Senior Backend Engineer (Go) Microservices Stock Options

Wheely; Greater London; On-site; GBP 102,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office in West London

Salary from £120,000

Employee stock options

Private medical and dental insurance

Life and critical illness cover

MacBook Pro + 4k display

Monthly travel credit

Cycle to Work scheme

Professional development stipend

Relocation sponsorship and visa

Job summary

Wheely is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join a Go-focused team building scalable services in AWS and Kubernetes. You will contribute to migrating legacy systems, design robust microservices, and collaborate with product, design, and data science to turn requirements into reliable, high-performance code.

The role is based in West London with four days in office and one remote day, offering a salary from £120,000 plus benefits.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience building and maintaining scalable backend services.
• Go is used; if not, interview in strongest language (Python, C++, Ruby, etc.).
• Strong fundamentals in engineering, not just syntax.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases and message brokers.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, performant code primarily in Go.
• Implement new microservices while migrating away from legacy services.
• Collaborate with product, design, and data science teams to translate requirements into designs.
• Ensure systems are responsive under heavy load, optimizing latency and reliability.

Skills

Backend experience

Go

Distributed systems

English (B2+)

Tools

Go

Python

C++

Ruby

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Terraform

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Wheely is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join a Go-focused team building scalable services in AWS and Kubernetes. You will contribute to migrating legacy systems, design robust microservices, and collaborate with product, design, and data science to turn requirements into reliable, high-performance code.

The role is based in West London with four days in office and one remote day, offering a salary from £120,000 plus benefits.