Senior Backend Engineer - Vehicle Foundation

About the role

The Vehicle Mission team addresses autonomous vehicle operation challenges by building the mission control backend that orchestrates autonomous vehicle operations. The team develops the orchestration of driving tasks to autonomous vehicles, coordinates passenger boarding workflows, and ensures reliable communication between backend systems and on-vehicle components.

What you'll do

• Research and develop passenger management systems for autonomous mobility services.
• Bridge the data flow of the AWS-based backend infrastructure and the in-vehicle components using AWS IoT services (e.g., commands, events, metrics, logs).
• Develop and improve the backend services used to orchestrate a vehicle's mission.
• Work in a bottom-up managed, autonomous, cross-functional team together with other talented engineers.
• Participate in the full development life cycle, from design to implementation, quality assurance and maintenance.
• Integrate AI coding assistants in the development process.
• Interface with VW Group, vendors, and other partners to align software interfaces, tooling, and hardware.

What you'll need

• Proficiency in Typescript, or another modern typed programming language used on the backend.
• Experience with AWS IoT and Serverless technologies, ideally such as Lambda, DynamoDB, and SQS.
• Familiarity with communication protocols used to connect edge devices, such as MQTT.
• Experience with CICD tools such as Github Actions or AWS CodeBuild.
• General interest in embedded development.
• Knowledge of current trends in software design, event-driven architecture, DevOps, and a strong interest in further development.
• Interest in applying agile development practices and a proactive, flexible, and hands-on mindset.

What they offer

• Competitive salary (including bonus).
• Hybrid work setup with flexibility to work from home or offices.
• Flexible working hours and work arrangements.
• Public transport ticket (fully subsidized Deutschlandticket) and discount on MOIA rides.
• Learning environment with continuous learning days, trainings, workshops, and conferences.
• 30 vacation days, sabbatical and unpaid leave option.