Based in Vietnam out of our centrally located Ho Chi Minh City office, what3words is looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer who knows code, and enjoys solving problems and designing, building and scaling robust services and solutions.

Our mission is to become the global standard for addressing. Street addresses weren’t designed for 2024. They aren’t accurate enough to specify building entrances, and they don’t exist for parks, rural areas and many parts of the world. This makes it hard to find places and causes problems and inefficiencies on a global scale.

That’s why we created what3words. We divided the world into 3m squares and gave each square a unique combination of three words. It’s the easiest way to find and share precise locations.

Over the last year, what3words has been used in 193 countries, and our monthly active users continue to grow at an impressive pace. Our tech is used by emergency services, delivery companies, e Commerce businesses, ride-hailing apps and NGOs, and is integrated into the navigation systems of millions of cars around the world.

Who we’re looking for

You’ll be working to deliver our product roadmap, choosing technologies and delivering projects. At what3words, we’re proud of our tech stack. We have built a massively scalable, microservices-based architecture, based around Kubernetes on AWS. You’ll be exposed to technologies such as Docker, EKS, Spring, Flux, Consul, Circle CI, OCR/Alexa/voice recognition, Arc GIS and other platforms.

This a great opportunity to join a collaborative and ambitious team, at one of the most exciting times in this company’s life.

This role is an excellent growth opportunity for the ideal candidate to develop their experience and career so if you feel you meet most of the requirements and our mission resonates with you, please do apply.

The role is based in our centrally located HCMC office. While you can work from the office five days a week if preferred, our Engineering team can choose to work up to two days a week from home. We also offer a six-week remote-work allowance; for up to six weeks a year, you can work from anywhere in the world (as long as you’ve got great Wi Fi and are happy to work with your main office timezone).

Equality, diversity and inclusion at what3words

Our mission is to help everyone talk about everywhere, and we believe diverse perspectives make for a better company and better products too. We strongly encourage applications from underrepresented groups and are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in our hiring processes and company culture.

Our team is a group of talented people from all over the world on an unprecedented journey. Every day brings new challenges and we are always learning. You will be proud to see your individual and team contributions making a real difference.

Benefits

We offer the following benefits to all permanent employees of what3words:

Competitive salary

Flexible working

6 week remote working (work from anywhere) policy

25 days holiday: plus the option to buy more!

Share options

Private health insurance

Wellbeing Days

Generous parental leave policies

Family friendly policies

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Lunch & learn sessions

Team social budget

Company type

IT Product

Company industry

Company size

151-300 employees

Country

Working days

Monday - Friday

Overtime policy

No OT