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 Engineer at Via, you’ll join our R&D center in Tel Aviv as part of the Infrastructure Development team. In this role, you’ll contribute to the scalability, reliability, and production quality of Via’s infrastructure and software, ensuring robust support for our ride-sharing services. You’ll also develop cloud-based tools that empower Via's dispatch operators and drivers to manage real-time shared rides at a massive scale seamlessly.

What You'll Do

• Own the design and development of scalable, reliable, and efficient systems to strengthen Via’s technological foundation and proactively address growing stability and performance demands.
• Establish infrastructure standards for dev teams at Via, with a focus on observability.
• Design, implement, and develop centralized infrastructure and data pipelines.
• Develop infrastructure libraries that power hundreds of Via’s microservices.
• Create and maintain self-service tools through a service lifecycle, including CI/CD automation, templates using GitLab ,Jenkins Scripts and Terraform Modules to streamline developer workflows and empower teams to deploy with confidence.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of Via’s applications and architecture, ensuring alignment with infrastructure goals.
• Collaborate actively as a team player, with a solution-oriented mindset and a commitment to enabling the success of the broader engineering organization.
• Bring forward innovative ideas, take ownership of project timelines and deliverables, and drive scalability efforts.

Who You Are

• BSc. in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related Software Engineering field.
• 4+ years of experience in ba ckend / full stack development using an object-oriented programming language.
• 2+ years of experience with cloud-based deployments (Preferably AWS maintaining Infrastructure as Code).
• 2+ years of experience working with Kubernetes and containerized environments.
• Experience managing the full lifecycle of microservices in large-scale production environments, including deploying, monitoring, and maintaining operational reliability in production systems.
• Proficiency in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, releasing and testing code.
• Designed and maintained data intensive applications is a strong plus.
• Implemented and maintained Relational / NoSQL Databases Data & DB Lifecycle
• Experience with Python and Go is a strong plus.
• Comfortable multi-tasking and working with multiple programming languages as needed for various tasks.
• A quick learner with the ability to rapidly adapt to new tools, methodologies, and workflows, staying ahead of evolving technologies and best practices.
• Team player with excellent communication skills, capable of collaborating effectively across development and operations teams.
• Skilled at simplifying complex problems and breaking them down into manageable, solvable parts.

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.

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