Full-Stack Engineer
Want to use AI to make roads around the world safer and greener? We’re looking for an energetic Engineer with a passion for data and web applications to join our team and help us transform transport.
Salary: £50k - £65K
Reporting to: Andy Jackson, Engineering Manager
Location: primarily based in our London Office, with flexible and hybrid working (ideally 2 days per week in the office).
About the role
You’ll join our 6-person ‘sensors and signals’ team, who are responsible for developing and managing our AI-powered traffic sensors. This includes the web applications needed to configure and manage smart IoT sensors at scale. You will play a crucial role in producing and managing the trillions of data points per year which flow from our smart traffic sensors to government clients.
As a full-stack engineer you will work on varied projects, quickly making an impact for customers and helping to make roads around the world safer and greener. You'll benefit from pair programming and regular touch points with colleagues, but will have significant autonomy and drive your own impact in our stack.
About you
You bring energy, curiosity, and a bias for action, and you love collaborating to achieve impact for customers. You have significant commercial experience or have worked on substantial projects with Typescript and/or Go, and are comfortable with Git and the command line. You communicate clearly, enjoy tackling unfamiliar tech, and are resourceful in ensuring on-time and on-scope delivery.
About us
At VivaCity, we make cities smarter, safer, and more sustainable using the latest in AI and IoT technologies. We have over 6,000 AI sensors around the world, gathering real-time anonymous data on transport modes, traffic flow, and travel patterns. This is used to gather actionable insights to support strategic decisions to improve the global transport network. All our solutions are community-centric, using 'privacy by design' principles. We pride ourselves on a collaborative, open culture that fosters innovation, learning and encourages everyone to do their best work, whilst building a sense of community and collaboration. Read more about what it's like to work at VivaCity. Requirements for the role:
JavaScript, Node.js and a statically-typed language (eg Go, Typescript): commercial or significant project experience required, able to progress technical independently at paceVersion control (Git) and command line: working ability and knowledge of fundamentals requiredCloud software engineering (eg GCP/AWS): working ability and knowledge of fundamentals requiredDocker & kubernetes: working ability and knowledge of fundamentals requiredSQL or other structured query language: working ability and knowledge of fundamentals requiredProblem‑solving mindset and willingness to tackle unfamiliar domainsClear written and verbal communication, with a collaborative and open approachStrong sense of personal accountability and attention to detailYour time will be spent roughly as follows:
60% - Proactive technical work (e.g. product development, reliability enhancements, DevX enhancements)30% - Reactive technical work (e.g. incident response, support requests, code review)10% - Planning and administrationThis is a unique opportunity to work with exciting technologies for a good cause, whilst building your experience across a wide variety of skillsets.
The following would further strengthen an application:
Passion for transportation or sustainable technologiesDeeper experience with parts of our stack, eg Go, Typescript, reactTerraform or other Infrastructure‑as‑Code toolingExposure to Kafka, event‑driven architectures, or message queuesFamiliarity with HashiCorp Vault or other secrets management toolingKnowledge of CI/CD pipelinesExperience in a start-up or scale-up environmentYou don't need to have done all of these things before, but to excel in this role, you will need to be keen to learn and comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. If you're close to what we're looking for, please consider applying. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way.
Hiring process:
30 minute screening interview.1 hour pair programming interview where you will work together with a VivaCity engineer2 hour final round interview, split into a 45 minute technical experience interview, 45 minute soft skills interview, and 30 minute director interviewWe know that diverse ideas and perspectives drive innovation and make us better. We are creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work. We're an equal opportunities employer and all applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, or social background. If you need any reasonable accommodations to help you perform at your best during the application process, please let us know.
What we offer:
25 days of holidayFlexible working hours and work from homeUp to 30 days per year work from abroadUp to 3 flexible bank holiday days3% employer pension contribution£850 Learning & Development budget£200 total working from home budgetEnhanced parental leaveUp to 3 ‘childcare’ or ‘dependant’ days per yearMental health support through SpillDiscounted gym memberships through GymFlex£50 per person per quarter team social budgetAdditional entertainment budget and company partiesOffice food and drinksOptional Bupa healthcare and dental care through salary deductionEye care vouchersSeasonal Flu jabsCycle to work schemePayroll giving through salary sacrifice