(Senior) Backend Engineer, Marketplace

Wheely; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office in West London

Salary: £90,000 – £120,000

Employee stock options

Private medical and dental insurance

Life and critical illness cover

MacBook Pro + 4k display

Monthly credit towards Wheely journeys

Cycle to Work

Professional development stipend

Relocation support and visa Spons

Relocation support and visa Spons

Job summary

Wheely is hiring a Mid/Senior Backend Engineer in West London. You will build scalable backend services in Go, contribute to migrating away from legacy systems, and collaborate with product, design, and data science teams.

The role offers a hybrid work pattern with a four-day office week and one remote day, plus a competitive salary. Stack includes Go, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ, gRPC, and Terraform on AWS with Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building and maintaining scalable backend services.
• Go experience is preferred; if not, we interview you in your strongest language.
• Strong knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases with messaging systems like RabbitMQ or Kafka.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, performant code primarily in Go.
• Implement new microservices while migrating away from legacy services.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and data scientists to turn requirements into technical designs.
• Ensure systems stay responsive under heavy load, optimizing latency and reliability.

Skills

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

RabbitMQ

Redis

gRPC

Terraform

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

About Wheely

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.

About Wheely

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.

About The Role

Our Marketplace team builds the models and algorithms that balance supply and demand, optimising pricing and matching to ensure chauffeurs earn and passengers aren't left waiting.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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++, Java, 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.

What We Offer

• Office-based role in West London, four days a week with flexible start and finish times, plus one remote day of your choice
• Salary: £90,000 – £120,000
• 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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