Job Description
Founding Engineer - vehicle auto-pay startupLocation : London, Office-based/HybridSalary : to £160k + 20% bonus + meaningful equityThis is a true greenfield build. The Founding Engineer will be the first technical hire and sole architect building an infrastructure layer for automated vehicle payments, where vehicles seamlessly pay for tolls, parking, and charging without any driver interaction.The technology which YOU will build automatically detects when a vehicle enters a chargeable location and handles payment in the background using vehicle telematics and mobility APIs.Youll work directly with an experienced founder to build and scale the platform. A technically hands-on yet entrepreneurial role, youll help design the architecture, build integrations with telematics providers and payment systems, create their geospatial decision engine, and lay the foundation for a world-class engineering organization.This is a role for someone who enjoys building from first principles, moving quickly, and taking ownership of major technical decisions.What Youll Work On: Design and build the core platformIntegrate with vehicle telematics providers and OEM APIsBuild geospatial systems that determine when vehicles enter and exit chargeable zonesDevelop payment orchestration and billing infrastructureBuild fleet management and operational toolingCreate scalable backend services and APIsWork directly with parking, tolling, and mobility partnersEstablish engineering standards and technical cultureHelp recruit and lead future engineering hiresRequired Expertise: Building production backend systems using Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, or similar languagesDesigning and operating REST APIs and distributed systemsCloud infrastructure and deployment on AWSPostgreSQL and data-intensive applicationsDocker, CI/CD, monitoring, and observabilityThird-party API integrationsSecurity and reliability best practicesWere less concerned with specific credentials and more interested in exceptional builders.Nice-to-Haves, Experience of: Payments and fintech infrastructureGeospatial systems, mapping, or geofencingFleet management, telematics, or connected vehiclesMobility, transportation, or automotive technologyWhat Were Looking For: Strong product instinctsAbility to move quickly with limited resourcesComfortable making decisions with imperfect informationExcellent communication skillsOwnership mentalityExcited by early-stage startup environmentsInterest in eventually leading an engineering teamThe successful applicant will be one of the first employees; youll have significant ownership and influence over the product and company; the opportunity to build a category-defining mobility infrastructure platform; have direct access to customers and strategic partners; meaningful equity upside; work alongside a founder who has previously built and exited a company in the mobility space.If youre excited about solving real-world problems at the intersection of mobility, payments, and software infrastructure, wed love to hear from you.TPBN1_UKTJ