Software Engineer

At Podaris we're looking for a Software Engineer to help make places more sustainable and equitable.

TL;DR

• 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 GIS and creating a beautiful UX.

• A truly flexible environment: set your own hours, your own remote location, and directly influence tools and technologies used.

• 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 mass transit 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 software 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.

  What will you do?

  • Develop 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 and a thorough understanding of web technologies with experience building complex single-page applications.

    • 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.

    • Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership. You understand that startups are unpredictable environments and are comfortable with a degree of chaos.

      Desirable

      • Experience with transport data formats such as OpenStreetMap, GTFS and TransXchange.

      • Familiarity with transport design/planning/engineering tools such as CAD and GIS.

      • Previous experience using Meteor.js

      • Experience working in a fast-paced, high growth, technology-focused organisation.

      • Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and other CloudNative technologies.
        

        What we offer

        • Rare opportunity to join a fast-growing and dynamic mobility software startup.

        • A meaningful equity component.

        • Flexible work from anywhere policy.

        • Remote-first autonomous team.

        • A human hiring process (no LeetCode).

        • 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!
          

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