Senior Backend Engineer, Vay

• If you love solving hard problems and want to push the boundaries of mobility, this is where you belong
• Education & Fundamentals – Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field, with a strong grasp of algorithms and data structures
• Backend Expertise – Hands-on experience developing scalable backend services and APIs, preferably in Golang (experience in Java or Python is also highly relevant)
• Cloud & Distributed Systems – Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, scalability, and reliability best practices
• Event-Driven Architectures – Familiarity with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar event-driven messaging systems
• DevOps & Infrastructure – Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and monitoring to ensure robust and maintainable deployments
• Database Proficiency – Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL), with an understanding of data modeling and optimization

Desirable

• At Vay, we’re revolutionizing mobility with cutting-edge remote driving technology, and we need exceptional engineers to bring this vision to life
• As a Backend Engineer, you’ll tackle complex, never-before-solved challenges at the intersection of deep tech and mobility
• You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to build scalable backend services that power fleet management, dispatch, payments, and real-time APIs—ensuring a seamless, safe, and efficient experience for drivers and customers
• Every line of code you write will have real impact, shaping the future of transportation
• Design & Develop: Build and maintain scalable Golang-based backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure as code—leveraging CI/CD to ensure seamless deployments
• Elevate Engineering Excellence: Contribute to cross-team platform engineering initiatives, shaping shared best practices, tools, and libraries to drive efficiency and innovation
• Build End-to-End Solutions: Work closely with frontend, mobile, and embedded teams to craft seamless, high-impact solutions that directly enhance the customer experience and business operations
• Drive Product & Technical Vision: Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to refine goals, define requirements, and actively contribute to sprint and quarterly planning
• Own Quality & Reliability: Champion clean code, automation, and continuous monitoring, ensuring robustness, scalability, and a world-class developer experience

• You will be part of a highly committed, experienced, fun and international team from over 25 countries
• You'll be a part of improving transportation in metropolitan areas around the world - from Europe
• We offer healthy snacks, drinks and coffee in our modern waterfront office in Hamburg
• We have a generous, highly employee-friendly stock option plan and pay above industry standards
• We organize thoughtful & fun team events throughout the year
• We support highly flexible working policies where possible as well as support for your relocation – it doesn’t matter where you currently live
• We contribute to a FitX or UrbanSportsClub membership, plus free and all-day use of our Gravity Gym in the Berlin office
• We contribute to your monthly public transport ticket in Berlin so that it costs you <50% of the regular price

Total funding: $109m

Driverless cars are often considered as the future of transport, but the AI-driven innovation is not yet powerful and safe enough to be made publically available. Furthermore, it is anticipated that many people would not trust AI-driven driverless cars regardless of their state of development, preferring to know that a human is behind the wheel.