Backend Engineer

MaaSLab is a pioneer research-based company focusing on developing cutting-edge solutions, platforms and studies for making the transport sector and our cities sustainable and climate neutral. MaaSLab has a range of projects, covering sustainable mobility, electric mobility, on-demand transport, connected cooperative and autonomous mobility, self-driving vehicles, multimodality, integration, resilience, and equity – everything that will make our future mobility easier, smarter, and more sustainable. MaaSLab started its operations in an academic environment in London, and after almost 10 years of operations, it has now established itself in Limassol, Cyprus.

MaaSLab is a unique multidisciplinary environment where economists, engineers, mathematicians, software developers, data and social scientists blend to set the pace through innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people who share the same vision.

MaaSLab is looking for a med-/senior-level Backend Engineer to join the team and contribute to the development of a state-of-the-art on-demand transport platform (the WeeDRIVE) and AI-based data harmonisation engines that are already offered to the citizens of Limassol since the end of 2025, planning to expand to other cities as well. If you want to be part of a service that will change the way people move, then join our team to excel and redefine the limits of what is possible to make our cities a better place to live in, and a better place for the next generations.

Main Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services written in TypeScript

• Work with message queue / event-driven systems to build and evolve microservice-based architectures

• Contribute to system architecture and technical decision-making

• Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code

• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions

• Create and maintain documentation for infrastructure, processes, and procedures to ensure knowledge sharing and onboarding of team members.

• Be a role model on acting with good judgement and responsibility.

• Up the bar on sustainable engineering by improving best practices, producing best in class of code,

documentation, testing and monitoring.

• Be a humble mentor and trusted advisor for both our talented team members and passionate leaders alike. Deal with a difference in opinions in a mature and fair way, helping teams to commit and move forward.

Essential Qualification Requirements

• BSc or BEng in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.

• 3+ years of related working experience.

• Strong experience with NodeJS and Typescript. Knowledge on the NestJS framework will be considered a plus.

• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and message queue systems (e.g. RabbitMQ,

Kafka). Experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases and RDBMS (e.g. Postgres, MySQL).

• Good understanding of RESTful API design, data modelling, Docker and backend best practices.

• Deep system design skills. You know how to build highly scalable, robust, and fault-tolerant services that support our growth requirements.

• Understanding of distributed systems architecture - consensus, convergence, load balancing, data

consistency and performance/efficiency constructs.

• Proactive attitude, ability to work independently and take ownership of deliverables.Passion and energy. You bring infectious enthusiasm to all your endeavours. You always perform at your best and drive those around you to do the same. You see new challenges as an opportunity to contribute, make an impact, and grow.

• Exceptional communication, managing and teamwork skills.

• Good working knowledge of English.

• Eligible to work in the EU.

Nice to have

• Experience with agile practices and ceremonies.

• Ability to learn quickly on the go. We're looking for software engineers who thrive while learning new

technologies and don't believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. You should be able to easily adapt to meet the needs of our massive growth and rapidly-evolving business environment.

• Knowledge on the OAuth2.0 Grant Types and OIDC, WebSockets, RPC and Python.

What we offer

• Salary in the range of 40,000 to 60,000 (depending on the CV and seniority).

• Technical equipment (laptop, mobile phone, screens and whatever else is needed to enable your work).

• Hybrid or fully remote work environment (must be a tax-payer in a European Union country)

• 50% income tax exemption for 10 years - for expatriate individuals relocating to Cyprus.

• Performance Bonus

More Perks & Benefits

• 27 days paid annual leave

• 16 National holidays

• Parental leave

• Team bonding activities

• Training opportunities and professional growth

Location

• Limassol, Cyprus (Hybrid remote work environment)

• Working remotely from another EU country is also an option (must be a tax-payer in a European Union country).

Application

Submit your CV describing also relevant experience to the requirements: [email protected]