Vay · 10 hours ago
Senior Backend Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior LevelVay is revolutionizing urban mobility with its innovative Remote Driving technology, enabling driverless cars to operate on public streets. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for developing scalable backend services and APIs, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance customer experience and business operations.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Design & Develop: Build and maintain scalable Golang-based backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure as code - leveraging CI/CD to ensure seamless deployments
Elevate Engineering Excellence: Contribute to cross-team platform engineering initiatives, shaping shared best practices, tools, and libraries to drive efficiency and innovation
Build End-to-End Solutions: Work closely with frontend, mobile, and embedded teams to craft seamless, high-impact solutions that directly enhance the customer experience and business operations
Drive Product & Technical Vision: Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to refine goals, define requirements, and actively contribute to sprint and quarterly planning
Own Quality & Reliability: Champion clean code, automation, and continuous monitoring, ensuring robustness, scalability, and a world-class developer experience
Qualification
Required
Hands-on experience developing scalable backend services and APIs, preferably in Golang (experience in Java or Python is also highly relevant)
Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, scalability, and reliability best practices
Familiarity with technologies like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar event-driven messaging systems
Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and monitoring to ensure robust and maintainable deployments
Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL), with an understanding of data modeling and optimization
Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field, with a strong grasp of algorithms and data structures
Preferred
Background in Mobility, Logistics, or similar domains
Experience working on products with a strong mobile integration
Familiarity with Node.js, gRPC, AWS, Terraform, or NoSQL databases
Proficiency with C/C++ for performance-critical components
Benefits
Unlimited Paid Vacation Days
Subsidised BVG transport ticket (Berlin)
Subsidised gym membership
Exclusive external discounts
Snacks & Drinks in waterfront Berlin office
Pension contributions
Fun team events throughout the year
Company
Vay
Vay is a teledriving technology company that enables the remote operation of cars, revolutionizing urban transportation.
Founded in 2018
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$191.82MKey Investors
GrabEuropean Investment BankEIC Scaling Club
2025-11-10Corporate Round· $60M
2024-10-17Debt Financing· $36.82M
2024-03-28Non Equity Assistance
Leadership Team
Thomas von der Ohe
Co-Founder, CEO
Bogdan Djukic
Co-Founder, VP Engineering, Teledrive Experience and Autonomy
Recent News
2025-11-28
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