Junior Rust Backend Engineer (all genders) - Fleet Optimization

Join us as a Junior Rust Backend Engineer (all genders) in our Fleet Optimization team and help shape the future of autonomous mobility!

We are looking for a junior software engineer (all genders) who is eager to build production-ready and cloud-native systems in Rust. Our system optimizes the utilization of our fleet to pick up and deliver our customers most efficiently. Fleet optimization is an essential part of MOIA's business as it strongly influences unit economics and customer satisfaction. MOIA’s long-term strategy focuses on autonomous driving and expanding to new cities. Our team contributes by enabling service adaptability and scaling — supporting additional mobility modes and configuring offerings to meet diverse urban needs.

What you will do

• Design and build real-time systems in Rust that dynamically assign tasks to vehicles in our fleet.
• Extend our systems to support new mobility modes and expand into new cities.
• Write production-grade Rust code contributing to our in-house optimization algorithms and surrounding systems. 
• Embrace DevOps: Own your code in production with strong observability, test coveragem abd frequent deployments. 

What will help you to fulfill your role 

• You have a team player attitude. You actively seek to avoid knowledge in silos. You like to provide and receive feedback, and to develop software collabroatively for example thorugh pair programming.
• You have Rust experience or a strong interest in Rust paired with experience in other systems programming languages. 
• Considered a plus: You have hands-on experience with cloud-native infrastructure and distributed systems. 
• You're motivated to grow your skills in a supportive, technically strong team. We're happy to mentor early-career engineers who show initiative and curiosity. 
• You know the fundamentals like unit testing, git, and navigating your favorite IDE. 

Our team and system

• We're one of the few companies running Rust in production at scale for real-time decision systems. Your work will go live daily and have a visible, city-wide impact. 
• Our software is built on AWS, gRPC, Kubernetes & all code lives on GitHub. 
• Our team comprises experts in various fields: Operations Research, Data Sciecne and of course, Software Engineering. However, none of us identifies as either-or, and we believe in the value of closing knowledge gaps as much as possible. 

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds — even if you don’t meet every requirement. If you’re excited about the role and MOIA’s mission, we’d love to hear from you!

Our benefits in a nutshell

• Competitive salary (including bonus)  
• Hybrid work setup: Work from home or one of our offices - you and your team decide how often to meet, blending flexibility with collaboration! 
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of flexible work arrangements depending on your needs (parenting, care work, volunteering, etc.) 
• Budget and monthly expense allowance for home office setup 
• Possibility of remote work from outside Germany for up to 6 weeks per year from over 35 countries - learn more in our blog!
• Public transport ticket (fully subsidized "Deutschlandticket") for commuting and travelling throughout Germany and discount on MOIA rides
• Subsidized fitness club membership or bike leasing 
• Learning environment with continuous learning days, job rotation, trainings and workshops, coaching, conferences, books, and language classes 
• Mental health support, 1:1 sessions with external professionals and mental unload workshops 
• 30 vacation days, sabbatical and unpaid leave option 
• Relocation support with service provider (visa, administration, etc.) 
• Dog-friendly offices

For student & internship positions, we have an adjusted set of benefits. You can find them here. 

Be who you are!

We are a member of Charta der Vielfalt and are dedicated to actively fostering a workplace that celebrates and promotes diversity in various aspects such as age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or cognitive ability, and ethnicity. At MOIA, we embrace a culture where people are accepted, respected, valued, appreciated, and included.

In our commitment to promoting diversity and inclusivity, we regularly provide unconscious bias training to all our employees. Furthermore, we continuously strive to enhance our hiring process by ensuring a diverse hiring panel.

How we work

At MOIA, our teams are typically distributed across locations and collaborate in a hybrid setup. We work together both remotely and on site, choosing the mode of collaboration that fits the context, the work at hand, and each team’s rhythm.

Spending time together in our offices is an important part of how we stay connected, build trust, and solve complex problems. At the same time, we value flexibility and give teams and individuals autonomy to shape their ways of working, with everyone having the freedom to organise their routines in a way that aligns with their work and their team’s needs.

If you’d like to learn more about how we work, visit our blog for insights into our culture and hiring process, or follow us on Instagram for a look behind the scenes at MOIA.

Who we are

At MOIA we’re reimagining the future of mobility – safe, autonomous and tailored to the needs of cities and their people. As a tech company with more than 400 employees, we build mobility solutions that truly move cities forward.

We launched our ridepooling service in Hamburg in 2019 and have been part of the city’s public transport system since 2023. Since launch, we have transported over 12 million passengers. Currently, MOIA is evolving from a mobility provider to a tech provider offering a scalable and safe turnkey solution for autonomous driving. 

With office locations in Berlin and Hamburg, our diverse and international team comprising more than 60 nationalities works together toward that shared mission. 

MOIA is more than a technology provider – we are a partner to cities and public transport operators committed to creating more livable spaces and delivering mobility solutions that are reliable, safe and comfortable.

Your application to MOIA

We value authenticity and personal insights in your application responses. While AI tools can be useful, we encourage you to answer the following questions based on your own experiences and understanding. This helps us keep a human touch and better evaluate your unique perspective and match for the role.

To reinforce an unbiased screening process, we kindly ask you not to include your picture, age, address, or any other details unrelated to your qualifications and suitability for the role. Additionally, we anonymize applications during the initial review phase by removing personally identifiable information. This ensures that our evaluation focuses solely on your skills, experience, and potential – supporting a fair and inclusive hiring experience for all candidates.