(senior) Backend Engineer, Platform

wheely.live

London, United Kingdom
Base: £90,000 – £120,000; bonus/equity: employee s...
On-site
Go programming language expertise
Postgresql and mongodb database knowledge
Microservices architecture implementation
Wheely is a profitable scale-up redefining premium transportation across Europe, the US, and the Middle East with over $100M in annual revenue

Job Summary

  • Wheely is a profitable scale-up redefining premium transportation across Europe, the US, and the Middle East with over $100M in annual revenue.
  • The Platform team builds shared tooling and manages migrations away from a Ruby monolith while evolving infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes.
  • Candidates will write high-quality Go code to implement new microservices and ensure systems remain responsive under heavy load.

Matching Summary

Wheely is a profitable scale-up redefining premium transportation across Europe, the US, and the Middle East with over $100M in annual revenue.

Salary

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

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

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

Nice-to-have

  • TDD and DDD methodology application
  • Ruby monolith migration experience
  • Clean maintainable code craftsmanship
  • System design interview performance
  • Collaboration with data scientists

Key Requirements

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

Work Rights

Not specified

Sponsorship: available

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