Mid-Level Backend Engineer (Driver Squad)
Mid-level backend engineer on HIVED's Driver Squad, owning end-to-end features in the distributed systems and tooling that support drivers of its 100% electric parcel delivery network — routing, last-metre navigation, telemetry, and lost-parcel tracing. Stack is Go on AWS (CDK/TypeScript, Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, RDS/PostgreSQL) with event-driven and domain-driven design.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- London HQ
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Middle
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Backend
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related STEM field (or equivalent practical experience)
- 3+ years of backend software engineering experience, including exposure to distributed systems
- Proficiency in at least one typed backend language, with ability to ramp up quickly on HIVED's stack
- Experience designing, building, and running production services on a major cloud platform (AWS preferred)
- Experience with relational databases and Infrastructure as Code
- Strong collaboration and written and verbal communication skills, working across disciplines
Nice to have
- Working knowledge of Go, TypeScript, and AWS
- Exposure to logistics, mobility or operational-domain systems
- Evidence of self-directed learning, such as personal projects or open source contributions
Full description
About HIVED 📦
At HIVED, we’re steamrolling forward as one of Europe’s fastest growing startups, and our momentum shows no signs of slowing.
Based in London, we are a climate and logistics start-up building the first sustainable parcel delivery network at scale, powered by a 100% electric fleet. In an ever-growing industry where unreliable service has long been the norm, HIVED has been built from the ground-up to meet the demands of modern consumers and disrupt parcel delivery.
A tech company at heart, our talent and technology is laser-focused on delivering the best possible delivery experience for end-customers and meeting the needs of our retail partners. From our drivers to our data engineers, we are constantly working to improve this customer experience that makes us deliver better.
Already trusted by leading international brands such as John Lewis, Nespresso, Uniqlo, H&M brands and more, we are solidifying our position as the leaders in Europe to tackle this growing market.
Our tight-knit team is made up of ex-Revolut, Bain, HelloFresh, ASOS, Apple and Google employees, and we are backed by some of Europe’s leading investors and VCs in climate-tech, logistics and mobility including Planet A Ventures, Maersk Growth, Pale Blue Dot VC, Eka Ventures, NordicNinja VC and the British government. We’re passionate about driving innovation and redefining the future of delivery.
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Role Overview 📝
We're on a mission to make parcel delivery clean, and our drivers are at the heart of it. If you love getting stuck into meaty backend problems with real purpose, you'll feel right at home building the complex, distributed systems behind HIVED's emission-free delivery network. Every feature you ship puts the right information in a driver's hands at exactly the right moment, helping them deliver smarter and greener from the moment they log on to the very last drop of the day.
In the Driver Squad, you'll take genuine ownership of problems across the backend systems and tooling that keep our drivers moving. You'll drive features end-to-end, from discovery through to deployment and monitoring, scoping the solution, weighing the trade-offs, and contributing to the squad's engineering quality, all in close partnership with Product, UX, Operations, and fellow engineers. We're rebuilding parcel delivery from the ground up on a modern stack, with sustainability, flexibility, and scalability baked in from day one.
These are real challenges on our roadmap that you'll have a hand in cracking:
- Last metre navigation. Guide drivers to the exact closest access point to a customer's door, shaving precious seconds off every drop.
- Smarter routing. Teach our systems to recognise different types of addresses, like a business that's shut on a weekend, so we stop attempting drops that were never going to land. Fewer wasted miles means faster routes for drivers and lighter emissions.