a climate and logistics startup building the first sustainable parcel delivery network at scale powered by a 100% electric fleet. In an evergrowing industry where unreliable service has long been the norm HIVED has been built from the groundup to meet the demands of modern consumers and disrupt parcel delivery.
A tech company at heart our talent and technology is laserfocused on delivering the best possible delivery experience for endcustomers and meeting the needs of our retail partners. From our drivers to our data engineers we are constantly working to improve this customer experience that makes us deliver better.
Already trusted by leading international brands such as Zara Uniqlo ASOS Nespresso and more we are solidifying our position as the leaders in Europe to tackle this growing market.
Our tightknit team is made up of exRevolut Bain HelloFresh ASOS Apple and Google employees and we are backed by some of Europes leading investors and VCs in climatetech logistics and mobility including Planet A Ventures Maersk Growth Pale Blue Dot VC Eka Ventures and the British government. Were passionate about driving innovation and redefining the future of delivery.
Role Overview
We are looking for a skilled Backend Engineer passionate about creating the platform that powers HIVEDs emissionfree parcel delivery network.
As a Senior Backend Engineer you will be an integral part of the team responsible for the full software development lifecyclefrom discovery and design to deployment and monitoring. You will have tangible impact on growing HIVEDs software backend in a rapid but sustainable fashion. HIVED will depend on you to ensure that our backend is reliable and maintainable for both internal and external users. You will solve problems in a creative but pragmatic fashion and always with a positive attitude.
Youll be embedded in a crossfunctional team collaborating directly with other software engineers product managers and UX designers. The problems your team is solving cover complex routing and optimisation challenges building intelligent address and parcel locating solutions external integrations powering our customer facing apps with (live) tracking data and more. We reimagine parcel delivery from scratch built on a modern tech stack with sustainability flexibility and scale at the core.
Responsibilities
- Design implement and maintain a scalable backend architecture to power HIVEDs internal operations.
- Plan and lead projects along with other software engineers product managers and end users.
- Maintain and optimise existing infrastructure including integrations with thirdparty services.
- Shape the engineering culture at HIVED by scaling processes tools and standards while sharing knowledge with junior team members.
- Participate in the oncall rota ensuring system reliability.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Backend Engineer or similar role with 5 years of experience.
- Skilled at writing clean performant and testable code in typed languages.
- Experience in architecting designing and building distributed systems.
- Familiarity with a range of technologies databases and cloud stacks (AWS) and previous experience with Infrastructure as Code.
- Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders.
Technologies we use
- Golang
- AWS (Lambda SQS EventBridge DynamoDB RDS CDK OpenSearch)
- Github Github Actions
- Prometheus Grafana
- Eventdriven architecture and domaindriven design
How we reward our team
- Dynamic working environment with a diverse and driven team
- Huge opportunity for learning in a high growth environment with progression opportunities based on success in the role
- 25 days of holiday allowance plus public holidays
- Wellbeing initiatives including 3 wellbeing days in addition to holiday allowance
- Subsidised Private Medical Insurance including dental and vision
- Weekly team lunch and regular company socials
- MacBook or Windows Laptop (depending on your preference)
- Hybrid working setup with inperson time expected at both our Shoreditch office and North Woolwich based depot
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption policy
- Cycle to work scheme
- Dog friendly office
Employment Type
Full Time
