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# Junior Backend Engineer (CX Squad)

- **Company:** HIVED LTD
- **Location:** Harrow, UK
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Code Review, Databases, Distributed Systems, Amazon DynamoDB, Github, PostgreSQL, Open Source Technology, Next.js, ReactJS, Grafana, Backend, Information Technology, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Golang
- **Published:** August 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2822939261-junior-backend-engineer-cx-squad

## About the Role

* A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or STEM field (or equivalent practical experience).
 * Proficiency in writing clean, performant, and testable code in a typed language (we use Go)
 * Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team.
 * Highly motivated and hungry to learn. You pick up new technologies quickly and enjoy getting better at your craft.
 * A bias toward shipping: you'd rather get something working and improve it than spending weeks on perfection
 * You care about user experience and customer delight, and you want the things you build to feel genuinely good to use., * Experience with building distributed systems and working with cloud platforms (we use AWS)
 * Familiarity with databases, cloud stacks, and Infrastructure as Code.
 * A side project, open-source contribution, or piece of work you're proud of

## Description

* Build and ship features for our recipient-facing products, like our live tracking page and real-time delivery updates. Used by thousands of customers daily, they keep recipients informed and in control of their deliveries.
 * Develop our integrations, that enables senders from small shops to large enterprises to work with HIVED. Ensuring rock-solid reliability to power day-to-day operations.
 * Take tasks from idea to production: writing the code and tests, and helping monitor what you've shipped
 * Participate in code reviews as both author and reviewer, and proactively identify improvements within the squad's scope.
 * Work closely with Product, UX stakeholders, using quantitative and qualitative signals to guide decisions, measure impact, and share learnings with the Squad., * Golang, Typescipt
 * GitHub, Grafana
 * Postgres, DynamoDB
 * AWS (Lambda, SQS, CDK)
 * React, Next.js
 * Claude Code, * Meet the team in 60 seconds: Behind the scenes with HIVED
 * HIVED is B Corporation certified
 * HIVED is #7 on The Sunday Times Tech 100
 * Read how HIVED raised $42M to transform parcel delivery with AI and all-electric logistics network
 * Check the Impact Reports for 2024 and 2025
 * Keep up with HIVED here


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