Senior Backend Engineer, Vay

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AWS
Python
Java
Kafka
Node.js
Postgres
Terraform
C++
C
RabbitMQ
Golang
Senior and Expert level
Berlin
Vay

Driverless mobility service

Job no longer available

Vay

Driverless mobility service

101-200 employees

B2CCarsTransportAutomation

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

+ Stock options

AWS
Python
Java
Kafka
Node.js
Postgres
Terraform
C++
C
RabbitMQ
Golang
Senior and Expert level
Berlin

101-200 employees

B2CCarsTransportAutomation

Company mission

To speed up the rollout of driverless mobility services by using its remote human-assisted driving technologies to build trust in its services.

Role

Who you are

  • 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

  • Industry Experience: Background in Mobility, Logistics, or similar domains
  • Mobile-First Products: Experience working on products with a strong mobile integration
  • Additional Tech Stack: Familiarity with Node.js, gRPC, AWS, Terraform, or NoSQL databases
  • Low-Level Programming: Proficiency with C/C++ for performance-critical components

What the job involves

  • 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

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Insights

Top investors

-1% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • 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

Funding (2 rounds)

Dec 2021

$95m

SERIES B

May 2019

$14m

SERIES A

Total funding: $109m

Our take

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.

Vay develops autonomous driving hardware powered by "teledriving", a system in which cars are driven remotely by humans. The German company will begin by providing orderable cars that can be driven manually by the customer but parked remotely by Vay staff, with future use cases including full remote rides, ride-sharing, last-mile delivery, and public transport.

Whilst other companies such as Mobileye have made plans to provide driverless cars to German cities, Vay is standing out with its unique focus on the trust of teledriving. Furthermore, the initial focus on autonomous parking will greatly speed up rollout and give the company a competitive edge. 2024 funding is being used to expand its development team and grow its European market.

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