(senior) Backend Engineer, Platform

WHEELY HOLDINGS Ltd

London, United Kingdom
Base: £90,000 – £120,000; bonus/equity: employee s...
On-site
Go programming language expertise
Postgresql and mongodb database knowledge
Rabbitmq message broker experience
Wheely is a profitable scale-up redefining premium transportation with over 100,000 active riders and $100M in annual revenue

Job Summary

  • Wheely is a profitable scale-up redefining premium transportation with over 100,000 active riders and $100M in annual revenue.
  • The Platform team builds shared tooling and manages the migration from a Ruby monolith to modern microservices using Go.
  • Candidates will work on clean, maintainable code with TDD and DDD while ensuring system responsiveness under heavy load.

Matching Summary

Wheely is a profitable scale-up redefining premium transportation with over 100,000 active riders and $100M in annual revenue.

Salary

Base: £90,000 – £120,000; Bonus/Equity: Employee stock options plan; Benefits: Private medical/dental insurance, MacBook Pro, relocation support

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Go programming language expertise
  • PostgreSQL and MongoDB database knowledge
  • RabbitMQ message broker experience
  • AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure management
  • Microservices architecture implementation

Nice-to-have

  • Ruby monolith migration experience
  • TDD and DDD methodology application
  • gRPC and Thrift protocol familiarity
  • Clean maintainable code practices
  • Cross-functional team collaboration

Key Requirements

  • 3+ years of backend engineering experience
  • 5+ years for senior level positions
  • In-depth knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases

Work Rights

Not specified

Sponsorship: available

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