Senior Software Development Engineer
AnyVan|Posted 13 days ago
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Moving your career forward
Our CEO, Angus spotted that many vans on the roads are half full or empty at any given time and so AnyVan was born in 2009 to create the world's most efficient technology logistics platform and help halve the number of miles driven.
We've achieved incredible milestones since then, including securing the largest funding round for a UK tech logistics company from Vitruvian Partners. Today, AnyVan is the largest and fastest-growing company in the logistics space, with big ambitions for the future.
We're committed to moving that's miles better and have helped over 8 million customers across the UK, Ireland and Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain) and over 150,000 customers have rated us excellent on Trustpilot.
By using innovative technology, we're transforming the moving experience, cutting costs and doing our part for the planet to make sure moving doesn't cost the earth. We've saved enough miles to travel 1,185 times around the world, reduce 8520 tonnes of carbon annually and are proud to be the only carbon neutral removals and delivery company in the UK!!!
We're looking for passionate individuals to join our talented team of approx. 300 AnyVanners in our London and Cape Town offices. If you're as driven as we are and want to be part of a forward-thinking company to make moving 'miles better' and moving your career forward at the same time - we'd love to hear from you!
Our innovative tech stack is a key part of how we can deliver a world class service at market beating prices. By intelligently matching customer’s jobs to driver’s availability, we can better use vans on the road. This smart allocation allows us to constantly lower prices for our customers, while ensuring our drivers get a fair slice of the pie - all the while cutting miles driven, reducing waste and emissions.
But we've only just started! Over the next few years, we’ll be levelling up our platform, building tech which allows us to:
Better understand the cost to fulfil jobs, allowing us to price more accurately for our customers.
Build a deeper relationship with our drivers - becoming a key part of their workflow, and better understanding which jobs are a great fit for them and even explore new business opportunities.
For example, buying and selling non-AnyVan jobs between drivers to help them best use their time.
We’re an agile organisation - while most of our teams use scrum with two week sprints, we’re not prescriptive and encourage engineering and product managers to adapt processes to match their team.
We strongly believe in delivering business value, and our senior engineers will regularly interact with stakeholders from all backgrounds and seniority.
The technologies we work with include;
We're a cloud-first organisation and use AWS
Back end - Java - with Spring - and Python
Front end - Javascript - using Vue.js
We’re not against exploring other languages where appropriate, with other projects using TypeScript. And of course, no scale up would be complete without a legacy PHP stack we’re slowly migrating away from! Well, no-one’s perfect…
What you'll be doing:
Troubleshoot and solve complex software issues using the coding languages above to help scale and future proof the business
Deliver excellent production ready, logical and pragmatic code in the following languages, following best-in-class agile processes
Communicate and collaborate working with technical and non-technical stakeholders to anticipate and communicate blockers, manage expectations and solve problems
Ensure testing techniques and frameworks are considered and champion improvements to achieve company quality goals more efficiently
Mentor and develop more junior colleagues
Set for Success:
Experience working with our tech stack or experience working in similar languages with a desire to work in our tech stack
Genuine passion for the end product and delivering outstanding customer solutions with pragmatic, logical and maintainable code
Enjoy working with internal stakeholders to consistently deliver against key projects
An understanding of web development practices and technologies and tools. Exposure to e-commerce a bonus
Familiar with software architecture patterns, database optimisations, infrastructure, scalability and deployment
A broad understanding of the software development lifecycle and practical hands-on experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery & QA
Experience working in and driving an Agile development environment
A bias to action and the capability to deliver good work quickly
The ability to commute to our offices in the Central Business District at least 3 days a week
A strong alignment with our company values and able to make an impact!
Perks of the job:
A highly competitive salary that reflects your value
Take a Break: 20 days of holiday plus public holidays and Christmas Eve on us
Keeping you healthy: ZAR1,000 per month towards medical aid with Momentum or Discovery
Prepare for the future: Pension Fund with 5% employee and 5% employer contributions
Travel: We've got your evening commute covered with transport home after 7pm, car park space if you drive and showers and towels if you cycle
Keeping you refreshed: Enjoy an in-house barista and free fruit every day
Social Scene: Thursday and Friday drinks, and regular social activities
Celebrating Success: 1/4 performance awards with prizes and an annual performance awards - last years winner enjoyed a 4 day all expenses paid trip to the French alps!
