Senior Algorithms Developer

Via is using technology to transform transportation around the world. From changing a single person’s daily commute to reducing humanity’s collective environmental footprint — we’ve got huge goals.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Algorithms Developer to join our team and help design, build, and scale the systems that power our products. In this role, you will work on high-impact projects that combine cutting-edge technology, complex distributed systems, and challenging algorithmic problems in transportation, routing, and navigation. You will have the opportunity to own features end-to-end, make key technical decisions, and shape the architecture and reliability of large-scale systems.

What You’ll Do:

Architect, build, and scale robust, high-performance systems from initial design through deployment to production.

Own features end-to-end, from concept through development, testing, deployment, and maintenance, with strong accountability.

Develop features and APIs for concurrent applications in Golang.

Implement and improve geometric and graph algorithms to support core product

functionality.

Maintain Python and Java server applications, ensuring reliability and stability.

Write production-grade code that is efficient, reliable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.

Optimize application performance, uptime, and scalability, while maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful application design.

Run benchmarks and write analysis scripts for geographical data.

Who You Are:

BSc in Computer Science or equivalent (required), with an MSc as an advantage.

4+ years of hands-on software development experience, including work with one or more programming languages (Python, Go, Java, etc.).

2+ years of professional Python experience — advantage.

Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms — advantage.

Strong grasp of core software engineering principles: data structures, multithreading, OOP, and design patterns.

Proven experience building and scaling highly available, distributed, large-scale systems.

A fast learner who quickly absorbs new technologies and concepts.

Solid understanding of system design, distributed systems, and software architecture.

Excited about solving algorithmic challenges in transportation, routing, and navigation.

A collaborative team player with excellent communication skills who thrives in fast-paced environments.

Demonstrates strong ownership, driving projects from concept to completion.

Pragmatic and concise: able to break down complex problems into clear, manageable pieces and deliver solutions that are simple, elegant, and impactful.

Compensation and Benefits:

Our product impacts millions of users around the world providing alternative transport solutions that are more: efficient and accessible, changing cities to make them greener.

Competitive compensation package which includes base salary and equity

Health insurance with a discount for family members

Hybrid work and a lovely office situated in the heart of TLV, in Midtown, close to the light rail and train station

Career development and growth opportunities

Other perks: Freefit and other sports lessons, 10bis/Cibus - you choose!, happy hours, team events, communities and many more benefits

We’re Via, and we build technology that changes the way the world moves. We’re driven by a simple mission: to create modern and efficient public transportation systems that provide far greater access to jobs, healthcare, and education. With our best in class suite of products, we make transit thrive.

Our teams of worldclass engineers, data-scientists, product managers, operations specialists, marketers, transit experts and more bring cutting-edge AI-powered software and innovative technology-enabled operations to our partners across the globe. Founded in 2012, Via builds solutions to digitize, automate, and enable data-driven decision making for entire transportation networks; fixed-route buses, microtransit, paratransit, school buses, autonomous vehicles, and more.

If you’re excited to be at the forefront of modernizing the future of transportation, are up for solving tough problems, and willing to become/already are a transit nerd, we are the place for you. Even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description for this role, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

Ready to join the ride?