hived - Senior / Staff Engineer (Routing)

• Typically 5+ years of software engineering experience, building and operating production systems. • A track record of technical ownership beyond your own work: you've shaped the architecture or direction of systems spanning multiple components or teams. • The ability to translate complex, ambiguous operational problems into technical solutions with measurable impact. • Proficiency in Python or Go, or another language with the ability to ramp up quickly on HIVED's stack. • An appetite for hard optimisation problems: routing, scheduling, forecasting, supply-demand matching, or other constraint-heavy domains. • Strong collaboration and written communication skills, with the confidence to work across engineering, data science, analytics and operations. • You also bring depth in at least one of: • Backend and distributed systems: strong system design skills in distributed, production-grade environments, including event-driven architectures, cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), and reliability and performance at scale. • Optimisation / operations research: linear and integer programming, constraint programming or heuristics, and integrating solvers such as OR-Tools or Gurobi into production systems. • Machine learning: forecasting and predictive models that feed planning decisions, from development to monitoring in production. • TECHNOLOGIES WE USE 💻 • AWS (Lambda, ECS Fargate, Step Functions, SQS, EventBridge, Aurora PostgreSQL), CDK (TypeScript) • GCP, BigQuery, Looker • Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Prometheus • GitHub, GitHub Actions • Event-driven architecture and domain-driven design • OUR INTERVIEWING PROCESS 🪜 • Intro call with the hiring manager • Live coding challenge solving a problem • A take home case study, followed by a discussion • On-site interview at our Shoreditch HQ (role and culture) • 😊 We Are Kind - Kind to the planet, our team and our partners. We listen with purpose, leave our egos at the door and aren't afraid to make difficult decisions. We must never confuse kindness with being "nice" - it requires us to be fair, consistent, honest, thoughtful and compassionate. • 🤝 We Are Tenacious - We fight every day to keep the customer promise, for every parcel entrusted to us. No matter how hard it gets or whatever stands in our way, we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence. • 💡 We Are Curious - We never settle, constantly challenge convention and are never afraid to ask why. We believe there is always more to learn, always a better way, and that we're always only just getting started. We never fight the urge to be inquisitive, to understand the world around us and to explore where others might not. • 🌍 We Are Resourceful - Our planet's resources are scarce and our future depends on our ability to use them wisely. Waste is the enemy. We strive to do more with less, be more efficient and make the most of what we have. • HOW WE REWARD OUR TEAM 🎁 • Dynamic hybrid working environment with a diverse and driven team • Huge opportunity for learning in a high growth environment, with progression opportunities based on success in the role • 25 days of holiday allowance plus public holidays • 1 Birthday Day Off + 2 Tenure-Based Additional Days Off • Subsidised Private Medical Insurance including dental, vision & mental health therapy • Bi-annual performance reviews and tailored development plans • Competitive salary + EMI options scheme