Senior Software Engineer

As the world's leading data platform for public transport, CitySwift powers data-driven decision making for some of the largest transport networks across the globe. Backed by over €15 million in venture capital funding and a partner list that includes the world's largest public transportation operators and government authorities, such as National Express, Go-Ahead Group, Transport for London and many more, CitySwift is in accelerated growth mode with 100% YOY revenue growth and 150% growth in new customers in 2023.

CitySwift’s mission is to increase the adoption of sustainable public transportation usage around the world - our platform currently optimises over 1 billion passenger journeys annually, and our target is to reach over 10 billion by 2026. 

At CitySwift, you’ll get the opportunity to take ownership, deliver measurable impact and develop professionally - reshape the future of public transport by accelerating CitySwift’s growth.

We are building a world-class engineering team to digitally transform public transport in major cities around the world. We want a Software Engineer to join our rapidly growing team, solving interesting and complex technological problems with real-world solutions.

You will work closely with our Product, Engineering and Insights teams.

Our Development Ecosystem

• Google Cloud Platform
• BigQuery
• Firestore
• LookerML
• Dataflow
• Cloud Composer
• Cloud Functions
• Java and Kotlin
• Python
• Spring Boot
• Apache Beam
• Airflow
• ReactJS
• PostgreSQL

Experience with these technologies would be beneficial but you don’t need to have worked with all of them to apply. As long as you have an understanding of core fundamentals then this could be the position for you.

About The Team

Our engineers are enthusiastic, inclusive, team players. They empathise with the users' pain points and work together to solve tough problems. They also share supportive feedback to help each other grow and improve. Our engineers are the kind of people who are committed to helping others, and using tech for good. It’s a friendly environment with regular tech talks, tech team coffee breaks and social clubs making it easier to connect with your colleagues.

What you’ll achieve:

• You will play a vital role and take ownership of the development of new data-driven features in our existing products 
• You’ll collaborate with your peers on best practices and promote knowledge sharing
• You’ll work collaboratively through an agile development process that promotes team communication
• Ensuring platform responsiveness and performance

What you need

• Excitement by joining a growing, fast-paced & dynamic start-up solving a real-world problem
• BS degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related domains
• 4+ years of experience in a hands-on, commercial software engineering environment
• 3+ years experience with Java and/or Kotlin
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Technical experience 
• Any of the main cloud platforms e.g. GCP, AWS
• Relational database systems e.g. PostGres, MSSQL
• RESTful web applications 
• REST API frameworks e.g. Spring Web/MVC etc.
• Familiarity with build tools such as Maven or Gradle
• Application of software best practices and design patterns

It will be great if you also have some

• Experience in building cloud-based production grade big data pipelines and working with big data technologies.
• Experience in manipulating big data and drawing insights from massive data sets.
• Experience with GIS software/analysis tools as well as routing algorithms.
• Experience with performance optimisation and operability
• Experience working with transport industry data

What we can offer

• Competitive market salary 
• Health and Life Insurance and matched pension schemes
• 25 days annual leave, with additional company days off throughout the year 
• Flexible working hours and hybrid/remote working opportunities including Work Abroad Program
• Opportunity to make your mark in a high growth Irish Tech Company and help us in our mission to reduce global emissions from transport 
• Work Abroad Program available to all employees.
• Paid Sick, Maternity and paternity benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), mental health and wellbeing supports
• Employee referral program with opportunity to earn up to €4,000 per referral
• Annual Service recognition benefits (Additional Annual leave and pension contributions)