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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 Staff Software Engineer at Via, you'll join our R&D center in London. While our engineering team is mainly based in Tel Aviv, you'll work closely with this talented group across multiple development teams to build the infrastructure, tooling, and standards for infrastructure and infra-related coding across our company's R&D. This role emphasizes research, programming, building scalable systems, and hands-on operational work in production environments. You'll play a critical role in shaping the future of transportation, affecting millions of riders daily worldwide.
What You’ll Do:

• Develop, drive, execute, and lead a long-term vision and strategy for Via’s infrastructure, and tooling.
• Create scalable, reliable, and efficient systems that enhance our technological foundation and support our growing scale and stability requirements.
• Engage in hands-on coding and development, writing, building, deploying, and maintaining code in production environments.
• Actively participate in day-to-day production operations alongside research and development, implementing real changes in production systems and directly addressing operational challenges.
• Work closely with various development teams, moving between the four teams in our group as needed to address business objectives and tackle the biggest R&D challenges.
• Work across a broad spectrum of technological disciplines, from network and operating system internals to high-level architecture planning.

Who You Are:

• BSc or MSc in Computer Science
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in backend and infrastructure development.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience with one of the following languages: Python, Go, Rust, Java, C, C#, C++.
• Experience in large-scale production microservices environments and devops operations
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and microservices architectures.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and at least 2 years of experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Ability to move between teams and projects, working effectively in a dynamic environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills, enjoys working with people, and capable of articulating complex technical concepts.

What We Offer:

• Joining a global employer with over 600 mobility deployments in 35+ countries
• Becoming part of a company that was awarded for its commitment to social good:
• Competitive compensation including stock options
• A hybrid working model and a spacious office near Chancery Lane, where you can enjoy weekly team lunches
• Comprehensive health scheme offered through AXA

We’re Via, and we build technology that changes the way the world moves. We’re driven by a simple mission: to create modern and efficient public transportation systems that provide far greater access to jobs, healthcare, and education. With our best in class suite of products, we make transit thrive. 

Our teams of world-class engineers, data-scientists, product managers, operations specialists, marketers, transit experts and more bring cutting-edge AI-powered software and innovative technology-enabled operations to our partners across the globe. Founded in 2012, Via builds solutions to digitize, automate, and enable data-driven decision making for entire transportation networks; fixed-route buses, microtransit, paratransit, school buses, autonomous vehicles, and more. 

If you’re excited to be at the forefront of modernizing the future of transportation, are up for solving tough problems, and willing to become/already are a transit nerd, we are the place for you. Even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description for this role, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities. 

Ready to join the ride?

Via is an equal opportunity employer.