Senior Backend Engineer (Go) - Scalable Microservices

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life and critical illness cover

MacBook Pro

4k display

Relocation sponsorship and visa help

Cycle to Work scheme

Professional development stipend

Monthly travel credit

Flexible start times

Job summary

Wheely is seeking a senior backend engineer to write high-quality Go code and design scalable services for our premium transportation platform. This role is based in West London, hybrid with one remote day, and offers stock options, private medical and dental insurance, and a strong focus on latency optimization.

You will build new microservices, migrate away from legacy systems, and collaborate with product managers, designers, and data scientists to translate requirements into robust technical

Qualifications

• 6+ years building scalable backend services.
• Strong engineering fundamentals; interview in strongest language if not Go.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis.
• Experience with message brokers like RabbitMQ or Kafka.
• English at least B2; able to discuss technical trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, performant Go code.
• Implement new microservices and migrate from legacy systems.
• Collaborate with product, design and data teams to translate requirements into designs.
• Ensure latency and reliability under heavy load.

Skills

Go

Backend development

Latency optimization

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Job description

Wheely is seeking a senior backend engineer to write high-quality Go code and design scalable services for our premium transportation platform. This role is based in West London, hybrid with one remote day, and offers stock options, private medical and dental insurance, and a strong focus on latency optimization.

You will build new microservices, migrate away from legacy systems, and collaborate with product managers, designers, and data scientists to translate requirements into robust technical