Junior Backend Engineer (CX Squad)

Planet A Ventures; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days of holiday allowance plus public holidays

Subsidised private medical insurance

Quarterly team socials

Job summary

HIVED Ltd is seeking a Junior Backend Engineer to join the Customer Experience Squad and enhance the platform supporting our sustainable parcel delivery network. You will focus on building features that improve the experience of users, ensuring that what you create is effective and user-friendly.

The ideal candidate has a degree in Computer Science or STEM and is proficient in writing clean code, particularly in Go. You will benefit from a hybrid working environment with competitive salary and substantial professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, STEM field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proficiency in writing clean, performant, and testable code in a typed language (we use Go).
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship features for recipient‑facing products like live tracking pages.
• Develop integrations ensuring reliability for daily operations.
• Participate in code reviews as both author and reviewer.

Skills

Strong collaboration and communication skills

Proficiency in writing clean, performant, and testable code in a typed language (Go)

High motivation and eagerness to learn

User experience focus

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

AWS

Postgres

DynamoDB

Typescript

Job description

About HIVED

HIVED is one of Europe’s fastest growing startups, building the first sustainable parcel delivery network at scale. Powered by a 100% electric fleet, we deliver experience to high‑profile brands such as John Lewis, Nespresso, Uniqlo, and H&M. Our team includes talent from Revolut, DeepMind, Bain, HelloFresh, ASOS, Apple, and Google.

Role Overview

We’re looking for a Junior Backend Engineer to build the platform behind HIVED’s electric parcel delivery network. You’ll join the Customer Experience (CX) Squad—a cross‑functional team of engineers, product managers, and designers focused on improving parcel delivery for all stakeholders.

What you’ll be doing

• Build and ship features for our recipient‑facing products such as the live tracking page and real‑time delivery updates used by thousands of customers daily.
• Develop integrations that enable senders—from small shops to large enterprises—to work with HIVED, ensuring robust reliability for day‑to‑day operations.
• Take tasks from idea to production: writing code, tests, and monitoring what you ship.
• Participate in code reviews as both author and reviewer, and proactively identify improvements within the squad’s scope.
• Work closely with Product and UX stakeholders, using quantitative and qualitative signals to guide decisions, measure impact, and share learnings with the squad.

What we’re looking for

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, STEM field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proficiency in writing clean, performant, and testable code in a typed language (we use Go).
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team.
• Highly motivated and hungry to learn, picking up new technologies quickly and improving your craft.
• A bias toward shipping: you’d rather get something working and improve it than spend weeks on perfection.
• Care about user experience and customer delight, ensuring the things you build feel genuinely good to use.

Nice‑to‑have

• Experience with building distributed systems and working with cloud platforms (AWS).
• Familiarity with databases, cloud stacks, and Infrastructure as Code.
• A side project, open‑source contribution, or showcase of work you’re proud of.

Technologies we use

• Golang, Typescript
• GitHub, Grafana
• Postgres, DynamoDB
• AWS (Lambda, SQS, CDK)
• React, Next.js
• Claude Code

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 and mental health therapy.
• Bi‑annual performance reviews and tailored development plans.
• Competitive salary plus EMI option scheme.
• Annual compensation review.
• Team lunch provided once a week.
• Quarterly team socials and annual sports day.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption policy as day‑1 right.
• Community volunteer days.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Dog friendly office and depots.
• MacBook Air or Windows Laptop (depending on your preference).