Backend Engineer, Maps

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

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock options plan

Private medical and dental insurance

Life and critical illness cover

MacBook Pro and 4k display

Monthly travel credit

Cycle to Work scheme

Professional development stipend

Relocation support & visa sponsorship

Job summary

Wheely ищет опытного backend‑инженера для работы над сервисами на Go в команде Mapping. Вы будете писать высококачественный код, развивать новые микросервисы и мигрировать от монолита, сохраняя скорость и надежность.

Требуется 3+ года опыта в бэкенде, знание PostgreSQL/MongoDB/Redis/RabbitMQ, уверенный английский и готовность работать в офисе в Западном Лондоне с одним удаленным днем в неделю. Зарплата начинается от £90,000 в год.

Qualifications

• 3+ года опыта в создании масштабируемых бэкенд‑сервисов
• Уверенное владение Go и знание баз данных PostgreSQL и NoSQL
• Опыт работы с брокерами сообщений (RabbitMQ/Kafka) и routing/геоданных

Responsibilities

• Разработка высококачественного кода на Go и новых микросервисов
• Сотрудничество с продакт‑менеджерами, дизайнерами и дата‑учеными над техническими решениями
• Обеспечение низкой задержки и надежности systemen при больших нагрузках

Skills

Go

CI/CD

System design

English (B2+)

Routing intuition

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Kubernetes

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. Our Mapping team tackles the spatial intelligence of the platform: road matching, low-latency ETA predictions, and processing thousands of coordinates every second to ensure every journey is accurately tracked. We're looking for a Mid/Senior Backend Engineer to join a team that keeps frameworks lean and focuses on what matters: clean, maintainable code, shipped fast with TDD, DDD, and continuous integration and delivery. We are a Go shop, and while we're busy migrating away from our Ruby monolith, our stack includes PostgreSQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Redis, gRPC, and Thrift. Everything runs on AWS and Kubernetes, managed via Terraform. Our interview process includes a recruiter screen, algorithms and live coding. Senior+ candidates also complete a system design section and a structured review of past experience and achievements.

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. 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
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