Backend engineer in mapping

Wheely; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Private medical and dental insurance

Life and critical illness cover

MacBook Pro and 4k display

Monthly ride credit toward Wheely Jour

Cycle to Work

Professional development stipend

Relocation support with visa Spons.

Job summary

Wheely is redefining premium transportation and is seeking a backend engineer to write high-quality Go code, build new microservices, and help migrate from legacy systems. You’ll collaborate with product, design, and data science teams to turn abstract requirements into concrete designs.

The role is office-based in West London with a four-day-per-week in-office schedule and one remote day, offering a starting salary of £90,000.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building scalable backend services. Strong Go or equivalent language.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis) and messaging systems (RabbitMQ or Kafka).
• Hands-on experience with mapping/geospatial data and routing concepts is a plus.
• English at least B2; ability to discuss technical trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, performant Go code for backend services.
• Develop new microservices while migrating from legacy systems.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and data scientists to translate requirements into designs.
• Ensure systems stay responsive under heavy load with low latency.

Skills

Go

Backend development

Geospatial data

Databases

Messaging

English proficiency

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

RabbitMQ

Kafka

OSRM

Job description

Описание

Wheely is redefining premium transportation across major cities in Europe, the US, and the Middle East. We blend cutting-edge technology with the craft of five-star chauffeuring to deliver an experience trusted by more than 100,000 active riders and 1,200 corporate accounts. We're a profitable, fast-growing scale-up with $43M raised and over $100M in annual revenue. Having recently launched in New York City, we're expanding rapidly across the US and EMEA. If you take pride in your craft and want to help shape the next chapter of our growth, we'd love to hear from you.

Задачи

Write high-quality, performant code primarily in Go. Implement new microservices while helping us responsibly manage and migrate away from legacy services. Work closely with product managers, designers, and data scientists to turn abstract requirements into concrete technical designs. Ensure our systems stay responsive under heavy load, optimising for both latency and reliability.

Требования

3+ years of experience (5+ years for seniors) building and maintaining scalable backend services. We use Go. If you know it, great. If not, we'll interview you in your strongest language (Python, C++, Ruby, etc.). We hire for engineering fundamentals, not syntax. In-depth knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis) and experience with message brokers like RabbitMQ or Kafka. At least 1 year of hands-on experience with mapping-related work such as processing noisy geospatial data, map-matching techniques, or road network graphs and routing algorithms. Upper-Intermediate (B2) English proficiency or higher. You should be comfortable debating technical trade-offs with your peers. Будет плюсом:

• Driver-side intuition for navigation systems (rerouting behavior, GPS drift, missed turns, real-world edge cases)
• Experience with routing engines like OSRM; Proficiency in C++; Familiarity with open geospatial datasets such as OpenStreetMap

Условия

Office-based role in West London, four days a week with flexible start and finish times, plus one remote day of your choice Salary starting from £90,000

• Employee stock options plan
• Private medical and dental insurance
• Life and critical illness cover
• Latest-generation MacBook Pro and 4k display
• Monthly credit towards Wheely journeys
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Professional development stipend
• Relocation support, including visa sponsorship and allowance