Senior Software Engineer, Geo

<p><span>&lt;gh-intro&gt;</span><span><br/></span><span>&lt;text&gt;</span></p> <p>We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join Bolt's Geo team and build scalable geospatial solutions that power our business! You will have the opportunity to work on routing, geocoding, address search, map matching and ETA calculation using real-time and historical traffic data. If you are passionate about geospatial tech and the future of mobility this role will perfectly suit you.</p> <p><span>&lt;/text&gt;</span><span><br/></span><span>&lt;/gh-intro&gt;</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span>&lt;gh-about-us&gt;</span><span><br/></span><span>&lt;title&gt;</span><strong>About us</strong><span>&lt;/title&gt;</span></p> <p><span>&lt;text&gt;</span></p> <p>With over 200 million customers in 50+ countries, Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa. And it's all thanks to our people.</p> <p>We believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability.</p> <p>Our ultimate goal is to make cities for people, not cars, and we need your help to achieve this mission!</p> <p><span>&lt;/text&gt;</span></p> <p><span>&lt;/gh-about-us&gt;</span><span><br/></span><span><br/></span><span>&lt;gh-role-detail&gt;</span></p> <p><span>&lt;title&gt;</span><strong>About the role</strong><span>&lt;/title&gt;</span></p> <p><span>&lt;text&gt;</span></p> <p>As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll be the brains behind designing, building and launching backend solutions that'll supercharge our Geo-Services Platform. You'll mainly be coding in Node.js and TypeScript (don't worry, you don't need to know Node.js beforehand!).</p> <p>You'll be working closely with key people within the company to figure out how to design scalable backend systems and APIs that'll meet their needs. Product-oriented thinking is deeply ingrained in our engineering team's approach, so you'll have the chance to shape and lead exciting initiatives yourself, teaming up with your fellow Product Manager!</p> <p><span>&lt;/text&gt;</span><span><br/></span><span>&lt;/gh-role-detail&gt;</span><span><br/><br/></span></p> <p>&lt;gh-responsibilities&gt;</p> <p>&lt;title&gt;<strong>Main tasks and responsibilities:</strong>&lt;/title&gt;</p> <p>&lt;bulletpoints&gt;</p> <ul> <li>&lt;point&gt;Architecting, designing, developing, and deploying Bolt's growing backend systems (coding mostly in Node.js and TypeScript)&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Contributing ideas and constructive feedback to our product development roadmap&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Collaborating with key internal stakeholders to determine how to scalably design backend systems and APIs to meet their needs&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Helping lead features/initiatives from idea to positive execution&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Working closely with Product to slice and dice scope and deliver piece by piece&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>&lt;point&gt;Sharing your knowledge by giving tech talks, and promoting appropriate tech and engineering best practices in and outside of the team&lt;/point&gt;</li> </ul> <p><span>&lt;/bulletpoints&gt;</span><span><br/></span><span>&lt;/gh-responsibilities&gt;</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span>&lt;gh-requirements&gt;</span></p> <p><span>&lt;title&gt;</span><strong>About you:</strong><span>&lt;/title&gt;</span></p> <p><span>&lt;bulletpoints&gt;</span></p> <ul> <li><span>&lt;point&gt;You have experience of thriving in an environment that has a fast customer-feedback cycle and having empathy for the end-user&lt;/point&gt;</span></li> <li><span>&lt;point&gt;You are great at making data-driven and metric-driven decisions&lt;/point&gt;</span></li> <li><span>&lt;point&gt;You have a drive for leading initiatives and features till the end, even if the last mile is the hardest&lt;/point&gt;</span></li> <li><span>&lt;point&gt;You feel at home with microservice architecture and you are experienced in API design&lt;/point&gt;</span></li> <li><span>&lt;point&gt;You have strong principles towards writing clean, simple, secure, and maintainable code&lt;/point&gt;</span></li> <li><span>&lt;point&gt;You possess solid understanding of algorithms and data structures&lt;/point&gt;</span></li> </ul> <p><span>&lt;/bulletpoints&gt;</span><span><br/></span><span>&lt;text&gt;</span></p> <p><span>Experience is great, but what we really look for is drive, intelligence, and integrity. So even if you don’t tick every box, please consider applying if you feel you’re the kind of person described above!</span><span><br/></span><span>&lt;/text&gt;</span><span><br/></span><span>&lt;/gh-requirements&gt;</span><span><br/></span></p> <p>&lt;gh-perks&gt;</p> <p>&lt;title&gt;<strong>Why you’ll love it here:</strong>&lt;/title&gt;</p> <p>&lt;bulletpoints&gt;</p> <ul> <li>&lt;point&gt;Play a direct role in shaping the future of mobility.&lt;/point&gt;</li> <li>