Senior Backend Engineer, HIVED
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
21-100 employees
Open for applications
3-5 days a week in office (Shoreditch, London)
21-100 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 5+ years of experience
- Self-directed learning who can quickly gain an operational knowledge of new technology quickly and independently
- Familiarity with a range of technologies, databases and cloud stacks (AWS) and previous experience with Infrastructure as Code
- Clear and direct communicator with great organisational skills
- Strong collaboration skills with internal and external stakeholders, team-player
- Positive and solution-oriented mindset
What the job involves
- 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
- 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
- Design, implement and maintain a scalable backend architecture to power HIVED’s internal operations and externally facing apps and integrations
- Plan and lead projects along with other software engineers, product managers and end users
- Improve and scale engineering processes, tools, and standards
- Maintain current systems and infrastructure, including integrations with 3rd party services
- Monitor and optimise service performance
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, they can match – or sometimes even be cheaper – than the current high-emission carriers. Its service is for individuals, SMEs and corporates. HIVED fundamentally sets itself apart from their 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.
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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
$12.7m
SERIES A
Total funding: $17.4m
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-CEO)After graduating King's College London, co-founded outdoor advertising startup Vanvas where he served as CEO.
Murvah Iqbal
(Co-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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