Senior (kotlin) Backend Engineer (m/f/d) - Tracking

Join Us as a Senior (Kotlin) Backend Engineer

The Tracking team plays a crucial role in keeping our autonomous vehicles on course. We are responsible for building reliable, real-time backend systems that process geospatial and telemetry data to enable precise vehicle monitoring and course correction. You'll join a cross-functional team that consists of passionate experts in different areas like geospatial computation, navigation systems, distributed systems, and Kotlin development. Together, we will design, build, and run a scalable, resilient service that powers the core of our mobility system.

What You Will Do

1. Build real-time tracking systems: Design and implement high-performance Kotlin services that process and enrich geospatial data streams from our AD vehicles.
2. Ensure system reliability: Contribute to the stability, accuracy, and observability of services critical to our vehicle guidance infrastructure.
3. Own features end-to-end: Collaborate closely with product, infrastructure, and other backend teams to ship meaningful improvements and new capabilities.
4. Champion quality and resilience: Drive code reviews, test automation, and monitoring as best practices in a distributed, production-grade environment.
5. Work in agile mode: Participate in iterative planning and delivery with a strong focus on team ownership and autonomy.

What Will Help You to Fulfill Your Role

• Strong Kotlin backend experience or seasoned developer in the JVM ecosystem and ready to transition to Kotlin.
• Curiosity about or experience with geospatial data, map-matching, vehicle telemetry, or mobility systems.
• Enjoy solving distributed systems challenges and value clean, scalable, and simple architectures.
• Comfortable working in or learning about using Kubernetes and AWS.
• Value DevOps practices, including infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and automated observability.
• Thrive in a collaborative setup where feedback and pairing are part of the daily workflow.
• Bring a strong sense of ownership and a drive to improve how vehicles are guided and monitored.
• Communicate fluently in English.

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds — even if you don't meet every requirement. If you're excited about the role and MOIA's mission, we'd love to hear from you!

Questions? Reach out to the recruiter Ben directly.

Our Benefits in a Nutshell

• Competitive salary (including bonus)
• Hybrid work setup: Work from home or one of our offices - you and your team decide how often to meet, blending flexibility with collaboration!
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of flexible work arrangements depending on your needs (parenting, care work, volunteering, etc.)
• Budget and monthly expense allowance for home office setup
• Possibility of remote work from outside Germany for up to 6 weeks per year from over 35 countries
• Public transport ticket (fully subsidized "Deutschlandticket") for commuting and travelling throughout Germany and discount on MOIA rides
• Subsidized fitness club membership or bike leasing
• Learning environment with continuous learning days, job rotation, trainings and workshops, coaching, conferences, books, and language classes
• Mental health support, 1:1 sessions with external professionals and mental unload workshops
• 30 vacation days, sabbatical and unpaid leave option
• Relocation support with service provider (visa, administration, etc.)
• Dog-friendly offices

For student & internship positions, we have an adjusted set of benefits. You can find them here.

Be Who You Are!

We are a member of Charta der Vielfalt and are dedicated to actively fostering a workplace that celebrates and promotes diversity in various aspects such as age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or cognitive ability, and ethnicity. At MOIA, we embrace a culture where people are accepted, respected, valued, appreciated, and included.

In our commitment to promoting diversity and inclusivity, we regularly provide unconscious bias training to all our employees. Furthermore, we continuously strive to enhance our hiring process by ensuring a diverse hiring panel.

Our Future Work Model

Since we love to collaborate, it is clear to us that we don't want to become a fully remote company, but we also don't need to spend every day of the week in the office to do a great job.

Our current hybrid work approach focuses on adapting to different needs, including increased flexibility that works best for the teams and the individuals with as much self-determination as possible.

Get more insights on how we work on our blog to find out more about our hiring process or follow us on Instagram for a look inside MOIA.

Who We Are

At MOIA we're reimagining the future of mobility – safe, autonomous and tailored to the needs of cities and their people. As a tech company with more than 400 employees, we build mobility solutions that truly move cities forward.

We launched our ridepooling service in Hamburg in 2019 and have been part of the city's public transport system since 2023. Since launch, we have transported over 12 million passengers. Currently, MOIA is evolving from a mobility provider to a tech provider offering a scalable and safe turnkey solution for autonomous driving.

With office locations in Berlin and Hamburg, our diverse and international team comprising more than 60 nationalities works together toward that shared mission.

MOIA is more than a technology provider – we are a partner to cities and public transport operators committed to creating more livable spaces and delivering mobility solutions that are reliable, safe, and comfortable.

Watch our company video here.

Your Application to MOIA

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