Geospatial Backend Engineer: Mapping & Routing

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

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.