Software Engineering Team Lead

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.

Job Description

As a Software Engineering Team Lead at Via, you’ll join an energetic and dynamic team, taking on a pivotal role in driving our innovative projects forward. You will be part of a highly talented and motivated development team responsible for Via’s Driver Management system. This role involves leading a team of skilled engineers, ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions, and contributing to the continuous improvement of our development processes.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and manage a team of Backend and Frontend engineers, overseeing the development of both end-to-end services and core infrastructure components.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams within Via, to ensure seamless project execution.
• Develop, own, and execute the team's roadmap, ensuring alignment with the company's strategic goals.
• Oversee project objectives to enhance and support the overall product strategy.
• Play a central role in managing, coaching, and fostering the growth of your engineering team.
• Guide and mentor team members to ensure they deliver exceptional results by promoting best practices and addressing technical challenges on projects requiring advanced technical expertise.
  
  

Who You Are:

• 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 6+ years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, Java, C, C++).
• 4+ years of experience with Microservices BE development in scale - Must
• 2+ years of experience with Python - Must
• Experience with Relational DBs - Must
• Experience with Go, React, AWS, Kubernetes - Advantage
• BSc. in Computer Science or equivalent - Advantage
  
  

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.