Senior / Staff Backend Engineer (Routing & Optimisation)

The role

You will design, build, and run distributed systems for the planning pipeline including routing, capacity planning, and sortation. You will work on backend engineering for production-grade systems in partnership with data scientists and operations teams.

What you will do

• Build the planning pipeline including routing, capacity planning, sortation and collections network
• Turn complex operational problems into technical designs
• Shape the architecture and coordinate with other squads
• Build and productionise optimisation, forecasting and ML models
• Work with operations teams to see how plans perform on the ground
• Lead design and code reviews
• Mentor engineers
• Set standards for testing and reliability

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems
• Track record of technical ownership of systems spanning multiple components or teams
• Ability to translate complex, ambiguous operational problems into technical solutions
• Proficiency in Python or Go, or another language with the ability to ramp up quickly
• Appetite for hard optimisation problems like routing, scheduling, forecasting, or supply-demand matching
• Strong collaboration and written communication skills

Nice to have

• Depth in backend and distributed systems including event-driven architectures and AWS
• Depth in optimisation / operations research such as linear and integer programming or integrating solvers like OR-Tools or Gurobi
• Depth in machine learning including forecasting and predictive models

Benefits

• Dynamic hybrid working environment
• Learning and progression opportunities
• 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

Before you apply

• Intro call with the hiring manager
• Live coding challenge solving a problem
• A take home case study, followed by a discussion
• On-site interview at Shoreditch HQ

About the company

HIVED is a climate and logistics start-up building a sustainable parcel delivery network powered by a 100% electric fleet. Based in London, it is a tech company focused on delivering the best possible delivery experience for end-customers and retail partners.