Fullstack Engineer (Javascript)

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• A role with serious impact and autonomy to help build our 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 solve complex algorithmic challenges, from graph routing problems, to algebraic geometric constraint solvers.
• A truly flexible environment: set your own hours, your own remote location, and directly influence tools and technologies used.
• £50k-£60k with a meaningful equity component.

Podaris is a fast-growing startup in the transport and urban planning sector, aiming to change the way the world plans its cities. Our mission is to bring together all stakeholders in the urban development process -- planners, engineers, transport technology vendors, public interest groups, property developers, and more -- in a shared modelling environment, where ideas can be iterated in a rapid and agile fashion. We have created a web-based collaborative transport planning platform 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 global consultancies, to local authorities and transport operators. They use Podaris for everything from bus network redesigns, to the planning of new innovative multi-billion pound fixed-infrastructure schemes.

Our small team makes for an inclusive, interdisciplinary, and intellectually stimulating environment. We value diversity and welcome candidates from non-traditional backgrounds. The UK/US-based team has been working remotely since before the pandemic.

We’re looking for a fullstack 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.

Specific responsibilities

• Developing and implementing new features for our javascript-heavy single page application.

• Solving algorithmic problems in areas such as computational geometry, parametric constraint solvers, and transport network routing.
• 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.

Essential

• Excellent in-depth knowledge of Javascript.
• A thorough understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS, Javascript) and experience with frameworks such as Meteor.js to build single-page applications.
• A strong understanding and experience of modern development practices (agile methodologies, git, continuous integration, bug/issue tracking).
• Willingness to learn new skills - we want people who are happy to get involved in almost any part of the stack if required.
• A good understanding of design patterns and software engineering principles.
• Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership. You understand that startups are unpredictable environments and are comfortable with a degree of chaos.

Desirable

• Previous experience using Meteor.js
• Experience with transport data formats such as OpenStreetMap, GTFS and TransXchange.
• Familiarity with transport design/planning/engineering tools such as CAD and GIS.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high growth, technology-focused organisation.
• Interest in system architecture, and experience with event-driven approaches for asynchronous task processing and data pipelines.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and other CloudNative technologies.

• Rare opportunity to join a fast-growing and dynamic mobility software startup.
• £50k-£60k with a meaningful equity component.
• Flexible location and hours (most of our team is UK-based, so we would require a strong overlap).
• Remote-first autonomous team.
• As a small team, we can consider putting in place other benefits if important to you - please ask!