R&D 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.

As the R&D Team Lead, you will be responsible for leading the development of our core routing engine and overseeing its evolution. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and refine algorithms that solve complex optimization problems, ensuring that our engine performs at scale and continues to meet the dynamic needs of our users.

You will be part of a highly talented and motivated development team responsible for Via’s Routing real-time systems. This role involves leading a team of skilled engineers, ensuring the delivery of high-quality navigation solutions at scale, and contributing to the continuous improvement of our development processes.

What You’ll Do:

Lead and manage a team of Backend engineers, overseeing the development of both end-to-end services and core infrastructure components.
Work closely with Product & Algo teams to design and refine routing algorithms & continuously optimize algorithms to handle large-scale, real-time data efficiently.
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 BE software development in one or more programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, Java).
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to break down complex problems and design elegant, scalable solutions.
Strong background in algorithms, data structures, and performance optimization. Experience with routing, pathfinding, and optimization algorithms
BSc. in Computer Science / Math or equivalent - Must
Experience with Go, React, AWS, Kubernetes - Advantage
M.Sc./PhD Computer Science / Mathematics / Physics or similar - 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.