Senior Software Engineer - Backend

We’ve signed up to an ambitious journey. Join us!

As Arrive, we guide customers and communities towards brighter futures and more livable cities, it isn’t a challenge just anyone could take on. Luckily, we have something to help us make it happen. Our people and our values. We Arrive Curious, Focused and Together. Just as our entire brand is inspired by the North Star, the shining light leading travelers to their destinations since time began, our values guide us.

They help us be at our best. For our customers. For the cities and communities we serve. For ourselves. As a global team, we are transforming urban mobility. Let’s grow better, together.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will design, build, ship, and operate microservices that power our core products. Your focus will be on creating systems that are stable, secure, and scalable, while continuously improving quality and reliability across our backend platform.

The Team

You’ll be part of a cross‑functional team responsible for building and maintaining core backend services that are used across the company. These services form the foundation that other teams and domains rely on.

• Partner with Product Managers and engineers to define, prioritize, and deliver work
• Actively participate in team ceremonies such as stand‑ups, refinements, retrospectives, and quarterly planning
• Contribute to improving team processes and ways of working
• Develop a strong understanding of user needs, internal stakeholders, and business goals
• Share ownership of delivery quality and outcomes
• Mentor and support other engineers when needed
• Collaborate with global teams to build shared system knowledge
• Participate in Backend Chapter meetings and contribute to technical standards and best practices

• Core technologies
• Kotlin
• Spring Boot
• PostgreSQL
• Kafka
• Gradle

• Infrastructure & tooling
• Docker
• AWS
• Git Hub

• Nice to have
• Java
• Java Script

• Design and deliver backend features and technical improvements aligned with company goals
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs using a microservices architecture
• Perform thoughtful peer code reviews and contribute to a strong feedback culture
• Use automated testing to improve quality and speed of delivery
• Release features safely using feature flags and progressive rollouts
• Define success metrics and monitor the performance of new releases
• Participate in an on‑call rotation to help respond to and resolve incidents
• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and cross‑functional teams across time zones

• 4+ years of experience in a backend engineering role
• Strong experience designing and integrating REST APIs into production systems
• Solid understanding of microservice‑based architectures
• Experience with stream processing technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Familiarity with containerization tools like Docker
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)