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HIVED

Junior Backend Engineer – CX Squad

HIVED

Junior Backend Engineer joining HIVED's CX Squad to build features for a 100% electric parcel delivery network. Focusing on user experience and integrating systems for customers and businesses.

Posted 6/1/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomJuniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Build and ship features for our recipient-facing products, like our live tracking page and real-time delivery updates. Used by thousands of customers daily, they keep recipients informed and in control of their deliveries.
  • Develop our integrations, that enables senders from small shops to large enterprises to work with HIVED. Ensuring rock-solid reliability to power day-to-day operations.
  • Take tasks from idea to production: writing the code and tests, and helping monitor what you've shipped
  • Participate in code reviews as both author and reviewer, and proactively identify improvements within the squad's scope.
  • Work closely with Product, UX stakeholders, using quantitative and qualitative signals to guide decisions, measure impact, and share learnings with the Squad.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or 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, with the ability to work effectively in a team.
  • Highly motivated and hungry to learn. You pick up new technologies quickly and enjoy getting better at your craft.
  • A bias toward shipping: you'd rather get something working and improve it than spending weeks on perfection
  • You care about user experience and customer delight, and you want the things you build to feel genuinely good to use.
  • Nice-to-have Experience with building distributed systems and working with cloud platforms (we use AWS)
  • Familiarity with databases, cloud stacks, and Infrastructure as Code.
  • A side project, open-source contribution, or piece of work you're proud of

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • 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
  • Annual compensation review
  • Team lunch provided once a week
  • Quarterly team socials and annual sports day (HIVED Olympics)
  • 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)

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Hard Skills & Tools
Goclean codeperformant codetestable codedistributed systemsdatabasescloud stacksInfrastructure as Code
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationmotivationlearninguser experiencecustomer delightteamwork
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceMaster's degree in Computer Science