Senior Backend Engineer

Shoreditch · Hybrid Remote
Be part of a driven and enthusiastic team and help reimagine parcel delivery from scratch - built on a modern tech stack with sustainability, flexibility and scale at the core.
At HIVED, we’re steamrolling forward as one of Europe’s fastest growing startups, and our momentum shows no signs of slowing.
Based in London, we are a climate and logistics start-up building the first sustainable parcel delivery network at scale, powered by a 100% electric fleet. In an ever-growing industry where unreliable service has long been the norm, HIVED has been built from the ground-up to meet the demands of modern consumers and disrupt parcel delivery.
A tech company at heart, our talent and technology is laser-focused on delivering the best possible delivery experience for end-customers 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 tight-knit team is made up of ex-Revolut, Bain, HelloFresh, ASOS, Apple and Google employees, and we are backed by some of Europe’s leading investors and VCs in climate-tech, logistics and mobility including Planet A Ventures, Maersk Growth, Pale Blue Dot VC, Eka Ventures and the British government. We’re passionate about driving innovation and redefining the future of delivery.

Role Overview

We are looking for a passionate and versatile backend engineer to work on the services that power HIVED’s emission-free parcel delivery network. 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.
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be an integral part of a cross-functional team responsible for the full software development life cycle, from discovery, design, and deployment, to monitoring production systems. You will have tangible impact on growing HIVED's 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 solve problems in a creative but pragmatic fashion, and always with a positive attitude.
Our engineers hold a large amount of ownership and autonomy and are expected to build an in-depth understanding of the solutions they are working on, across the entire stack.

Responsibilities

1. Design, implement and maintain a scalable backend architecture to power HIVED’s internal operations and externally facing apps and integrations.
2. Plan and lead projects along with other software engineers, product managers and end users.
3. Improve and scale engineering processes, tools, and standards.
4. Maintain current systems and infrastructure, including integrations with 3rd party services.
5. Monitor and optimise service performance.

Requirements

1. Proven experience as a Backend Engineer or similar role, with 3+ years of experience.
2. Self-directed learning who can quickly gain an operational knowledge of new technology quickly and independently.
3. Have built and improved 3rd-party integrations and internal/external APIs in the past.
4. Familiarity with a range of technologies, databases and cloud stacks (AWS) and previous experience with Infrastructure as Code.
5. Clear and direct communicator with great organisational skills.
6. Strong collaboration skills with internal and external stakeholders, team-player.
7. Positive and solution-oriented mindset.

Technologies we use

1. Golang
2. AWS (Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, DynamoDB, RDS, CDK, OpenSearch)
3. Github, Github Actions
4. Prometheus, Grafana
5. Event-driven architecture and domain-driven design

How we reward our team

1. Dynamic working environment with a diverse and driven team
2. Huge opportunity for learning in a high growth environment, with progression opportunities based on success in the role
3. 25 days of holiday allowance plus public holidays
4. Wellbeing initiatives, including 3 wellbeing days in addition to holiday allowance
5. Subsidised Private Medical Insurance including dental and vision
6. Weekly team lunch and regular company socials
7. MacBook Air or Windows Laptop (depending on your preference)
8. Hybrid working set-up with in-person time expected at both our Shoreditch office and North Woolwich based depot
9. Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption policy
10. Cycle to work scheme
11. Dog friendly office