Skills Booster: Opportunity to join a disruptive Technology Leader and be part of a fast-growing, innovative company reshaping the industry
Our company values are:
Have fun, get it done (work hard play hard, satisfaction in results, do the right thing)
Progress over perfection (Innovate and disrupt, Curious and adaptable, Work quick, learn quicker)
One team thinking big (Collaborate and communicate, Celebrate wins , Embrace challenges)
DE&I
We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace where every voice is heard, every perspective is valued, and every individual has the opportunity to thrive. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to be part of our mission and contribute to our vibrant culture.
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About AnyVan
AnyVan got its start in 2009, when founder Angus discovered that 50% of vans on the road were traveling half empty. He realised that filling those empty vans would create cheaper delivery costs and it would be better for the environment.
We’re on a mission at AnyVan; we’ve shaken up the traditional logistics model to do things leaner and greener and are proud to say we’ve achieved carbon neutral status on all our transport moves and have industry leading customer Trustpilot ratings of 4.7.
We’ve done this by developing a best in class technology platform using clever algorithms, whilst still providing our customers with unparalleled levels of service.
Our Technology Team
The team is fast growing and forward thinking and plays a key role in driving business growth. Our software delivers industry leading products and services for our customers and transport partners, whilst minimising our impact on the environment.
We have a new CTO with an exciting vision to take our platform to the next level. The new scale AnyVan will be operating at will mean bigger technology challenges and a need to find ever more efficient ways for technology to support our ability to fulfill deliveries and provide seamless experiences for our transport partners and consumers. There’s no shortage of complex scale, experience, data, and logistics problems to solve that will keep our team technologically and intellectually challenged!
To help us tackle these challenges, we’re investing heavily in tech and recruiting multiple product, data, and engineering roles at all levels across our three sites in the UK, South Africa, and Hungary. The team is highly collaborative, organised as cross-functional squads with product, data engineering, data science, and software engineering working in partnership to deliver value to our customers. We run 100% in AWS, with high levels of automation and infrastructure as code and increasing usage of serverless technologies.
More About AnyVan:
We believe in the power of route optimisation and its ability to create efficiencies and cost savings, which we pass on to our customers and transport providers. All whilst helping do our bit for the planet by fulfilling more deliveries with fewer vans, driving fewer miles.
Our innovative approach means we now have 8 million users and 70,000 transport partners, across the UK and Europe, have successfully established our B2B Offering and have seen our teams grow to 280 people across the UK (mainly London & Newcastle), South Africa.
2023 saw us celebrate unprecedented growth and open our Cape Town office. We’re expecting 2024 to be just as exciting, with further expansion into Europe and increased technology investment, to help us solve more complex challenges and improve our customer offerings. We also know as we scale we’re going to have to come up with more creative ways to reduce our carbon footprint.
All of this won’t be possible without continuing to add to our fantastically talented teams. Our people really are the best thing about working at AnyVan. We’ve built a fun, collaborative culture and alongside our hyper growth and success, it keeps things exciting and dynamic. Our people have personality, ambition, passion, and purpose! We know they’re our biggest asset and that good ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. It’s why we champion empowerment, support our people to have an impact, and add value to the business through providing ongoing development and learning opportunities and open two-way communication.
Our Benefits Package:
- Competitive base salary with scope for progression
- 5% contribution towards pension fund
- 20 days holiday a year
- Opportunities for fast internal career progression based on outputs, not tenure
- In-house barista & Friday beers
- An opportunity to pilot new ideas that impact the growth and direction of the business
- The chance to work for a fast-growing disruptive technology business
Diversity and Inclusion At AnyVan we’re focused on equality. We believe that diverse teams are the best teams and foster an inclusive environment where we celebrate our differences and where our people can be their authentic selves. We believe this encourages collaboration and supports opportunities for our people and teams to deliver their best work. We encourage and welcome applications from anyone that shares this passion.
Research also tells us that imposter syndrome is real and that some applicants may not apply unless they tick every requirement. We believe in employee development and hiring for potential so if you’re not sure – take a chance, we’d love to hear from you!
We support flexible working and hybrid working wherever possible. However, we are extremely proud of our culture and believe in the many benefits that being in the office provides and all our roles require some time in one of our key offices depending on where you’re based (UK - London (Hammersmith), Newcastle, Cape Town, Szegad in Hungary.
Perks at AnyVan
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application and data
business tool
dev ops
