Mid-Level Backend Engineer (Driver Squad)

About the company

At the company, 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, the company 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.

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 the company'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.

What You'll be Doing

• Ship features that matter. Take defined features from idea to live, breaking down the problem, weighing the trade‑offs, and helping the squad prioritise by impact.
• Write code you're proud of. Clean, tested, well‑documented, and built to scale, the kind of code the whole team can pick up and run with.
• Raise the bar together. Dive into code reviews as both author and reviewer, and spot improvements within the squad's scope before they become problems.
• Partner, don't just build. Work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with Product, UX, and Operations, let real data guide your calls, and share what you learn with the wider engineering team.
• Own it in production. Deploy, monitor, and once you're settled in, join the on‑call rota to keep things humming.

What We're Looking For

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or a 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 the ability to ramp up quickly on the company'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, with the confidence to work 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.

Our Values

• We Are Kind – Kind to the planet, our team and our partners. We listen with purpose, leave our egos at the door and aren't afraid to make difficult decisions.
• We Are Tenacious – We fight every day to keep the customer promise, for every parcel entrusted to us.
• We Are Curious – We never settle, constantly challenge convention and are never afraid to ask why.
• We Are Resourceful – Our planet's resources are scarce and our future depends on our ability to use them wisely.

How we reward our team

• Dynamic hybrid 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.
• 1 Birthday Day Off + 2 Tenure‑Based Additional Days Off.
• Subsidised Private Medical Insurance including dental, vision & mental health therapy.
• Bi‑annual performance reviews and tailored development plans.
• Competitive salary + EMI options scheme.
• Annual compensation review.
• Team lunch provided once a week.
• Quarterly team socials and annual sports day.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption policy as day 1 right.
• Community volunteer days.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Dog friendly office and depots.
• MacBook Air or Windows Laptop (depending on your preference).