Backend Engineering Team Lead

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 Backend Engineering Team Lead at Via, you'll join an energetic and dynamic team, taking on a pivotal role in driving our innovative projects forward. You will be part of a highly talented and motivated development team responsible for Via's Rider Management system. This role involves leading a team of backend engineers, ensuring the delivery of high-performance, scalable services, and contributing to the continuous improvement of our backend infrastructure and development processes.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and manage a team of Backend engineers, overseeing the development of scalable microservices and core infrastructure components
• Design and implement robust, high-performance backend architectures using Python and AWS services
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure system integration and optimal performance
• Develop, own, and execute the team's technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with the company's strategic goals
• Drive technical decisions around system architecture, infrastructure, and development practices
• Play a central role in managing, coaching, and fostering the growth of your engineering team
• Guide and mentor team members in backend development best practices, system design, and cloud architecture

Who You Are:

• 3+ years of experience in a technical leadership role managing backend engineering teams
• 7+ years of software development experience with strong focus on backend systems
• 4+ years of experience with Python development in production environments
• 3+ years of experience with AWS cloud services and infrastructure
• 4+ years of experience with Microservices architecture and development at scale
• Strong experience with Relational DBs and database optimization
• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration - Advantage
• BSc. in Computer Science or equivalent - Advantage

What We Offer:

• Our product impacts millions of users around the world  providing alternative transport solutions that are more: efficient and accessible, changing cities to make them greener
• Competitive compensation package which includes base salary and stock options
• Health insurance with a discount for family members
• Hybrid work and a lovely office situated in the heart of TLV, at Midtown close to the light rail and Israel Railways
• Career development and growth opportunities
• Other perks: Freefit and other sports lessons ,10bis/Cibus - you choose!, happy hours, team events, communities and many more benefits 

Founded in 2012, Via pioneered the TransitTech category by using new technologies to develop public mobility systems — optimizing networks of buses, shuttles, wheelchair accessible vehicles, school buses, autonomous vehicles, and electric vehicles around the globe. 

Building the world's most efficient, equitable, and sustainable transportation network for all passengers — including those with limited mobility, those without smartphones, and unbanked populations — Via works with its partners to lower the costs of public transit while providing transportation options that rival the convenience of a personal car while reducing environmental impact.

At the intersection of transportation and technology, Via is a visionary market leader that combines software innovation with sophisticated service design and operational expertise to fundamentally improve the way the world moves, providing technology in 650 communities and more than 35 countries and counting.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. All backgrounds, identities, and voices are welcomed and celebrated at Via.

Ready to join the ride? 

Via is an equal opportunity employer.