Staff Platform Engineer — Backend & Infra Architect

Wheely; Greater London; Híbrido; GBP 144.000 - 176.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Office in West London

Salary £160k+

ESOP

Private medical

Life insurance

MacBook Pro

Monthly travel credit

Cycle to Work

Relocation & visa sponsorship

Descripción de la vacante

Wheely is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead the Platform team, building the foundation for fast, reliable back-end systems and guiding migrations from a Ruby monolith. You will champion scalable infrastructure and high engineering standards across the org.

You will collaborate with product, data, and infrastructure leaders to ensure low latency, global performance, and robust reliability while growing and mentoring high-performing teams.

Formación

• 10+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience in consumer-scale platforms or marketplaces.

Responsabilidades

• Define the technical vision, architecture, and standards across backend systems
• Ensure system reliability, scalability, and performance at global consumer scale
• Make high-quality architectural decisions across distributed systems, APIs, and data infrastructure
• Improve system performance, latency, and fault tolerance
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and engineering excellence
• Support domain-based team structures (e.g. pricing, matching, supply engagement)

Conocimientos

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Platform architecture

Leadership

Performance

Descripción del empleo

Wheely is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead the Platform team, building the foundation for fast, reliable back-end systems and guiding migrations from a Ruby monolith. You will champion scalable infrastructure and high engineering standards across the org.

You will collaborate with product, data, and infrastructure leaders to ensure low latency, global performance, and robust reliability while growing and mentoring high-performing teams.