Staff Backend Engineer, Rider Account

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 Engineer, Backend at Via, you’ll drive the development and maintenance of our backend systems, ensuring they are robust, scalable, and efficient. Via prides itself on being a true partner to the public sector in helping make transit better for everyone but especially those in low income and minority communities. Via is not only a category leader in on-demand transit but has brought its exceptional technology and expertise to the Paratransit & Student transit world. You will be joining Via at a time of rapid growth, impacting hundreds of thousands of riders weekly, many of whom represent special needs populations, students, caregivers, and more. As a Staff Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in architecting, developing, implementing, maintaining and troubleshooting in a cutting-edge environment.

What You'll Do:

• Lead high-caliber backend engineering teams who design and implement highly scalable, reliable, and performant backend systems and APIs that power Via’s solutions 
• Drive the technical direction and roadmap for backend development, working closely with cross-functional teams to prioritize initiatives and deliver on business objectives
• Lead by example, contributing hands-on to coding, debugging, and troubleshooting complex technical issues, and driving initiatives to improve development efficiency and productivity
• Act as a subject matter expert in backend engineering, providing guidance and thought leadership to teams within our R&D center
• Define and implement coding standards, development processes, and quality assurance practices to ensure the delivery of clean, maintainable code
• Work with our world-class product and operations teams to convert ideas into a prioritized backlog, and then turn those ideas into reality.

Who You Are:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in backend software, with a proven track record of designing and building scalable, high-performance systems
• Minimum of 7 years of hands-on experience in Python, Java, C++, or C#
• Proven record of developing and scaling products that are highly available, distributed, and large scale
• Strong understanding of CI/CD concepts and hands-on experience with related tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or Github actions
• Strong knowledge of database technologies (SQL/MySQL) in low level performance optimizations, including profiling and memory analysis
• Expertise with cloud platforms: AWS, Serverless, Kubernetes
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices for building maintainable and testable code.
• A strong leader with the ability to inspire, motivate, and mentor team members to achieve their full potential
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders  
• Ability to drive work forward independently in a cross-functional, geographically distributed team environment 

Compensation and Benefits:

• Final salary will be determined by the candidate’s experience, knowledge, and skills. Salary reflected does not include equity or variable pay, where applicable
• Salary Range: $200,000 - $275,000 per year
• We are proud to offer a generous and comprehensive benefits package, including free medical plans and 401K matching.