Senior Backend Engineer — Go Microservices & Growth Options

Wheely; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock options

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

MacBook Pro + 4k display

Monthly travel credit

Cycle to Work

Relocation support

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Wheely in West London is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to help scale our Go-based microservices and modern data pipelines. You will work with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Redis, gRPC, and Thrift, shipping fast with TDD, DDD, and CI/CD; relocation sponsorship available.

Join a profitable, fast-growing team building premium transport across major cities. Office-based with a remote day each week.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience building scalable backend services.
• Proficient in Go; other languages accepted.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases and message brokers.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, performant code primarily in Go.
• Implement new microservices and migrate from legacy systems.
• Collaborate with product, design, and data science teams to turn requirements into designs.
• Ensure systems stay responsive under heavy load with low latency.

Skills

Go

Backend development

Distributed systems

Databases (PostgreSQL/MongoDB/Redis)

Message brokers (RabbitMQ/Kafka)

System design

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

RabbitMQ

Kafka

gRPC

Thrift

Job description

Wheely in West London is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to help scale our Go-based microservices and modern data pipelines. You will work with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Redis, gRPC, and Thrift, shipping fast with TDD, DDD, and CI/CD; relocation sponsorship available.

Join a profitable, fast-growing team building premium transport across major cities. Office-based with a remote day each week.