Lead Engineer - Routing Squad

• Lead HIVED's Routing Squad — the team tackling some of the most complex optimisation problems in computer science, building systems that decide how parcels move through the city efficiently at scale. • Own the technical direction for systems supporting routing optimisation, supply-demand matching, parcel distribution, forecasting, and planning. • Translate business priorities and operational needs into clear technical strategy, measurable outcomes, and pragmatic execution plans. • Guide architecture and system design for scalable, reliable, production-grade optimisation and planning systems. • Manage, coach, and develop engineers in the squad including hiring, performance management, and development planning.

• Have 5+ years of software engineering experience including backend or distributed systems development. • Have experience leading engineers either as a people manager or as a senior technical leader with meaningful ownership over team delivery. • Have a proven ability to translate complex, ambiguous business or operational problems into robust technical solutions. • Have strong system design and architectural skills in distributed, production-grade environments. • Have an appetite for hard optimisation problems — routing, scheduling, forecasting, supply-demand matching, or other constraint-heavy domains. • Have a track record of setting high engineering standards and helping teams consistently meet them. • Have experience working cross-functionally with product, operations, data scientists, analysts, and senior leadership.

• Have experience with routing, scheduling, optimisation, forecasting, logistics, mobility, or marketplace systems. • Have experience productionising algorithms, solvers, models, or data-heavy decision systems. • Have familiarity with optimisation techniques such as linear or integer programming, constraint programming, heuristics, or solver-based approaches. • Have experience working in a fast-scaling operational environment where software has a direct physical-world impact.

• Lead the Routing Squad across technical strategy, delivery, team leadership, and execution. • Own technical direction for routing optimisation, supply-demand matching, distribution, forecasting, and planning systems. • Guide architecture and system design for production-grade optimisation infrastructure. • Work closely with optimisation engineers, backend engineers, data scientists, analysts, product, and operations. • Lead exploration and evaluation of new approaches across routing, scheduling, and distributed systems. • Set and uphold a high engineering bar through technical reviews, mentoring, and architectural guidance. • Foster a culture of curiosity, ownership, high performance, and continuous learning.

• Work in a hybrid pattern from the Shoreditch office. • Receive a competitive salary plus EMI options scheme. • Take 25 days holiday plus public holidays, a birthday day off, and 2 tenure-based additional days. • Access subsidised private medical insurance including dental, vision, and mental health therapy. • Access enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption policy as a day-one right. • Join a B Corp certified, Sunday Times Tech 100 company backed by leading climate-tech and logistics investors.

HIVED is building the first sustainable parcel delivery network at scale, powered by a 100% electric fleet. Already trusted by John Lewis, Nespresso, Uniqlo, H&M, and more, HIVED combines cutting-edge technology with a commitment to climate impact. The Routing Squad sits at the heart of HIVED's technical advantage — building the planning pipeline that powers supply-demand matching, parcel distribution, and routing optimisation across the city.