Senior Backend Engineer – Technical Lead

Founded in 2018, Marti is Türkiye’s leading mobility app, offering multiple transportation services to its riders. Marti operates a ride-hailing service that matches riders with car, motorcycle, and taxi drivers, and operates a large fleet of rental e-mopeds, e-bikes, and e-scooters. All of Marti’s offerings are serviced by proprietary software systems and IoT infrastructure.

Marti's vision is that everything on wheels will be electric and everything electric will be shareable. Since 2019, we have experienced significant growth and maintained robust unit economics year-round. Our goal is to expand our urban transportation services, introduce new environmentally sustainable and shared mobility options, and leverage our existing scale and customer base to offer technology-enabled services beyond transportation. By pursuing sustainable growth, we strive to positively impact the communities we serve and make a meaningful impact on the future of mobility.

Marti invites applications from dynamic, innovative and highly motivated candidates for the following position;

The Role

This is a hands-on senior engineering role with clear technical leadership responsibility.

You will:

• Be deeply involved in designing and building backend systems
• Take ownership of code quality, architecture, and technical direction
• Act as a technical reference point within the team
• Support and mentor engineers through collaboration, reviews, and guidance
• Work closely with the Engineering Manager on technical execution and quality

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable backend services
• Lead architectural discussions for distributed systems
• Own and continuously improve code quality and system reliability
• Drive design and code reviews with a high engineering bar
• Mentor engineers and help unblock complex technical challenges
• Collaborate with Product to translate requirements into robust technical solutions
• Identify technical risks and ensure long-term maintainability
• Contribute to a culture of ownership, learning, and accountability

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience in production environments
• Proven experience working on high-traffic, distributed systems
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems (consistency, concurrency, failure modes)
• Hands-on experience with Node.js in production

(Engineers with prior experience in Go, .NET Core, Java, etc. are very welcome — language maturity matters more than syntax)

Solid knowledge of PostgreSQL and relational data modeling

Experience with message-based systems (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar)

Experience with Redis and in-memory data stores

Strong understanding of microservices architectures and their trade-offs

Ability to lead technical decisions and guide the team without formal people-management authority

Clear communication skills and a collaborative mindset

A strong sense of ownership and responsibility for team outcomes

What Success Looks Like

• Backend systems scale reliably under increasing load
• Code quality and architectural clarity improve over time
• Engineers feel supported, unblocked, and technically confident
• Technical decisions are well-reasoned, shared, and easier to evolve
• Engineering Manager can delegate technical ownership with confidence

Why Join

• Work on real-time mobility systems, not CRUD-heavy backends
• Take on technical leadership with real ownership
• Focus on engineering quality and system design
• Collaborate with strong Product and Platform teams
• Make visible impact on both systems and engineers