Build Zeelo’s next-generation transportation platform across frontend and backend systems. Responsibilities include developing event-driven services with TypeScript, Node.js or Bun, AWS serverless technologies, type-safe APIs, React interfaces, infrastructure-as-code with Pulumi, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, and performance improvements. The role requires end-to-end software product development experience and contributes to scalable, modular architecture.
At Zeelo, we’re on a mission to revolutionize how students & workers commute by delivering reliable, sustainable, and scalable transportation solutions. We partner with global leaders like Amazon, Barclays, and UPS, and we’re expanding after a successful Series B raise.
If you love building clean, modern software that powers real-world impact, this is your seat on the bus. Zeelo has embarked on the build of our next-generation transportation platform—a modular, event-driven system designed for scale, reliability, and speed. You’ll join a team of engineers who care deeply about craftsmanship, autonomy, and solving complex problems with elegant solutions.
We’re seeking an experienced Full Stack TypeScript Engineer to help build the core of Zeelo’s new platform. You’ll work across frontend and backend systems to create reliable, scalable, and elegant solutions that move thousands of riders every day.
What You’ll Do:- Build event-driven services using Node.js or Bun, AWS Lambda, SQS, and EventBridge
- Design and maintain clean APIs (REST/tRPC/GraphQL) with full type safety
- Develop rich web interfaces with React, TanStack Query, and Zustand or MobX
- Implement infrastructure-as-code using Pulumi and modern CI/CD pipelines
- Write automated tests and champion code quality, performance, and observability
- Deep TypeScript expertise and modern Node.js experience
- Strong frontend skills in React and component architecture
- Practical understanding of AWS serverless and event-driven design
- Experience with monorepos (Turborepo/Nx) and modern build tools (Vite/Turbopack)
- Passion for clean, maintainable code and a collaborative, learning culture
- 5+ years’ experience building and shipping software products end-to-end
- Experience with Drizzle or Kysely, PostgreSQL, and DynamoDB
- GraphQL or tRPC experience
- Prior work on re-platforming or modular architecture projects
- Prior work in SAAS startups/scale-ups
Salary: 100k- 150k
Why Zeelo?You’ll help build the foundation that powers our growth — from UK schools to US enterprise clients. We’re a hands-on team that values speed, craftsmanship, and trust.
Zeelo Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office
75 Federal St, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02110 1913
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