Senior Staff Engineer

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 Principal Engineer at Via you will be instrumental in shaping the R&D Group’s technical vision, working on high-impact projects crucial to the company’s success.You will be a pivotal leader, guiding engineers and maintaining the highest standards of technical excellence.

You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

Contributing to the development of Via’s cutting-edge server software and scalable, robust infrastructure.

What You’ll Do:

• Shape the Group’s technical landscape, driving innovation and technical excellence.
• Influence the architectural design, making key decisions in how systems are structured.
• Lead complex technical projects, ensuring timely delivery to meet key business objectives.
• Provide technical leadership and expertise, and mentor engineers to reach the highest standards of technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Drive system design, architecture, and integration efforts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and deliverables.
• Develop high-quality code and participate in code reviews to ensure adherence to standards.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
  
  

Who You Are:

• 10+ years of experience in software development and systems architecture.
• Experienced with cloud infrastructures and building complex solutions in production
• Proven track record of leading and delivering technical excellence.
• Extensive experience in Backend programming with an object-oriented language- Must.
• Experience with Python and Go – Advantage.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  
  

Compensation and Benefits:

• 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, in Midtown, close to the light rail and train station
• 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
  
  

We’re Via, and we build technology that changes the way the world moves. We’re driven by a simple mission: to create modern and efficient public transportation systems that provide far greater access to jobs, healthcare, and education. With our best in class suite of products, we make transit thrive.

Our teams of world-class engineers, data-scientists, product managers, operations specialists, marketers, transit experts and more bring cutting-edge AI-powered software and innovative technology-enabled operations to our partners across the globe. Founded in 2012, Via builds solutions to digitize, automate, and enable data-driven decision making for entire transportation networks; fixed-route buses, microtransit, paratransit, school buses, autonomous vehicles, and more.

If you’re excited to be at the forefront of modernizing the future of transportation, are up for solving tough problems, and willing to become/already are a transit nerd, we are the place for you. Even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description for this role, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

Ready to join the ride?

Via is an equal opportunity employer.