Senior Fullstack Engineer (Remote)

• A role in a small team with serious impact and autonomy to help build our web-based transportation planning platform.
• A company with a purpose: Podaris was founded in the belief that better transportation planning tools can create a better world.
• Endless opportunities to dive deep into complex algorithmic challenges, from graph routing problems, to algebraic geometric constraint solvers, or focus on creating a beautiful UX.
• A truly flexible environment: set your own hours, your own remote location, and directly influence tools and technologies used.
• Circa £50k with a meaningful equity component.
• Remote: UK-based, with flexible work from anywhere.

About Podaris

Podaris is a fast-growing startup in the transport and urban planning sector, aiming to change the way the world plans its cities and transport systems. We have created a web app for collaborative transport planning which incorporates aspects of GIS, CAD, transport simulation, and more.

The platform is being used by customers around the world, from large-multinational private campus owners, to local authorities and transport operators. They use Podaris for everything from bus network redesigns, to the planning of new innovative multi-billion pound fixed-infrastructure schemes.

Our small team makes for an inclusive, interdisciplinary, and intellectually stimulating environment. We value diversity and welcome candidates from non-traditional backgrounds. The mostly UK-based team has been working remotely since before the pandemic and offers true flexibility with an emphasis on work-life balance.

About the job

We’re looking for a fullstack engineer to join our growing team. You’ll be able to make a big impact, joining a small but very enthusiastic team. Our platform is centred around a feature-rich collaborative single-page application, that is built using technologies such as Openlayers, Node.js, MongoDB, and Meteor.js. Our stack includes a number of other programming languages and frameworks used throughout different services, and your experience with those is less important than your expertise with modern Javascript.

Specific responsibilities

• Developing and implementing new features for our javascript-heavy single page application.
• Solving algorithmic-heavy problems in areas such as GIS, graphs, and routing problems.
• Monitoring and improving the performance and usability of the platform.
• Collaborating with the wider team to debug issues and support customers using the platform.
• Contributing to the end-to-end lifecycle of features, from concept to UI to deployment to metrics to support.

About you

Essential

• Excellent in-depth knowledge of Javascript.
• A thorough understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS, Javascript) and experience building single-page applications.
• A strong understanding and experience of modern development practices (agile methodologies, git, continuous integration, bug/issue tracking).
• Rich experience solving complex computational problems (algo-heavy, data processing, event driven systems, etc).
• Willingness to learn new skills – we want people who are happy to get involved in almost any part of the stack if required.
• A good understanding of design patterns and software engineering principles.
• Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership. You understand that startups are unpredictable environments and are comfortable with a degree of chaos.

Desirable

• Previous experience using Meteor.js
• Experience with transport data formats such as OpenStreetMap, GTFS and TransXchange.
• Familiarity with transport design/planning/engineering tools such as CAD and GIS.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high growth, technology-focused organisation.
• Interest in system architecture, and experience with event-driven approaches for asynchronous task processing and data pipelines.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and other CloudNative technologies.

What we offer

• Rare opportunity to join a fast-growing and dynamic mobility software startup.
• ~£50k with a meaningful equity component.
• Flexible work from anywhere policy.
• Remote-first autonomous team.
• 33 days of paid annual leave (inclusive of public holidays)
• As a small team, we can consider putting in place other benefits if important to you – please ask!

Apply for the job

Do you want to join our team as our new Fullstack Engineer? Then we’d love to hear about you!