Overview

Join the Back End Developer role at heycar. In June 2025 we were acquired by Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VWFS UK). Our mission is to build the right tech solutions for Volkswagen Group UK and its retailers to deliver the best possible experiences to customers. We are problem-solvers, innovators, and team players who care about doing great work and making a difference. We thrive on collaboration, innovation, and delivering impactful solutions at pace with the customer at the centre.

If you’re looking for a meaningful challenge and want to help shape the future of automotive experiences, read on…

About the role

Join the team and play a pivotal role in building highly scalable and maintainable backend services. You’ll have the opportunity to leverage and suggest the latest tools and techniques, collaborating closely with Product, Design, and Sales teams. We encourage sharing technical solutions and product ideas through code and design reviews, pair programming, and presentations, while continuously improving our Agile processes.

What you’ll do

• Hands on building highly scalable and maintainable backend services.
• Use appropriate tools for development and be proactive in suggesting new tools, frameworks or techniques.
• Collaborate across functional teams including Product, Design and Sales.
• Share technical solutions and product ideas through code and design reviews, pair programming, and presentations.
• Highlight areas we can improve on as a team by practising Agile processes.

We use the tools we need to get the job done. Primary technologies currently include Python, FastAPI, AWS, OpenSearch, Django, GitHub, and Terraform.

What you’ll need

• Strong technical skills to build scalable backend services, primarily in Python (any framework).
• Analytical mindset with a love for problem solving and improving working processes; we are always learning.
• Good understanding of databases, object-oriented design, data structures, and SOLID principles.
• Strong desire to work collaboratively with peers and business teams.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to other team members.

What we’ll give you

• Compensation: We offer a competitive salary + performance based bonus.
• Holidays: 28 days off (plus bank holidays) with an extra day off for your birthday.
• Benefits + Perks: Private medical insurance, learning and development opportunities, and mental health support.
• Hybrid Working: Flexible working culture with offices in Holborn (London) and home working days.
• Feedback: Honest feedback culture where team members are inside the decision process.
• A Challenge: Fast paced but not fraught; push back and question where you see fit.
• Fun: Fully stocked kitchen and bar, office environment, and social events.

If you’re ready to work with a creative, high-performing group of people, we want to hear from you.

Please apply directly to this role.