Backend Engineer

Via

Via

Software Engineering
Sofia, Bulgaria
Posted on Oct 31, 2023

Via is using technology to transform transportation around the world. From changing a single person’s daily commute to reducing humanity’s collective environmental footprint — we’ve got huge goals.

As a Back-End Engineer at Via, you’ll join an energetic team and take a key role. The position is to be part of a super talented & motivated Development team responsible for Via’s Mapping Data Management team. You will be leading development and working with a huge amount of geographic data to serve it for users in high performance and scale.

What You’ll Do:

  • You will be responsible for scalable backend services with challenging geographic data logic.
  • Design and Implement new back-end components which are used by applications and other critical components in Via.
  • Work with talented engineers to create a stable and scalable product.
  • Provide our customers the ability to visualize and manipulate Via’s mapping and geographic data.

Who You Are:

  • Minimum 4+ years of experience with Microservices BE development in scale - Must
  • Minimum 2+ years of experience with Python - Must
  • Experience with Relational DBs - Must
  • Experience with PostGIS - a big advantage
  • Experience with AWS - Advantage
  • Experience with Kubernetes - Advantage
  • BSc. Computer Science or similar - Advantage

We’re Via, and we build technology that changes the way the world moves. We pioneered the TransitTech category to ensure that the future of transportation is shared, dynamic public mobility — the kind that reduces carbon emissions across congested cities, minimizes reliance on private cars, and provides everyone with accessible, efficient, and affordable ways of getting around.

We created the first end-to-end TransitTech solution for cities and transit agencies, offering world-class software, service design, and operational expertise to fundamentally improve the way the world moves.

Via was founded with the guiding principle that we go further when we go together. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. All backgrounds, identities, and voices are welcomed and celebrated at Via.

Ready to join the ride?

Via is an equal opportunity employer.