Senior Development Engineer (Data)

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At AnyVan, we're building one of the most sophisticated logistics optimisation platforms in Europe. We connect customer demand with real-time driver availability, using intelligent matching, dynamic pricing, and AI to deliver a world-class service at market-beating prices.

By routing jobs to vans already on the road, we reduce wasted miles, cut emissions, and ensure drivers earn fairly. It's logistics, pricing, and marketplace dynamics, driven by software and increasingly by machine intelligence.

We're looking for a senior engineer to work with our Allocations team. This is more focused on data and back end engineering problems relating to how our transport partners can access and get booked and allocated against the right jobs. This role will focus on the the data, platforms and tools that enables that to happen.

We're embedding AI and machine learning across our core platform, not as experiments, but as production systems that drive real business outcomes:

We're product-led and agile. Most teams run Scrum with two-week sprints, but we care far more about outcomes than rituals. Engineers are trusted to challenge assumptions, adapt processes, and ship things that matter.

• Work closely with product, data, and commercial stakeholders

• Influence technical direction and architectural decisions

• Balance speed with long-term sustainability

• Regularly ship meaningful improvements to production

We're pragmatic and cloud-first, running on AWS, with the flexibility to choose the right tool for the job:

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  Designing, building, and operating production-grade systems that scale

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  Tackling complex technical challenges across backend, infrastructure, data flows, and AI/ML pipelines

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  Writing clean, pragmatic, well-tested code with long-term maintainability in mind

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  Collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders to shape solutions

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  Championing testing, observability, and quality improvements

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  Mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar across the team

• Experience in a scale-up or fast-growing product environment

• Strong backend engineering skills (Go, Java, Python, or similar)

• A solid understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and performance

• Experience with CI/CD, modern deployment practices, and cloud infrastructure

• Comfort working with ambiguity and evolving requirements

• A bias toward action — shipping value quickly, then iterating

• A collaborative mindset and the ability to influence beyond your code

• Cape Town -based, able to commute to the Central Business District

• Happy to be onsite at least 3 days per week

• Fully eligible to work in South Africa

We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace where every voice is heard, every perspective is valued, and every individual has the opportunity to thrive. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to be part of our mission and contribute to our vibrant culture.