Mid-Level Backend Engineer, HIVED
£70-90k
3-5 days a week in office (Shoreditch, London)
Sustainable parcel delivery for the mass-market
Open for applications
Sustainable parcel delivery for the mass-market
101-200 employees
Open for applications
£70-90k
3-5 days a week in office (Shoreditch, London)
101-200 employees
Company mission
There’s parcel delivery. And then there’s HIVED. We’re building the most-loved delivery network at scale, powered entirely by electricity, for a delivery experience you can actually look forward to: fast, reliable and uncomplicated.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience as a Backend Engineer or similar role, with 3+ years of experience
- Proficiency in writing clean, performant, and testable code in typed languages
- Experience with building distributed systems and working with cloud platforms (AWS)
- Familiarity with databases, cloud stacks, and Infrastructure as Code
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team
What the job involves
- We are looking for a skilled Backend Engineer passionate about creating the platform that powers HIVED’s emission-free parcel delivery network
- As a Mid-Level Backend Engineer, you will play a key role in the full software development lifecycle—from development and implementation to deployment and monitoring.
- You will contribute to scaling and improving HIVED’s backend infrastructure, ensuring it remains reliable, maintainable, and efficient for both internal and external users
- You’ll be embedded in a cross-functional 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
- Develop and maintain scalable and efficient backend services for HIVED’s internal operations
- Plan and deliver projects along with other software engineers, product managers and end users
- Maintain and optimise existing infrastructure, including integrations with third-party services
- Improve engineering processes, tools, and standards
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Parcel delivery currently relies on fossil-fuel powered vans for the most part — and they pollute the air we breathe, emit large amounts of CO₂ and congest our cities. At the same time, customer service is notoriously poor, unethical business practices are rampant, and the technology is outdated. HIVED offers an alternative: 100% emission-free parcel delivery.
The company's technology is so efficient, it can match – or sometimes even be cheaper – than the current high-emission carriers. HIVED fundamentally sets itself apart from larger competitors by ensuring deliveries are 100% emission free, which will be a significant advantage for it as the UK is witnessing a green economic boom in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The industry's expansion is expected to grow by $141.05 bn globally by 2025, which will undoubtedly be underpinned by a push towards sustainability. HIVED is well positioned to capitalise on this, particularly if it can maintain its current high standards and further strategic investment of funds.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
64% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Team energy
"People are hard-working and humble, and try to seek the positive side in every challenge thrown at us. Successes are celebrated together wherever..."
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Oct 2024
$2.6m
EARLY VC
Apr 2023
$13m
SERIES A
Total funding: $17.9m
Company benefits
- Weekly team lunch and regular company socials
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption policy
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Cycle to work scheme
- Hybrid working set-up with in-person time expected at both our Shoreditch office and North Woolwich based depot
- MacBook Air or Windows Laptop (depending on your preference)
- 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, vision & mental health therapy
Company HQ
London, UK
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Leadership
Mathias Krieger
(Co-Founder & CPO)After graduating King's College London, co-founded outdoor advertising startup Vanvas where they served as CEO until co-founding HIVED in 2021.
Murvah Iqbal
(Co-Founder & CEO)After graduating King's College London, also co-founded outdoor advertising startup Vanvas. Has previously been Head of Marketing at Archie's and Key Account Manager at PAVE London.
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